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If you're not completely burnt out from Nuit Blanche, there are plenty of quality shows to check out this week, including Joanna Newsom, Massive Attack, and Myspace darling Lily Allen. Alternatively, you Hip fans can skip out on the live music this week and save up your change for all four (yes, FOUR) of the recently announced shows at the Phoenix a few weeks from now. Can Gord Downie and pals really justify the $60 admission fee these days? Could they ever? On a similar note, Guns N' Roses are coming to the ACC in November -- should they be asking fans to shell out up to $85 to see a bloated Axl Rose trying to slither around the stage, caterwauling 'Sweet Child O' Mine'? Wouldn't that just be painful to watch? Are we asking too many questions? Okay, we'll stop.

Torontoist is usually pretty happy to see events that try to celebrate and support independent music in Toronto. Torontoist loves independent music, and collectively we probably go see more than a dozen shows a month.

sequel, had better 'watch himself.' According to a reliable Torontoist source, Mr 3000 spent last evening dangerously slumming around the Phoenix nightclub during the Indie Music Awards and Esthero/controller.controller gig. Wearing a fedora-esque hat and leather jacket, 3000 "looked like he was enjoying himself," said our source. "He was grooving with the girls there...I almost talked to him, but decided to leave him alone."