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MUSIC: Athens, Georgia’s Of Montreal may not hail from the city of their namesake, but they still make sweet, sweet sounds. They are currently touring their new release Skeletal Lamping! with New York’s intriguing Gang Gang Dance opening the show. Get tickets in advance (through Ticketmaster)—they will not be available at the venue. Queen Elizabeth Theatre (CNE Grounds), 7 p.m., $25.00

Now that CMW is out of the way, it's time to move onto other pressing music matters -- such as, why the hell are all these really great bands coming to town and playing the Kool Haus?! Can we not get a better venue than that? We just spent three of the last seven days at that venue and had to stand near the soundboard just to get even remotely clear audio of the shows. The acoustics there are almost always terrible...but then again, it is pretty much a giant tin box. /rant

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While most of the world has moved on to M.I.A., Torontoist hasn't forgot about that lone handclap in "Rebellions (Lies)" or the Win Butler-as-the-next-Springsteen notion of 2004. But before adding another blog post to the most blogged about band in history, TorIst does throw down a few new tracks for the week...