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Toronto, Canada (2003 – present)
The group formed after Valentine and King attended a Libertines concert and got to meet the band backstage. After the meeting they decided that watching a concert wasn’t satisfying enough. The trio came together in fall 2003 and spent the next year playing shows in and around their native Toronto. Since then, they have broken into international indie scenes, and continue to break new ground. They craft a brash, sassy rock sound that resonates the confidence of The Runaways and The Pretenders while honoring such influences as Nancy Sinatra, Sonic Youth, and The Kinks.
Witches, like Joan Jett, famously have a bad reputation.
It’s an ill-founded reputation, of course, and basically a lingering vestige of 700-year-old male terrors run amok in the face of women who dared behave in manners that transgressed a very narrow conception of womanhood. Those same male terrors, mercifully, tend not to end in water torture and stake burnings nowadays. Witches still get a rough ride, though, be they actual witches (who do exist and, for the record, tend to be far more accepting and open-minded folk than people who sit around all day fretting about witches) or simply women who get tagged as “witches” or some variant thereof because – you got it – they dare behave in manners that transgress a very narrow conception of womanhood.
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Dancing With Daggers
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The Constant Lover
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Gambling With God
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Bridge to Terabithia
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crownanchor
revelation band for me....
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juepucta
listen to the EP here, via Exclaim, http://exclaim.ca/MusicVideo/ClickHear/magneta_lane-witchrock_album_stream
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thekillingspree
Oh, but Magneta Lane *are* more interesting than She & Him. I love Zooey, but her band is just meh. And I can understand (but cannot explain) the The Strokes similarity, even though they're quite different bands.
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Goryo
I always think Lexi's voice does sound like Zooey Deschanel's.. Honestly, I wouldn't call this music more "interesting" than She & Him. Not a bad thing though, I love it. It kinda makes me think of The Strokes as well. Oh well.
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thekillingspree
<3
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Bayou16
new pix added, please vote ;-)
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somasoma
shatter is amazing! <3 bonus track
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thekillingspree
Oh c'mon, thekillingspree... Now that's just a bit rude, isn't it? Show some respect for these lovely Canadian ladies, you twat!
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thekillingspree
Gambling With God totally shits all over Dancing With Daggers. FROM WAY UP HIGH.
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graygalz
dancing with daggers is bloody awesome. i like the steady sound they have
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Violetdusk
Great second album...Lexi's voice is so unique.
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somasoma
finally bought gambling with god. it's so good. i love them to pieces.
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Gishra
I love this band.
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Okyere
Her voice is intoxicating.
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thekillingspree
FIRST 2010 SHOUT!!... Well, someone had to do it.
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csankurgoyal
greatalbum
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thekillingspree
Agreed, one of the best from the new album.
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flopsided
Violet's Constellation's extremely catchy!
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aryanrocksworld
love it
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neebatelna
they r fantastic!! i owe last.fm soooo much for having so many songs online at full length! thank uu and thanks to magneta lane to b so awesome :D
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