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| | NOW: Simian all funked up, Feb 20 - 26, 2003 |
 | | SIMIAN opening for LADYTRON at the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Monday (February 24), $16. |
 | | Instead of wasting long hours on laptops creating even more oblique bleepscapes, the recent We Are Your Friends (Astralwerks) disc shows the London via Manchester crew coming out of their artsy-fartsy shell with a far more engaging sound employing melodies, verses and even choruses -- just like real pop songs. |
 | | That clears up the dramatic changes in Simian's method of arranging their songs, but it still doesn't account for the welcome turn toward danceable jams. |
| www.nowtoronto.com /issues/2003-02-20/music_feature.php (490 words) |
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