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For a group that seems unsure of what to call itself, Mr. Something Something has done well to make its name in other ways. A thinking person's party band, the five Toronto players make rhythmically sophisticated and socially conscious music, heavily influenced by the hybrid Nigerian/American Afrobeat styles of the late Fela Kuti. "When the news is bad I need you to remind me that the urge to create beauty can't be contained," front man Johan Hultqvist sings in the opening track, "The Antidote," signalling an informed, optimistic, world view. The band's second album The Edge drew a Juno nomination, but Shine Your Face marks the group's most accomplished work yet. Watch the players demonstrate their bicycle-powered sound system, SoundCycle, at thestar.com/entertainment. Tomorrow, under conventional power, Mr. Something Something launches Shine Your Face at Supermarket, 268 Augusta Ave., Kensington Market, shows 8 p.m. and 10 p.m 06/02/09
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