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[ROCK] We have a tendency to forget that for every movement in contemporary music, there are great bands from other countries that don’t cross over into American consciousness. Toronto’s Lowest of the Low makes for an interesting example, since the band has fans in certain regions of the United States, (Buffalo included), but has never broken nationally over here. In Canada, and particularly in Toronto, they’re stars. Formed in 1991, Lowest of the Low is considered a seminal force in the 1990’s Canadian alterna-canon, and the edgy jangle-rock of the band’s debut, Shakespeare My Butt, gained near-universal critical accolades while generating quite a bit of radio airplay. The band was heavily shopped by major labels, and they eventually compromised with a distribution deal through A&M for the follow-up, 1994’s Hallucegenia. Since then, they’ve broken up and reunited multiple times. Front man Ron Hawkins has released solo material along the way, recording additional work with his band the Rusty Nails and collaborating with the Do Good Assassins. Two new LOTL tracks have surfaced this fall—we’ll see if that materializes into a full length release. Meanwhile, Lowest of the Low plays Town Ballroom on Wednesday, November 25.