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Eclectic experimental-pop outfit Akron/Family was just robbed in Toronto while on tour with Megafaun and Burlington’s own wizard of weird, Greg Davis. Apparently a number of pieces of equipment were were stolen from their van including two guitars, a minidisc recorder and — eerily reminiscent of Gordon Stone’s recent debacle — a banjo.

Thankfully, no one was hurt and the band plans to continue it’s tour, including Thursday’s gig at Club Metronome.

Read Pitchfork’s report here.

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Dan Bolles is a culture coeditor at Seven Days. He joined the paper in 2007 as its music editor, covering Vermont's robust music, comedy and nightlife scenes for a decade before deciding he was too old to be going to the Monkey House on weeknights to...