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Led by husband and wife Dave Azzolini and Jessica Grassia, Toronto’s Golden Dogs has been winning an enviable buzz as a frenetic live act in clubs and festivals. The band’s second album, with a myriad of pop influences, should solidify that reputation. “Runouttaluck” has a driving, new-wave-style urgency, while “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five” is a rollicking rendition of the Paul McCartney & Wings classic. And “Construction Worker” would not sound out of place on a New Pornographers album.

Aug. 15