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Stained Class Records gives Toronto a heavy metal injection
GRAND OPENING IN-STORE with MANACLE and CHAINBREAKER at Stained Class Records (1614 Queen West), February 18. facebook.com/stainedclassrecords. Who knew Toronto would get so excited about a heavy... -
The best places to buy music gear in Toronto
Buying musical instruments and/or having them repaired can be an intimidating process at best, and flat-out traumatizing at worst. If you've been playing music for any length... -
BADBADNOTGOOD and Kilmanjaro members aim to fill the dance floor at Wax Museum
Love BADBADNOTGOOD? Want to hear them DJ? New monthly event Wax Museum at Dundas Video (831 Dundas West) finds BBNG’s Chester Hansen DJing under the... -
Toronto just got a heavy metal record store, Stained Class, for Christmas
Hoping for some Angel Witch in your stocking? A little Judas Priest to offset all those seasonal songs? Your chances are better now that Toronto has... -
Lorraine Segato teams up with homeless street musicians on Songs From The Lowdown
How did Lorraine Segato, of Toronto 80s dance-pop hit-makers the Parachute Club, get involved in the plight of homeless street musicians? The way she tells... -
Andy Shauf moves to Toronto
ANDY SHAUF and CHRIS COHEN at the Mod Club (722 College), Tuesday (November 22) and Friday (November 25), doors 8 pm. $15. ticketfly.com. Andy Shauf’s acclaimed... -
Ghost at Queen Elizabeth Theatre didn’t lift our post-election blues
GHOST at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Wednesday, November 9. Rating: NNN Is a Satanic pop-metal show an effective balm for post-election blues? Though the first of... -
Lido Pimienta tackles patriarchy with melodious songs on La Papessa
In some ways, Toronto-based electronic singer/songwriter (and former NOW cover star) Lido Pimienta has already moved on from her newly released second album, La Papessa – Spanish... -
Be Van Halen at every show or go home, say Public Animal
PUBLIC ANIMAL album launch with POW WOWS, DIEMONDS and DJ TIM PERLICH, plus PUBLIC ANIMAL PLAY DAZED AND CONFUSED with guest singers at the Horseshoe (370 Queen West),... -
>>> How the hell do you even review a Tanya Tagaq album?
How the hell do you even review a Tanya Tagaq album? And what's the opposite of easy listening? The avant-garde Inuk throat singer's music is an... -
Die Antwoord put a revamped Sound Academy to the test
DIE ANTWOORD at Rebel, Sunday, October 16. Rating: NNN Die Antwoord's Sunday night extravaganza was the first chance many of us have had to check... -
G.L.O.S.S.’s final Toronto show was brief but impactful
G.L.O.S.S., TURNSTILE and LOCK as part of NOT DEAD YET at the Velvet Underground, Saturday, October 15. Rating: NNNN Those of us who had planned... -
Das Rad say goodbye with new music and final show
We learned in early September that local Ones to Watch shoegaze-psych rockers Das Rad were calling it a day. But they aren’t going quietly into... -
>>> Album of the week: Album of the week: Bon Iver’s 22, A Million
I’ve missed Justin Vernon’s voice – his distinct yearning falsetto, impressionistic lyrics and worried melodies, all couched in indie folk instrumentation. He and his band... -
Toronto hip-hop label Hand’Solo turns 20
HAND’SOLO RECORDS 20th ANNIVERSARY PARTY and compilation release with ETERNIA, ULTRA MAGNUS & DJ SLAM, MORE OR LES, THE SUPERNOVAS and many others at Lee’s...
