A pocket of local artists and festivals have been intermingling like tie-dye, and they’re adapting to the we’re-all-in-this-together-while-we’re-apart spirit of the times
Plus: new music from Pretty Matty, Marker Starling and a whole playlist of fresh local music
The reissue-focused record label is also launching Mixed Signals, an imprint dedicated to unearthing “eccentric dance music”
With affordable recording spaces disappearing, Telephone Explosion Records is offering up Studio Z on a name-your-price basis – just bring your own engineer
The superhuman stickman of Toronto’s beloved prog-rock trio Rush was an omnipresent influence in Canadian rock music, especially on drummers
On his sophomore album, Whitby singer/songwriter Tom Meikle makes drifting folk with the heart of metal
The Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet legend splits his time between playing music and trading stories from the chair at Town Barber
Faced with paltry royalties and environmental concerns, musicians are speaking up against big streaming – a few even pulling their music from the services
The local experimental electronic musician is teaming with the Armigideon Time singer for the Music Gallery’s X Avant festival – and a collaboration that will stretch into the future
Connor Willumsen’s Bradley Of Him goes on a hallucinatory journey with an Oscar-obsessed actor determined to train for a Lance Armstrong biopic
With its new conference program, the Toronto festival has planned panels and workshops on DIY demo-making, songwriting, wellness and demystifying the business of music
Artist-run BUMP TV broadcasts 24/7 and operates out of a basement with a 100-per-cent volunteer staff
