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Sarah Harmer’s comeback continues with livestream living room concert
Over the past decade, fans of veteran Ontario singer/songwriter Sarah Harmer may have found themselves wondering where she’d disappeared to. She’d occasionally pop up to... -
Review: Metric stripped their sound down at “art maze” the Funhouse
METRIC at the Funhouse, Thursday, November 28. Rating: NNNN Seeing local indie rock powerhouses Metric electrify arenas with their stadium-sized synth-pop anthems over the past decade, it’s... -
Indie rockers Stars get dramatic in new play/concert hybrid
STARS: TOGETHER by Stars, Chris Abraham and Zack Russell (Crows Theatre). Previews from Tuesday (November 26), opens November 28 and runs to December 15, Tuesday-Saturday... -
Indie rockers Stars get dramatic in new play/concert hybrid
STARS: TOGETHER by Stars, Chris Abraham and Zack Russell (Crow’s Theatre). Previews from Tuesday (November 26), opens November 28 and runs to December 15, Tuesday-Saturday 8... -
Danforth Music Hall turns 100
WOLF PARADE at Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth), Friday (August 16), doors 7 pm. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS at Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth), Saturday (August... -
Shad introduces the characters that populate his Short Story About A War
SHAD with BONJAY at the Great Hall (1087 Queen West), Friday and Saturday (December 14-15), doors 7 pm. Sold out. Sometimes separating artists from their... -
Ariel Engle steps out solo as La Force
LA FORCE with MURRAY A. LIGHTBURN at Adelaide Hall (250 Adelaide), Thursday (September 20), 8 pm. $19.50. masseyhall.com. To see Montreal singer Ariel Engle in... -
Local hero: Tao-Ming Lau launches agency for women, LGBT and POC artists
BLUE CRANE AGENCY X PIRATES BLEND X BANDBOX featuring LIZA, HALEEK MAUL, JUNIA-T AS STUDIO MONK, TERRELL MORRIS as part of MANIFESTO at Nightowl Toronto... -
Glen Hansard showed impressive versatility at Danforth Music Hall
GLEN HANSARD at Danforth Music Hall, Wednesday, March 21. Rating: NNNN It’s easy to pigeonhole Irish singer/songwriter Glen Hansard as a reliably entertaining charmer with... -
Tune-Yards work out political tension on the dance floor
Following up a breakthrough album is no easy task, but Oakland-based duo Tune-Yards (vocalist Merrill Garbus and producer/bassist Nate Brenner) clearly had a lot on... -
Emily Haines’s return to Toronto inspires a solo revival
EMILY HAINES & THE SOFT SKELETON at Massey Hall (178 Victoria), Tuesday (December 5), doors 7 pm. $18.94-$39.50. masseyhall.com. Time has a funny way of... -
Stars’ secrets for surviving the music industry
STARS at the Great Hall (1087 Queen West), November 22 & 23, doors 7 pm. $35. ticketmaster.ca. While 2017 might be a politically turbulent time,... -
The Weather Station’s fourth album is the Toronto musician’s most compelling yet
On her new self-titled album, the Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman set out to make what she calls a rock ‘n’ roll record that sounded nothing... -
Field Trip 2017 was all about the return of hometown heroes
FIELD TRIP at Fort York Garrison Common, Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4. Rating: NNNN Five years in, local indie label Arts & Crafts’... -
Toronto’s Sarah Slean is still standing
SARAH SLEAN with SERENA RYDER, WALK OFF THE EARTH, RUTH B., AUSTRA and more as part of CBC MUSIC FESTIVAL at Echo Beach (909 Lake...
