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Interview: Deerhunter's Bradford Cox does not mince words
On why James Blake is not the new Bowie, why you shouldn't ask "Jylie Kenner" about politics and how Deerhunter's new album is like an animated corpse Read more
Alicia J Rose
Interview: How Bob Mould's music became sunshine and roses... mostly
On Bob Mould's new solo album Sunshine Rock, the Hüsker Dü and Sugar legend gets optimistic in a time of sociopolitical turmoil, while also reflecting on days gone by Read more
Polina Teif
This experimental music collective will play within City Hall's council chambers
Public Recordings will take over city hall's council chambers to perform Pauline Oliveros's 1970 score To Valerie Solanas And Marilyn Monroe In Recognition Of Their Desperation Read more
Matt Barnes
iskwē won’t let us look away from injustice toward Indigenous people
iskwē's new video Little Star, released on the anniversary of acquittals in the Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine cases, is an ode to young, Indigenous lives lost and a recrimination of a society that has repeatedly turned a blind eye to tragedies. Read more
Bruno Capinan's unapologetic Brazilian resistance
Bruno Capinan’s new album and Progress Festival performance are a fearless revolt against Bolsonaro’s dangerous politics Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
Toronto's noise bylaw gets a rethink
Concerned residents and representatives from music communities put aside their tensions and met up to find a solution that works for everyone Read more
Kate Killet
Local Hero: Joe Strutt fosters Toronto's music community while recording it
Ahead of his site Mechanical Forest Sound's 10th anniversary, Joe Strutt talks about how he went from recording live music to fostering and participating in it. Read more
Elizabeth Shepherd leads a multidimensional musical tour of MONtréal
The singer/songwriter's new project is a call to take note of whose stories we hear the most and whose we don't – a lesson that stretches beyond Montreal Read more
Lil Berete warned to stop shooting music videos at Toronto Community Housing
Rising Regent Park rapper Lil Berete was sent a cease-and-desist by TCHC about the videos shot at the housing project he lives at with his mom – some of which have topped 1 million views. Read more
AGO is throwing its final First Thursdays party, but something new is on the way
After six years, the music-meets-art event calls it quits, but programmer Bojana Stancic says something new is coming Read more
Ex-Vice Canada editor arrested for conspiring to traffic cocaine
The RCMP has charged Yaroslav Pastukhov in connection with an international drug-trafficking scheme that landed a young Toronto musician behind bars in Australia. Read more
Samuel Engelking
Local Hero: Kiana "Rookz" Eastmond takes the helm at Manifesto
Manifesto's newly minted executive director Kiana "Rookz" Eastmond has big plans for building sustainability and bringing it back to its roots. Read more
Alec Donnell Luna
D-Sisive returns to music after struggle with depression and addiction
After a four-year break from music, Toronto rapper D-Sisive, aka Derek Christoff, appears in the docu-series Cypher, performing a new song about his mental health journey. Next, he wants to de-stigmatize asking for help. Read more
Mark O'Neill
Interview: Nile Rodgers dreams his ideal world
Ahead of his appearance on The Launch, musical impresario Nile Rodgers talks about collaborating with legends, Executive Realness and his unassailable work ethic. Read more
Stephe Perry
A loving tribute to Toronto's hardcore punk scene of the 80s
Tomorrow Is Too Late combines visual and oral history to recount the influential-but-underlooked scene by the people were there – and they're doing metal next. Read more
Canadian poet Al Purdy inspires songs by Jason Collett, Sarah Harmer and more
The Al Purdy Songbook gathers Snowblink, Jason Collett, Doug Paisley, a posthumous Gord Downie and more in tribute to the influential Canadian poet Read more
Samuel Engelking
The sound of Toronto right now
From punk-infused hip-hop to dance music creating its own space – who’s setting the tone for the city’s music scenes? Read more
How coming to terms with jazz helped Joseph Shabason deal with his mother's illness
On his new album, Anne, Toronto saxophonist Joseph Shabason sonically reflects on his mother's life with Parkinson's disease, while incorporating her voice into the music. Read more
Christian Lantry
Will R. Kelly survive Surviving R. Kelly? I hope not
Even beyond Kelly, dream hampton's six-part Lifetime docu-series Surviving R. Kelly contains important truths about the legal system, treatment of Black women and how violence perpetuates. Read more
Matt Williams
15 Toronto concerts we're looking forward to in 2019
Massive Attack play Mezzanine, Kim Gordon returns for the first time since Sonic Youth, Elton John says farewell (again) and more Toronto concerts we're looking forward to this year. Read more