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Polyphonic Ground initiative aims to make Toronto a global music city
Twelve live music presenters collaborate on a series of concerts and professional development opportunities more
Jul 20, 2017 4:54 PM Features
Samuel Engelking
No, Chance the Rapper isn’t going to save SoundCloud
If the music streaming website is to survive, it needs to develop a realistic vision of what it has to offer: cheap, easy hosting and streaming for independent music more
Jul 20, 2017 11:22 AM Features 1 Comments
Does Ian Blurton want to bring Change of Heart back to life for good?
The iconic Toronto underground rock band returns to celebrate 25 years of Smile and Toronto's musical past more
Jul 18, 2017 1:23 PM Features
Allie's debut album, Nightshade, offers a distinctly different take on Toronto's current R&B sound
“I don’t feel like I necessarily fall into the category of this Toronto sound that’s happening,” says the singer/songwriter. “It’s very male-dominated, it’s very hard, and I do want to be a softer counterpoint." more
Jul 18, 2017 11:36 AM Features
Teenanger grow up – and move north of Bloor
Ten years and five albums in, the Toronto punks reluctantly embrace adulthood more
Jul 17, 2017 5:14 PM Features
Ben Spurr
Can a Spadina Walk of Fame boost Toronto's music scene?
City council is going the commemorative plaque route, while New York City is giving thousands of hours of free rehearsal space and more to its musicians more
Jul 13, 2017 3:23 PM Features
Three firsts for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize short list
Plus: Toronto contenders include Weaves' self-titled album, BADBADNOTGOOD'S IV and Lido Pimienta's La Papessa more
Jul 13, 2017 3:11 PM Features
Camp Wavelength gets kicked off Toronto Islands
Well, more like it's been forced to move due to continued flooding at Gibraltar Point more
Jul 11, 2017 1:44 PM Features
Mark Streeter
The concert-to-cassette Summer Bootlegger show is the best idea ever
Four bands' sets get recorded live to cassette, which then gets couriered to the Dupe Shop for duplication and given to concertgoers by the end of the night more
Jul 11, 2017 12:24 PM Features 1 Comments
Daniel Wilson
Mississauga noise-rockers Joncro are on a mission to tell new stories
“The only cohesive thing about Canadian rock is that we aren’t afraid to mix things and push against the grain” more
Jul 5, 2017 5:53 PM Features 1 Comments
Why are Whitehorse singing about sexual politics?
The Toronto two-piece launch their Panther In The Dollhouse album with help from Dan Savage and sex work activist Terri-Jean Bedford more
Jul 5, 2017 12:35 PM Features
Tanja-Tiziana
Vivek Shraya on who gets to call themselves a woman in 2017
The Toronto multidisciplinary artist launches her Part-Time Woman album at the AGO with the Queer Songbook Orchestra more
Jun 29, 2017 12:49 PM Features
Anna Keenan
CBC's historic Glenn Gould Studio shifts away from recording sessions to hosting events
Toronto musician Robbie Grunwald says the state-of-the-art facility is too expensive for the average musician to rent more
Jun 28, 2017 2:55 PM Features
Samuel Engelking
The highs and lows of NXNE 2017
Kaytranada brought much-needed star power, while the Port Lands site continues to be a challenge more
Jun 28, 2017 8:39 AM Features
Neil Van
Broken Social Scene are our local heroes ahead of Hug Of Thunder's release
Charles Spearin, Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew talk album five, hiatuses and resilience more
Jun 27, 2017 5:42 PM Features
Michael Watier
The Cadillac Lounge is "winding down"
Owner Sam Grosso confirms the Parkdale building is for sale and he's in the process of trying to find the right buyer more
Jun 26, 2017 11:51 AM Features 2 Comments
(Sandy) Alex G can't talk about having to change his name
But the prolific Philly musician is happy to chat about new album Rocket and working with Frank Ocean more
Jun 22, 2017 10:00 AM Features
Flowers While We're Living is a call to action to celebrate, love and fight for trans women of colour
"We face some of the highest rates of interpersonal violence, often at the hands of people in our own 'communities,'" says co-host Coco Supreme more
Jun 21, 2017 12:03 PM Features 1 Comments
Samuel Engelking
Local heroes: Ian Danzig and James Keast of Exclaim!
"Print is the new vinyl," says Keast, about the Canadian music magazine's 25-year milestone more
Jun 20, 2017 12:50 PM Features
The best Toronto Jazz Festival concerts for 2017
During its June 23 to July 2 run, the fest delivers big-name headliners and ups its free programming in Yorkville more
Jun 20, 2017 11:56 AM Features
