Local Music
Calm Elliott-Armstrong
Frigs' lessons from Orville Peck
After backing up the breakout country star for most of 2019, the Toronto post-punk band are back on their own path. Here's what they've learned. Read more
The 20 best Toronto albums of the 2010s decade
In the years that brought our artists to a world stage and had some wondering if we were having our "Seattle moment," these were the albums that defined the decade Read more
Jag Gundu / Roy Thomson Hall
Review: The 33rd Women's Blues Revue was a powerful night of music
The Toronto Blues Society welcomed a diverse lineup of blues and soul singers including Tanika Charles, Miss Emily, Taborah Johnson, Melissa McClelland and more Read more
7thkind
Review: Derin Falana gets serious on Don't Save Me
The Toronto rapper expands his sound with an EP that pairs melodic flows with a nose-to-the-grindstone pragmatism Read more
Samuel Engelking
Review: Metric stripped their sound down at "art maze" the Funhouse
Playing as an acoustic duo for 200 fans, Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw hearkened back to their origins and reminded us of the rock-solid bones beneath their stadium-sized songs Read more
Matt Barnes
Review: Mappe Of has no shortage of ambition on The Isle Of Ailynn
On his sophomore album, Whitby singer/songwriter Tom Meikle makes drifting folk with the heart of metal Read more
Samuel Engelking
Interview: Toronto band Ice Cream want to break free
On their new album, FED UP, Amanda Crist and Carlyn Bezic take restrictive late capitalism and the male gaze and give them a satisfying rock release Read more
Rannie Turingan
Don Pyle is Toronto's punk rock barber
The Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet legend splits his time between playing music and trading stories from the chair at Town Barber Read more
Review: Tory Lanez's Chixtape 5 suffocates in 2000s nostalgia
The Canadian rapper reinvents 00s hip-hop and R&B hits, often with their original artists, but doesn't add much in the way of substance Read more
Richmond Lam
Basia Bulat, Elton John and more just announced Toronto concerts
Plus: Harry Styles, King Krule, the first two shows in Exclaim's Class of 2020 series, the Wainwright and McGarrigle families come together Read more
Review: Pursuit Grooves soars to new heights on Bess
The Toronto-based beatmaker honours aviation trailblazer Bessie Coleman on her 13th album Read more
Anders to play free concert for high school students displaced by fire
The Toronto R&B singer will play for the students and teachers of Etobicoke's York Memorial Collegiate Institute, who have been moved to Scarlett Heights Entrepreneurial Academy Read more
Review: Toronto's Maddee sounds stunningly beyond her years
On her debut EP Red Mind, the electro-soul artist's commanding voice can feel oddly tentative Read more
Mr. Koa
The Sorority are breaking up, but there's one more chance to see them
The Toronto hip-hop trio will play their final show as a group on November 24 at the Opera House alongside Snotty Nose Rez Kids Read more
Review: AR Paisley aims for classic hip-hop on Timeless
The Mississauga rapper has big goals on this debut album, and though he doesn't always meet them, he hits a good sweet spot Read more
Maria Jose Govea
Review: MorMor kept up a screen at Red Bull Music Festival
The Toronto artist's songwriting and vocal talent radiated from within his projection-screened cube at Berkeley Church, even if he didn't let us all the way in Read more
Best Toronto music of the week: anders & FrancisGotHeat, Prince Innocence and more
Plus: a pair of lo-fi premieres from PAX and Fond and a full playlist of new local tunes Read more
Colin Medley
Review: André Ethier continues his hot streak with Croak In The Weeds
The local songwriter releases his second full-length collaboration with producer Sandro Perri – together, the strongest, most compelling artistic vision he’s made Read more
Toronto's most vital DJs come together for one huge party
The city’s underground electronic scene often exists in siloed subgenres, but Red Bull Music Festival's Encounters party brings them together at the Symes. ISO Radio will live-stream it. Read more
Caribou returns home for two shows in Toronto: Just Announced
Plus: just announced concerts from Jaden & Willow Smith, Citizen Cope, Hot Water Music, a holiday show from Seaway and more Read more