Local Music
Vanessa Heins
Review: Alexisonfire dropped a surprise single then played a surprise Toronto show
After putting out Familiar Drugs, Alexisonfire played a pair of mini-concerts, at House of Stombo and with Chastity at the Rec Room. Read more
Drake's So Far Gone is finally streaming everywhere
On its 10th anniversary, the hometown hero's breakout mixtape is on Spotify and Apple Music. It leads this week's #NOWplaying playlist of new Toronto music Read more
Richmond Lam
Review: Broken Social Scene's new five-song EP is a reminder of what they do best
Album review: Broken Social Scene's Let's Try The After Vol. 1 is dense, clanking, triumphant and nostalgic – and it leaves us hungry for more. 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
Richmond Lam
Broken Social Scene play a homecoming show at Danforth Music Hall this spring
Plus: just announced Toronto shows from Earl Sweatshirt, Florence + The Machine, Kacey Musgraves, TR/ST, Alessia Cara and more Read more
Review: Clairmont The Second stays true to his roots on Do You Drive?
Album review: Clairmont The Second, Do You Drive? The 20-year-old Weston rapper stays on his own path, regardless of current trends, and it's totally transporting. 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
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
Gabriela Osio Vanden
Best Toronto music of the week: PAX, Tanya Tagaq, TOBi and more
Plus: a playlist of new local music, including PUP, Charlotte Cornfield and Donna Grantis 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
Vanessa Heins
PUP to bring Morbid Stuff "Tour-Pocalypse" to Danforth Music Hall
PUP's hometown show leads this week's list of just announced Toronto concerts. Also: Mac DeMarco, The Who, Bryan Ferry, Ex Hex, Priests and more. 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
Courtesy of Intersessions
Electronic music workshop series Intersessions launches residency at Lululemon
Toronto DJ Chippy Nonstop is transforming the back of Lululemon's Queen West store into a mini club with CDJs for people to practice on. Read more
Best Toronto music of the week: Picastro, Clairmont The Second and more
Plus: the first #NOWplaying playlist of the year, full of fresh songs from Toronto artists to start off 2019 Read more
Kate Killet
Everything you missed at the Drake Hotel's three-floor New Year's Eve party
Concert review: The Drake Hotel's Headlines New Year's Eve party featured a stacked lineup of local hip-hop and electronic musicians including Ryan Hemsworth, Sean Leon, Jimmy Prime and more. Read more
Kate Killet
NOW's predictions for 2019 in Toronto music
As Toronto's local music scene explodes in different directions, here’s what we think will happen in 2019. Read more
The 101 best Toronto songs of 2018 (plus a few more)
All our favourite Toronto tunes from the past year arranged into one sprawling Spotify playlist. Plus, some of our favourite music that's not on Spotify, too. Read more