Sarah Greene
The Barr Brothers sound both rambling and unified on Queens Of The Breakers
Oct 10, 2017 5:44 PM Album reviews
Sarah Greene
Billy Bragg connected the past to the present at the Horseshoe
In his first show of his three-night residency for the club's 70th anniversary, the British folk-punk songwriter was both political and sentimental more
Sep 27, 2017 5:56 PM Concert reviews
Sarah Greene
Mount Eerie's Great Hall concert was painfully intimate
In his solo performance, Phil Elverum showed that both songwriting and grieving are an ongoing process more
Sep 21, 2017 3:36 PM Concert reviews
Samuel Engelking
The Toronto haunts that have inspired Lowest of the Low
As they drop their first album in over a decade, the local legends walk us through their version of the city, past and present more
Sep 6, 2017 12:14 PM Features
Aron D’Alesio's debut album offers a unique twist on early rock 'n' roll
The former Young Rival singer's self-titled album is idiosyncratically crafted and nostalgically familiar more
Aug 17, 2017 1:03 PM Album reviews
Taylor Knox has Love on his mind
The Toronto singer/songwriter's debut full-length album is fuzzy, toe-tapping, summery Canadiana more
Jun 21, 2017 12:23 PM Album reviews
Samuel Engelking
Local hero: Simone Schmidt brings Fiver's Audible Songs From Rockwood to three Toronto venues
The Toronto singer/songwriter on the carceral system, the Appropriation Prize and booze-free shows more
May 24, 2017 12:41 PM Features
Ron Sexsmith is sad about leaving Toronto
Thirteenth album The Last Rider is the acclaimed singer/songwriter's most Toronto album yet and a farewell to the city more
Apr 25, 2017 3:24 PM Features
Sarah Rix
Canadian Music Week 2017: the best of the fest so far
Japanese Breakfast, Charlotte Day Wilson, Amelia Curran, Tim Darcy and Nyssa are among the early stand-outs at this year's CMW more
Apr 21, 2017 1:08 PM Concert reviews
Six degrees of Crash Vegas's Michelle McAdorey
As the folk-rock heroes prepare to play their first shows in more than 20 years, the group's lead singer retraces their deep Toronto connections more
Apr 7, 2017 4:33 PM Features 1 Comments
Sarah Greene
Myriam Gendron was mesmerizing at Feast In the East 61
The monthly music and food series started late, but its solid lineup (and tasty crepes) were worth the wait more
Apr 3, 2017 11:46 AM Concert reviews
Mount Eerie's A Crow Looked At Me is unsettlingly personal
Singer/songwriter Phil Elverum's eighth album as Mount Eerie is an intimate chronicle of the weeks and months after his wife died of cancer more
Mar 27, 2017 5:43 PM Album reviews
Sarah Greene
Cineplex details plans for massive entertainment complex
The 40,000-square Rec Room in Roundhouse Park will host live music (among other events) in a theatre-style venue more
Mar 10, 2017 6:24 PM Features
Bill and Joel Plaskett get it right more than wrong on Solidarity
But the father/son collaborative album's title track is a miss more
Feb 16, 2017 10:00 AM Album reviews
Hugh’s Room will reopen as a not-for-profit
The working committee trying to save the live music venue hopes to reopen it on March 15 if fundraising is successful more
Jan 31, 2017 3:17 PM Music 1 Comments
Toronto musicians to watch in 2017: folk and country edition
New sounds from Abigail Lapell, Zachary Lucky, Sarah Jane Scouten and more more
Jan 23, 2017 4:37 PM Music
Tanja-Tiziana
Local hero: The Silver Dollar’s Dan Burke
The legendary Toronto concert promoter reminisces in the midst of his Class Of 2017 shows more
Jan 18, 2017 11:58 AM Music
Tanja-Tiziana
The Strumbellas' afternoon rock show for kids at the Danforth was goofy and meta
The Toronto folk-rockers kept it cute without veering into children's entertainment territory more
Dec 24, 2016 4:43 PM Concert reviews
The Flowers of Hell's ambitious Symphony No. 1 captures the holy splendour of icy wintertime
And it's got a helluva story behind it more
Dec 22, 2016 3:02 PM Album reviews
Toronto concerts that gave NOW critics all the feels in 2016
When it came to live music, it was a year of bucket-list shows, arena spectacles and unexpected farewells more
Dec 15, 2016 5:22 PM Features
