T.O. Music Notes
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Sony and Metrolinx launch Spotify playlists for GO commuters
GO commuters now have a soundtrack thanks to a new partnership between Sony Music Canada, Metrolinx and Spotify. GO Chill and Go Pop are each 50 songs and will refresh every week more
Mykki Blanco is coming to Toronto to talk inclusive nightlife
The May 3 discussion features Mykki Blanco, Ciel (Cindy Li) and Bambii and will be hosted by NOW's Michelle da Silva more
Jora Frantzis
The story behind Cardi B's Toronto-made Coachella visuals
The New York rapper is repping the 6ix in SoCal with high-contrast backing visuals created by director Sammy Rawal more
NXNE announces curators for 2018 Club Land shows
NXNE has announed Jasmyn Burke, Cadence Weapon, Cone from Sum 41, Jim Cuddy, and Female Treble among the musicians and promoters who will hand-pick lineups for this year's festival as part of the Club Land Curator Series. more
Kardinal Offishall drops new version of Northern Touch for the Toronto Raptors
Kardinal Offishall debuted a new version of the 1998 Canadian hip-hop classic Northern Touch for the Toronto Raptors. The full new version dropped before the team's first playoff game against the Washington Wizards. more
Inclusive dance party Never Later launches at the Burdock
Club Fitness, Gin Ebony and Efemmera headline the new electronic music series Never Later at the Burdock in Toronto. The series will prioritize women and non-binary artists, fighting through red tape to prioritize safe and diverse nightlife. more
Vinyl Swap Box pops up in Leslieville
Artist Matt Durant installed a Vinyl Swap Box, his homemade take-a-record-leave-a-record box outside his studio on Queen East in the Leslieville neighbourhood of Toronto, and the response has been swift. Durant’s box isn’t the first in the east end. more
Alice Glass, Charlotte Day Wilson make the Prism Prize shortlist
The Prism Prize has announced its 2018 shortlist – the 10 best Canadian music videos of the year. It includes music videos by Alice Glass, Daniel Caesar, Charlotte Day Wilson, Jessie Reyez, PUP and more. more
Roncesvalles jazz and blues bar Gate 403 to close
The long-standing venue will shut its doors on April 15 more
Datsik show at the Danforth Music Hall cancelled amidst sexual assault allegations
The Kelowna-born dubstep DJ has also been dropped by his management and booking agencies more
Field Trip festival drops Nestlé sponsorship in response to online activism
“I think this story proves the value in voting with your wallet and respectfully holding organizations accountable for their choices,” says Aron Harris. more
Nic Pouliot
Musicians abandon Smiling Buddha following sexual assault accusation
Nearly a dozen shows have been relocated from the College Street music venue after one of the club's owners was arrested in February more
Footage from Notorious B.I.G.'s only Toronto concert surfaces on Instagram
"Like the Police at the Horseshoe in 1978, Rolling Stones at El Mocambo in 1977, Nirvana at Lee's in 1990, this show goes down in Toronto concert lore," says the Flyer Vault's Daniel Tate of the 1995 show. more
Anders Marshall
Istolethesoul is throwing its second radio pop-up for International Women's Day
Istolethesoul IWD18 will present 13 hours of live programming filled with female DJs, producers and hosts from Toronto more
93-5 The Move is playing nothing but Toronto artists today
To celebrate the city's birthday, the hip-hop and R&B station has gone 100 per cent local for one day more
Wildflower employee goes yellowface for Asian-themed Toronto party
It was “bring your own conical straw hat” at #LovesUsNot’s Stir Fry night more
Claire Harvie
The Music Gallery launches new Bandcamp page with six live albums from its archives
Live At The Music Gallery launches today with newly released recordings by Merganzer, New Chance, Nukariik, SlowPitchSound, Dialectica and Glen Hall's Rub Out The Word more
Samuel Engelking
CMW and NXNE pledge for gender parity in their festival lineups by 2022
The two Toronto events are among 45 music festivals worldwide that have committed to reaching 50/50 gender balances over the next four years more
New music series launches in honour of victims of 2017 Rebel nightclub shooting
The Tyler Effect's first annual community and charity event will be thrown by friends of Tyler McLean and Amir Jamal and raise money for victims of gun violence more
