June 27—The No No Room (underneath Dock Ellis). It's no secret that I'm passionate about electronic music. I covered a rave back when I first started writing here. I went out of my way to get us in to see Magic Sword when they came by last year. So it was no surprise...
June 24. Way back in April, Cole MacKinnon reached out to us to cover his new monthly show series, Vivid. Unfortunately, Instagram loves to not show messages until folks connect (follow each other), so I missed his April show. After a hiatus in May, the series...
21 June 2026—Toronto. A beloved local landmark – Sneaky Dee's – is threatened with demolition to make way for hi-rise condominiums that no local could even afford. Sneaky Dee's is one of our go-to places for Toronto punk, metal, emo, and other alternative styles —...
20 May 2026. Toronto locals In Your Walls headlined a sampler of alternative, punk, rock, and folk-leaning acts at the Horseshoe Tavern, delivering a night that felt energetic and fun. We arrived late—our streetcar just kept being eternally 10 minutes away on the...
Aug 24—Like the opening four words from the (in)famous novel Atlas Shrugged, "Who is John Galt?, we want to know: "Who is Guss!?" It is a substantial and pondering question. One of many we sought to answer as Jojo and Lawrence returned to Gussapolooza in picturesque...
July 9 — Tarragon Theatre, Toronto. Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to see a bit of theatre for a change – a puppet show, no less, called the Zucchini Club. The weather made me late, so I missed the opening and found it hard at first to key in on what was...
June 7th, Queen St. East, Toronto. At the 11th annual Riverside Eats & Beats Streetfest, Queen Street East transformed into a sun-dappled playground of music, flavours, and neighbourhood magic. For four glorious hours, I soaked in everthing I could. The ads said...
After four unique acts hit the Handlebar stage and two birthday celebrations, Andrea from the band Civil Wray exclaimed, “We should go on tour”! It not a bad idea, and I will tell you why. Each of these acts brought something completely different to the stage. Nobody...
Lately I have been on a roll discovering some great progressive rock bands in our city. There are just enough talented bands that play here to keep your nerdy math rockers happy. We have a great blend of classic prog as well as metal prog to keep our brains active. In...
April 29th — The Velvet Underground, Toronto. Amid the numerous bars, restaurants, and clubs of Queen Street West, American synthwave trio Magic Sword transformed Toronto’s Velvet Underground into a portal to a retro-futuristic fantasy realm. Having known about Magic...
