The Handlebar and The Howlin' Gales put together two shows that feature a boat load full of bands. Blast Toronto made it to the second night to discover some of the underground bubbling from this cauldron of musical mixtures. These are great night to go out and...
Hugh’s Room The new Hugh’s Room is now two years old and thriving. They are getting in great acts from around the world and around town. They usually start the evening off with some announcements and ask the question, “is this your first time at Hugh’s room”? I...
Hello friends,In our final email to you this year, we’re sharing the link to a Side Door Sitdown podcast episode where Sara and Laura Simpson talk about hosting live music. It’s really all about you and how much your presence and participation means. We hope you can...
MAE MARTIN, LIBERTY SILVER, AND BIRDSONG ARTISTSTO DELIVER JOYFUL HOLIDAY CONCERT SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH MUSICDate: Sunday, December 14, 2025Venue: Lula Lounge, TorontoTime: Doors 6:30 PM / Show 8:00 PM Tickets: $59.64 (incl. tax) / $50 (all-inclusive for...
The Garrison The garrison is a small but mighty club that can bring in some of the best underground acts from around the world. In this case it was from three bands from America and one from South America. This was a wild mixture of Death metal from, Fargo, North...
Indie Night Toronto is a city that has a very healthy Indie scene. There are plenty of places that have their own version of Indie night. With the Linsmore Tavern it happens every Tuesday starting at 8pm.It is a great program run by a woman named Mary- Elizabeth...
Lily Frost Lily Frost made a rare appearance at Castro’s on Sunday. What made her come out the cold and give us a fever in a small, enclosed environment? Lily has been working on a new song that she collaborated with Mitch Willer and Jason Ball, and their efforts...
Upstairs at the Pilot For the past year the Pilot has opened upstairs to live music. It has been slowly growing over the past year as they tried out many new acts to fill the room. I sat in that room many times watching quality acts putting out their best to try and...
The residency Melanie Peterson recently scored a residency at the Cameron House for the month of November. For 4 Mondays, Melanie can try out her new music. She is organizing a 5 song EP with 5 cover songs. I made it out to the second of the four shows at the Cameron...
Cutsleeve I asked the lead singer, Emmanuelle from Cutsleeve, what does you name mean? As it turns out it is a queer reference about a King who did not want to wake up his same sex partner, so he cut his sleeve off so as not to disturb him. Cutsleeve opened...
