July 22 — Horseshoe Tavern. On a mild summer night in Toronto (or at least, it felt mild after the heatwaves from earlier in the month), The Great Tick Eater threw a release party for their new single, “The Great Rearranger," headlining a bill that also featured...
Toronto was Celebrating! Like the third sequel to a Peter Jackson Movie, Toronto experienced the Return of the Kents! This is a band that formed and released their first EP 10 years ago. They toured on and off with a couple of lineup changes over the years. By 2022,...
The Horseshoe Tavern was good and packed on a Thursday night. Why? There was a record release party and this is how you celebrate new music. Find your favourite club and put on a great show playing all your new tunes. When we was Young When we was Young was the...
Veiled Garden Toronto Brings an Intimate Night of Live Music, Art and Whimsy toToronto’s West EndVeiled Garden’s grassroots backyard concert series is returning this Sunday, August 16 with alineup of female-led emerging Toronto Artists.Toronto, ON - August 11, 2026,...
THE EINESPronounced "Eens"The name THE EINES might seem enigmatic, but the origin is refreshingly straightforward.For this Toronto-based band, it's a tongue-in-cheek nod to their creative catalysts: caffeine, codeine, and nicotine —or "the ones" that fuel their...
Michel Neray is one of those rare Toronto singer-songwriters whose life story feels inseparable from the music he makes. Raised in Montreal, shaped by folk and rock nights in Waterloo, but now rooted in Toronto’s endlessly eclectic scene, he writes with a depth and...
July 6 —Bloor and Lansdowne . Another west-end beauty found its way onto my radar this week. Across from a Dead Dog Records and Sugo sits Penny’s Dive Bar, a neighbourhood staple that’s just as likely to be hosting karaoke/open mic as much as a packed local bill....
Rose Cora Perry, frontwoman of award-winning rock band The Truth Untold is no stranger to the road. Touring Canada and the US since she was a teenager, she's a music industry veteran. She's rocked audiences of over 500,000 and opened for such names as Big Sugar,...
Who are Divka? Divka or Diva in our language is a traditional European folk duo with a fresh take on this old music that can date back hundreds of years. We have Zoe Santo playing Viola, not violin. We also have Alina Kuzma playing a Bandurist which is considered an...
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...
