Canadian Music Week has arrived. We’ll be focusing on the music side (Canadian Music Fest) and there’s lots of awesome music happening in the city for the next 5 days! You’ll find the full schedule here. We’ve been making some recommendations this past week, so check those out, but we really encourage you to explore […]

Given the nature of our site, it would be a terrible oversight for us to not point out the events that Jägermeister is putting on. I mean, they’re right… shots happen. Mar. 22 – TRUTH EXPLOSION MAGAZINE SHOWCASE @ Wrongbar Featuring: Diemonds, Brews Willis, Neon Windbreaker, and more Mar. 23 – DINE ALONE RECORDS SHOWCASE: […]

Chiara recommends Writers’ Strike: Saturday March 24 – 2am @ The Rivoli Music Nova Scotia Showcase w/ Molly Thomason (9pm), Wintersleep (10pm), Soho Ghetto (11pm), The Stanfields (12am), Carleton Stone (1am) Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers (3am) There is a fine art to constructing your CMW schedule, and while I’ve been constantly tweaking mine over […]

Chiara recommends the SoccerMom Records Showcase: Saturday March 24 @ Painted Lady (218 Ossington Ave) One of the best things about Canadian Music Week is being exposed to some of the great talent that resides in this vast country of ours. Based out of Edmonton, Alberta, SoccerMom Records is a local label and management company […]

Chiara recommends The Jefferson: Pre-CMW: Tuesday March 20th @ 11:30pm, Czehoski’s (via Indie Week) $6 Acoustic: Thursday March 22, 2012 @ 8:10pm, Sennheiser Lounge Library Bar Main Event: Thursday March 22, 2012 @ 12:00pm, Painted Lady Aussie BBQ: Saturday March 24, 2012 @ 1:10pm, El Mocambo, Upstairs Sydney, Australia’s The Jefferson are a bit of […]

I sat down for a chat with Carleton Stone at Café Pamenar in Kensington Market back in the fall. The young singer-songwriter released a self-titled album in September 2011 and made an appearance in Toronto for the events put on for Canada’s Walk of Fame. He refers to his sound as “high energy, guitar-based pop […]

I had the chance to chat with Morgan Cameron Ross last year before he played his release party at The Rivoli. When we got together to chat, we were sitting at Christie Pits and Morgan suggested, “Maybe I should stretch first.” The chat, I assure you, wasn’t strenuous. Morgan Cameron Ross is originally from Vancouver, […]

When I sat down with Jeff van Helvoort and Pat Marchent from Teenage Kicks, it was the night of their Be On My Side EP release show. The 6-song EP has the 2 tracks from the first 7” Teenage Kicks released in 2010, “I Get What You Give” and “Shook Our Bones”, as well as […]

Catherine recommends Paradise Animals: Friday, March 23 – Sneaky Dee’s @ 11pm w/ Cousin (9pm), In Medias Res (10pm), Bear Hands (12am), Dinosaur Bones (1am), Rouge (2am) and Sheezer (3am) Paradise Animals is the project of Toronto’s Mark Andrade, who you may be familiar with from the currently on hiatus Green Go. A multi-instrumentalist with […]

Chiara recommends Twin Atlantic: Wednesday, March 21 – The Phoenix Concert Theatre @ 9:15pm w/ Organ Thieves (8:30pm), Teenage Kicks (10pm) and Treble Charger (11pm) It’s a bit of a no-brainer that you are going to want to kick off Canadian Music Week 2012 at the Phoenix on Wednesday. Opening for the recently reunited pop […]