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Bands to Watch 2012

By Ben Stevenson

You might notice our third annual Bands to Watch list has taken a stylistic turn from previous years. While Toronto’s rock and punk scenes mature, the electronic music and hip hop coming out of our cultural patchwork is impossible to ignore (see: the 2011 success of Austra, Azari & III, The Weeknd and Drake).... »

Austra talks TO’s scene, queer videos and growing up on Kate Bush

By Ben Stevenson

Today marks the release of Austra’s Feel It Break (Paper Bag), one of the most anticipated electro-band albums to come out of Toronto since Crystal Castles’ debut. The album’s dark, operettic, trance-inducing pop can be heard in full at NPR. »

The best (and worst) of CMW 2011

By Marsha Casselman

We’ve pounded the pavement and blown out our eardrums over the last five days, and now it’s time to reveal our best and worst of Canadian Music Week. Avoiding some horrible headlining acts and Canadian music industry delusions, we look back on it as amusement tinged with dismal Vancouverian weather. »

11 bands to watch in 2011

By Marsha Casselman

It’s been a year since our last Bands to Watch list, and through a ton of web-trolling and dive bar boozing we’ve stumbled upon some sweet new bands. This and we’ve got news some of the more established local bands have releases in store. Here are the Southern Ontario bands on our radar in... »