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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).... »

Thaw Fest: PBRs, square guitars

By Marsha Casselman

To our delight, a new festival has been curated by Telephone Explosion label specifically aimed at the very bands we dig - Toronto’s ignored yet burgeoning garage punk. »

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. »

Back in the Garage with Teenanger, Mark Sultan and Demon’s Claws

By Richard Trapunski

We make no secret of our love of garage rock here at Resonancity, but we’re not so solipsistic as to suggest Toronto’s burgeoning garage scene has reached the level of our neighbours down the 401 in Montreal. This weekend, Toronto and Montreal unite to blast some good ol’ fashioned dirty rock n’ blues into... »