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Sound Advice: Provider by Bry Webb

Bry Webb's debut solo album has all the makings of a Canadian indie classic.

When your CV has “former Constantines frontman” on it, it’s likely that anything you put out as a side project is predestined for Canadian indie success. Shit-tonnes of indie cred aside, Provider, the debut solo foray of Bry Webb, still features all the elements of #1 albums on the last page of Exclaim!, with all [...]

Urban Planner: December 15, 2010

Today: An Indigo Christmas, improv at Bread & Circus, and Neil Young (in spirit) at Parts & Labour.

Sound Advice: Dog Weather by Baby Eagle

Every Tuesday, Torontoist scours record store shelves in search of the city’s most notable new releases and brings you the best—or sometimes just the biggest—of what we’ve heard in Sound Advice. You’ve Changed Records continues to put out some of the best current Canadian releases: from the Daniel, Fred and Julie album last winter to [...]

Constantines To Definitely Maybe Call It Quits

Though originally hailing from Guelph, Constantines have endeared themselves to Toronto audiences over the past decade, proving integral in shaping the city’s indie rock scene. But according to Exclaim, the band may be going on “indefinite hiatus.” Apparently Cons vocalist/guitarist Bry Webb hinted that the band may closing up shop in a pre-recorded interview for [...]

CMW Best Bets, Vol. 4: Saturday

From March 10 to 14, Torontoist is covering the crap out of Canadian Music Week, with daily concert and film previews, reviews of the latest action (both here and via our TOist Live Twitter account), questionnaires with your favourite and soon-to-be-favourite bands and industry stars, and more, maybe. Constantines. Photo by Justin Cutler from the [...]

The Constantines Overcome Time

If you want to put together a band, you need your head read. You rehearse for hours everyday. You work day jobs for shit pay. You play to empty, sticky-floored dens and fight with the owner for your cut of the door cash, if there’s even any at all. You watch your credit card bills [...]

Urban Planner: July 1, 2009

Urban Planner is Torontoist’s daily guide to what’s on in Toronto, published every morning. If you have an event you’d like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you’ve got any—to events@torontoist.com. Photo by ssabil from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. FAMILY: In its forty-third year, the CHIN International Picnic has become a [...]

Constantines Contest: Name Some The’s

Contests! Glorious contests! Yet another one for all of you – this one’s for two pairs of tickets to see The Constantines with Lullabye Arkestra and Shotgun & Jaybird at Lee’s Palace on Friday December 1, 2006. The show’s 19+, and tickets would normally put you out $17.50. To win, send an e-mail to contests@torontoist.com [...]