Toronto-based dance-punk trio Lioness didn’t change their sound on their full length debut, The Golden Killer. They’ve just made it more their own. Vocalist Vanessa Fischer, formerly of No Dynamics, still has a big, soaring, soulful voice, while bassist Ronnie Morris, formerly of controller.controller, still managed to make his instrument sound remarkably like a revving [...]

The AGO, on the last of the Members’ Preview Days. Inside Instant Coffee’s Urban Disco Trailer #3, now part of the permanent collection. Man (to infant seated on his lap): Soak it all in. Baby’s first disco ball. Hear something? Send it to streeter@torontoist.com.

After reading today’s ad, Torontoist is certain of one thing—modesty was not a key element of the “Yorkville style,” especially when it came to attracting dancing queens and boogie kings looking for a place to strut their stuff. The neighbourhood had a cluster of disco floors waiting for John Travolta wannabes to demonstrate their dance [...]

It has been one week since the inauguration of Crosstown, Toronto’s newest underground (literally) dance spot. Formerly Healy’s, and well before that, Bassmint, this fresh Queen and Bathurst club has gotten an exposed-brick and Edison-lightbulb makeover, adding to the raw, minimal feel of the place. Party people seem to recognize every calendar holiday, and who [...]

Musicians must really love our city; so many of them have made multiple trips to Toronto this year that there could be no other explanation. Or maybe they just like our money. Either way, Panic! At The Disco (P!ATD) brought their elaborate set and crew to the Ricoh Coliseum last night for the second time [...]

We’re a little late with this week’s music listing–blame the election! Er, okay, maybe someone just got immersed in learning a bit of Flash and let it slip. It won’t happen again. If you’re looking for some local flavour, you’ve got a few really good choices this week, including Melissa McClelland, Ohbijou, Elliott Brood, and [...]

Canadian rapper k-os has questionably hinted at a racist agenda at NOW Magazine after receiving a mediocre review. This week, NOW published a review of the new k-os album, “Atlantis: Hymns For Disco.” Writer Jason Richards commented that the abundance of mainstream guests- including Sam Roberts and Buck 65 – “will only strengthen [k-os's] detractors’ [...]

As part of the University of Toronto’s frosh week, the Students’ Administrative Council hosted Metric and the Weakerthans on their back campus on Friday evening. Ignoring, for a moment, that Ryerson hosted Metric for their frosh week last year, that the band was delayed by an hour, seemed even grumpier than the increasingly impatient crowd [...]

It could be the abundance of shows announced over the past few weeks or possibly the kickoff of the fall concert season in September that’s lending to the sparse choice of live music this week, because there are some slim pickins to be had. Unless you love the Marleys, in which case you hit the [...]

TOist finally dragged our sorry butt to the gym yesterday, and were rewarded for our trouble with the following exchange before yoga class: Woman 1: Iron Maiden. It's awesome to run to. Woman 2: I hate working out to dance music. Woman 1: And disco. Disco is for pussies....