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CMW 2012 Profile: Half Moon Run

Torontoist talks to some CMW 2012 performers. Here's Half Moon Run, a trio from Montreal about to debut their first album.

One of our favourite moments of Canadian Music Week 2011 was stepping into the Drake Underground for our very first show, not knowing anything about the band we were about to see besides the information in their CMW profile and three songs available on their MySpace page, and being blown away. A lot has happened [...]

Who’s Playing NXNE: Bent By Elephants

With the elephants at the Toronto Zoo moving out, a new crop is taking their place just in the nick of time. And, lucky for us, we like their trumpeting even more. Bent By Elephants formed, and are mostly based, in Montreal, but with their trombonist here, Toronto has become a second home for the seven-piece pop/jazz/folk ensemble.

Bixi Toronto Inches Closer to Reality

Some Bixi Montreal bikes, locked in a bike station. Photo by spcbrass, licensed under Creative Commons. Bixi was tentatively approved by City Council in May, but its eventual arrival is still not quite a certainty. The bike share service has strict pre-launch targets to meet before the City will allow it to go forward, and [...]

Duly Quoted: Andy Barrie

"Toronto is like a woman that you married for the money—it’s like a business decision. Whereas Montreal is the woman that all your friends told you was going to eat you alive, but you couldn’t stay away."

Take the Bike Train to Montreal

A gaggle of cyclists departs for Montreal. Photo by @ThetaState from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Starting soon—Monday, in fact—you’ll be able to take your bike on the VIA train between Toronto and Montreal without boxing it up: the Bike Train has just announced a new twice-daily service to Montreal starting August 24 and continuing six [...]

Urban Planner: October 10, 2008

MUSIC: Torontonian electro-soul group Pants and Tie are celebrating the release of their new single, “Washing Machine,” with a party tonight at Sneaky Dee’s. The single, mixed by Dale Morningstar, will be available on both CD and vinyl at the show. Pants and Tie will be performing (obviously), accompanied by musical sets from the Pink [...]

Firefighter Dies, Montreal Riots, Offenders Monitored

Senior firefighter Robert Leek died yesterday and Sunrise Propane company employee Parvinder Saini is still missing following yesterday’s explosions and blaze at a fuel facility near Wilson and Keele. Many residents were able to return to their homes on Sunday evening, though up to 3,000 residents were prevented from doing so because of concerns over [...]

L.E.S. Artistes

Tyler Clark Burke is bringing her Santa Cruz party to Montréal for the first time ever this weekend, and she’s trying to rustle up some Toronto talent and cart ‘em over in her van (transportation free of charge, accommodations not so much). Sasha Van Bon Bon, members of Spiral Beach, Amanda Burt, Jeremy Stewart, and [...]

Wainwright Thinks There’s Something Wrong with Toronto

He writes about going to town in Paris, Barcelona, and Tulsa. The American-born, Canadian-raised operatic-pop-piano-rock singer says he loves Iceland, Greece, and Costa Rica. But the one place that he can’t stand? Deny the claim all you want, Torontonians, but it’s us. Although he grew up in our French sister city, Wainwright blacklisted our city [...]

Hot Broccoli, Hide Yer Smokes, Peak Oil Again

Happy Earth Day! Take the strike-less TTC today in celebration. Brazen thieves stole a truck containing about $11,000 worth of broccoli from a parking lot near the 427 on the weekend. Police are warning residents to keep their delicious vegetables under lock and key, and to keep an eye out for some healthy, but gassy, [...]