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Vandalist: Mercury Rising

A crazy little thing called art

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Entertainment District PHOTO BY: Simon Carr FIELD NOTES: It’s been almost exactly 20 years since the untimely death of rock god Freddie Mercury. Though it’s been decades since Queen’s heyday, their music is still known and loved by people of all ages and backgrounds, and Freddie’s presence is still dearly missed. So, [...]

Vandalist: Ads on Ads For Books On Ads

Once a week, Vandalist features the best street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute. By Fauxreel/Vespa, Artist Unknown/SWPE Books NEAR QUEEN AND BEVERLEYPHOTO BY GALA

Vandalist: Can’t They Be Both?

Once a week, Vandalist features the best street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute. Artists Unknown AT QUEEN AND SPADINAPHOTO BY SOPWITH

Vandalist: Projecting Your Feelings

Once a week, Vandalist features the best street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute. Artist Unknown AT QUEEN AND LANDSDOWNEPHOTO BY JOHN SLATCHER

Faux Hung

Street artist and former Torontoist contributor Fauxreel (which, contrary to what The Globe and Mail says, is not his real name; it’s Dan Bergeron) received both a considerable amount of disdain and a considerable amount of cash recently (as well as some praise), when he designed and helped execute a nationwide corporate vandalism campaign on [...]

Vandalist: Fresh Poster From Specter

Once a week, Vandalist features the best street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute. By Specter IN AN ALLEY BEHIND THE HORSESHOE TAVERNPHOTO BY SPECTER.

Crime Me A River

If you’re interested in pursuing a career in crime here in Canada, it looks like your best bet is to pack up and move to Regina. According to an article published in Maclean’s, Regina (aka “The Other Other Queen City”) has the dubious distinction of being the most dangerous city in Canada, followed closely by [...]

The Rump Shaker: March 13–19

Photo by Caesar Sebastian. Justice brings their gigantic glowing cross and their hot electro-house beats to the city on Monday. While the Sound Academy (ex-The Docks) is usually an awkward place to see music, it’s well suited for this show. There will be plenty of space for people to “D.A.N.C.E.” and the duo has a [...]

Vintage Toronto Ads: An Imperial Construction

Today’s ad features your stereotypical 1950s architectural professional: trenchcoat, tie, hat (preferably a fedora), and a fistful of building plans. The building this dapper construction supervisor is depicted next to would quickly become one of St. Clair Avenue’s architectural landmarks. Pigott Construction was based in Hamilton, where company president Joseph Pigott contributed heavily to the [...]

Musicologist: March 10–16

Torontoist is ahead of the game for previewing some of the best music choices this week (Queen West fire benefit, Forest City Lovers’ CD release) but Musicologist will give you one more recommendation—just for kicks. When UK’s Field Music announced a (begrudged) break last year, who knew David Brewis would be in Toronto playing a [...]

A First Look At Rogers Television City

With Rogers’ plan to move Citytv, OMNI Television, and the Fan 590 to the southeast corner of Dundas Square, those familiar with the current streetfront studios on Queen Street have wondered if the former Olympic Spirit building will be opened up in a similar way. Though merely an preliminary concept rendering, Rogers and Quadrangle Architects [...]

Jeff Healey, 1966–2008

Jeff Healey, legendary Torontonian musician and owner of Jeff Healey’s Roundhouse on Blue Jays Way (and Healey’s at Queen and Bathurst prior to that), has died of cancer at only 41. The news, posted to his website earlier tonight, comes just under two months before the domestic release of Healey’s new album, Mess of Blues, [...]