Believe it or not, music videos still exist. Sound Tracks trolls the internet to find the best and the worst of local artists’ new singles and the good, bad, or otherwise noteworthy visuals that accompany them. On the frontlines of an up-and-coming generation of Arts & Crafters, Toronto art-rocking foursome The Darcys are staying true [...]

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 [...]

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. The quick crush you’re going to develop on the Skeletones Four might surprise you. Hailing from Guelph but based in Toronto, the band’s proper [...]

Following the statement that was their 2009 full-length debut, Harsh Words, Toronto duo Little Foot Long Foot toured like crazy, absorbed a third member (Caitlin Dacey on organ and vocals), and returned to the studio with the king of Canrock riffage himself, Sir Ian Blurton. The combination of it all has resulted in a stellar sophomore release, Oh, Hell (out now digitally and physically next week), which keeps any trace of kitsch firmly in check to deliver a set of heavy, catchy, countrified blues rock that keeps them on the upward trajectory they've been cruising for some time.

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. Guitar-pop outfits may be a dime a dozen around these parts, but even still, when Ruby Coast released their new full length, Whatever This [...]

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. Much has been made of the just barely out-of-adolescence make-up of of the majority of the members of Toronto’s Modern Superstitions. On [...]

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. Somewhere in the first half of this decade there was a handful of female artists and bands churned out into mainstream Canadian music and [...]

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. While it’s no secret that we’ve got a wimpy soft spot for lush, melodic indie rock with banjos and acoustic guitars, we’re tough enough [...]

Gas prices in Toronto are at $1.09 or more a litre today, reflecting all-time record oil prices of over US$108 per barrel. For all our driving readers, it might cheer you up to consider that it’s still cheaper to fill up your car with gas than say, orange juice or Diet Pepsi. By the way, [...]

This fjord is my fjord, this fjord is your fjord, From the valley Thörsmork to the geyser Strokkur, From Lake Lögurinn to Björk’s house in Reykjaviík. Iceland was made for you and me. Our favourite Nordic country just got a little closer: Icelandair will launch direct flights between Toronto and Reykjaviík on May 2. To [...]