Last week, bands of all descriptions from around the world gathered in Halifax for the Halifax Pop Explosion, also known as HPX. The five-day festival, which started in 1993 and sees around 17,000 fans and industry delegates descend on the city, drew around 150 bands. Though the acts come from across the globe, the large [...]

Photographers on the red carpet and paparazzi in the streets arm themselves with some of the most expensive and advanced camera equipment available to catch the magic and misdeeds of TIFF. Precision (read: expensive) lenses, high-powered flashes, and fast memory cards aren’t the only requirements. A solid understanding of the equipment in their hands, a dose [...]

Forget compasses, GPS, or helpful Sherpas. From June 13–19 this year, Torontoist is here to be your guide to everything NXNE. Yes, this is what a Rich Aucoin show actually feels like; this one was at the Drake in February. Photo by Corbin Smith/Torontoist. If NXNE was like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, then tonight, [...]

Forget compasses, GPS, or helpful Sherpas. From June 13–19 this year, Torontoist is here to be your guide to everything NXNE. Devo at the Phoenix in 2009. Photo by Raf Ferreira from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Some people see music festivals as an opportunity to crawl into the city’s dingiest holes and catch up-and-coming acts [...]

Today in Toronto: a record-breaking ice cream cake from our beloved Queen, a new anthology about life-changing phrases, an examination of Stars' new album, and a play from India's reigning poet laureate.

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. Lady singer-songwriters get an historically raw deal (thanks for nothing, Lilith Fair). But when you’re lumped in, first and foremost, with company as incestuous—and [...]

One day Pamela Anderson stood in the centre turn lane of a highway, clad only in a Canadian flag…picturing it? Welcome to the lead photo for the “Best of Canada” edition of SNAP!. Now in its seventh year, SNAP! combines a juried competition for established and emerging photographers with a gala fundraiser on March 2 [...]

A brief stint of Radiohead concert rumours spread like wildfires last week. Ticketmaster had announced that the band would play two shows on May 26 and 27 at the Air Canada Centre, but mentioned neither the date for the tickets to go on sale nor the price of the tickets themselves—the announcement was quickly removed [...]

Photo by Daniel Kahn. Last night, amidst the falling snow, the torrid wind, and the downtown lights, a sizable contingent of ironically-dressed hipsters, amateur figure skaters, tiny tots, and bewildered parents skated to the sounds of Stars, Major Marker, and Kevin Drew. All the while, Craig Norris froze his ass off while hosting the R3-30, [...]

The Raptors have reached the halfway point of the season, and almost every news outlet in town has been engaged in the mid-season ritual of handing out report cards. Jose Calderon gets top marks across the board, and deservedly so. His name is even being mentioned as a potential reserve selection for the All-Star Team. [...]