"Do you trust your friends? Would you let them redecorate your apartment, or do your homework for you? Would you let them buy your groceries? Would you leave them in charge of your kids? And if you did, what would they change?" So reads the beginning of the liner notes from Do You Trust Your Friends?, the album of remixes and reimaginings of songs from Stars' Set Yourself On Fire, now out on Arts &......

We realize that we probably talk about Owen Pallett, aka Final Fantasy, way too much. So we're not going to talk about his free show on Saturday night at North York Central Library, also featuring The Creeping Nobodies, Hank, Ninja High School, and Bob Wiseman. Nope, not a word. Instead, what we do want to tell you about is the Toronto Public Library's stellar new local CD selection - the whole reason that the......

V-Fest has come and gone, and although it definitely had some issues, it was a great experience overall. The Flaming Lips clearly stole the show, even though they were forced to shut everything down after four songs on Day One, due to an 11pm curfew. Their show is like going to Disney Land, but for adults. Multiplied by 10. It warmed the cochels of my heart. Other notable performances included The Raconteurs, Wolfmother, Phoenix......

This weekend, the Harbourfront Centre plays host to Indie Unlimited. The festival's lineup features Amy Millan, The Hidden Cameras, Bell Orchestre - and Great Lake Swimmers, who are coming off the end of their touring in support of their acclaimed 2005 album, Bodies and Minds. Frontman Tony Dekker took some time to talk with Torontoist about touring and what's next after this weekend's show.......

Tsk, tsk. Late two weeks in a row. Someone needs a good spanking. Next week we'll get our act together and put Torontoist before busy schedules and get this puppy out on time. Pinky swear. As always, let us know in the comments section if you're heading to any good shows that we missed. Particularly for this Thursday...we need some hot action that night. Recently Announced Sept. 11 - M Ward @ Mod Club, $16.50......

Been on break for a while, but we came back with a great show last week live from the Harbourfront Centre. It was the Roots Remix festival, and we had artists, musicians, kids, tons of people rolling through the tent to say hi. We previewed Cassius' new one, 15 again, look for that in August. And our fake debate show, The Final Solution, explored just how gluttonous you can get at McDonalds. We're talking..."give......

The great thing about having a pass or a wristband for NXNE is being able to see a handful of bands at different venues for one low cost. On Thursday night, we settled for staying at the Rivoli for the duration of the evening which turned out to be awesome night which ended with The Neverending White Lights playing till 2 in the morning. If you haven't caught anything at NXNE, you still have......

Break out the earplugs and prepare to get very little sleep over the next few days, as the North by Northeast Music Festival and Conference begins tomorrow. Your wristband ($28.00) gets you into approximately 400 shows at 33 venues, all film screenings from the film festival portion, as well as the closing party Sunday night at the El Mocambo. Bargain! Highlights of the festival include performances at the Phoenix by Television (Fri. June 9th,......

There's a difference between celebrity-gawking locally (seeing P Diddy buying some clothes at Roots in Yorkville), and local celebrity-gawking (catching Stuart Berman eating a burrito at Bar Burrito). At Torontoist, we'd take the local celebs locally any night of the week. And last Friday - the Tangiers' CD release party at Lee's Palace - happened to be such a night. We first saw Mr Kevin Drew, whom we will not call a Broken Social Scenester,......

This week's weeklies point us to few concerts of musical and cultural import, namely, the Over The Top Fest. Torontoist would just like to emphasize this: The music kicks off tonight with found-sound bad boys The Books at the Abbas-Mo (464 Spadina), New York Times favourites Mice Parade at the Poor Alex (296 Brunswick), and By Divine Right headlining at Sneaks (431 College). The rest of the weekend includes MC Paul Barman, Amy Millan, Republic......

Granted, the Stars Set Yourself On Fire brand matches have all the aspects of a clever promotion; they're cheaply produced, easily distributed, and infinitely practical. It's an intersting idea. But based on Thursday night's Stars concert at the Phoenix, perhaps a more deft advertising move would be to make better use Amy Millan's mesmerizing good looks. In all the Stars press packets and media, she's practically hidden. Please! The woman is 100 per cent babe!......

The Tall Poppy Interview - Amy Millan, Musician...

Torontoist doesn't usually like to single people out, but we feel that a healthy "congratulations" are an order for our very own sports editor, Adrian. Last week, our most adorable staff writer was on hand in Guelph, Ontario to accept a degree from the prestigious Guelph University. After seven years of battling administration and wearing backwards mesh hats, Adrian has finally earned the right to wear the cap and gown. So the next time you......

Montreal’s Stars have been busy of late. In addition to being a Broken Social Scenester, co-vocalist Amy Millan completed a solo album due to come out next Spring and Torquil Campbell put out the debut record for his side project Memphis at the end of this past Summer, but they still somehow found the time to write, record and release the third Stars album, Set Yourself On Fire. The lushly orchestrated duet “Your Ex-Lover Is......