From Napster to Morpheus, iTunes to .torrents (not to mention the popularity of indie-kid and kid-at-heart collector's favorite record shops), CD sales are on the decline. While this isn't exactly a news-making statement today, it becomes one when the retail giants finally decide to step up and er, face the music. HMV (His Master's Voice, inspired by the 1899 Francis Barraud painting of his dog listening to a gramophone) announced yesterday that the new......

Billy Bragg loves Toronto, that is- not Torontoist. (Although he might love Torontoist as well.) Last night’s show by Bragg at the Danforth Music Hall was a mighty feat by the English singer-songwriter. The sold-out show opened its doors at 7pm, and was met by fans who had started lining up in the rain more than hour before. The opening act, Seth Lakeman, didn’t take the stage until 8pm when the restless audience started......

It's a busy music week, this one. There's everything from samba to classical music, so all of you anti-hipsters should be pleased. Most importantly, Torontoist's 'Back to School' Party is this Thursday, and we better see y'all there -- especially you anonymous commenters. You know who you are. As always, if there's a show happening that we haven't listed, let us know in the comments. Recently Announced Oct. 4 - The Long Winters @......

CBC Radio 3 will go on hi-a-tus March 4th. It's being called some sort of rejig operation, hopefully nothing like Ashlee's Simpson's jig rejig. CBC Radio 3 has long been a TOist favourite, but our in-cube sources tell us the site never got the traffic. Why, one wonders, when they featured great recorded shows, good articles, and occasionally finicky but always beautiful design. We'll remember, with particular fondness, a Billy Bragg show they aired a......