Brooklyn indie buzz band Bishop Allen play Lee's Palace this Thursday night. Their music is infectiously catchy with great pop hooks. If you're looking for a frame of reference, one music blogger described their sound as "a mix of the brainy lyrics of The Talking Heads and the stripped-down guitar work of the Violent Femmes." Their records are on regular rotation on the iPods of several Torontoist staffers. We can't get enough of them.......

In our last report on Drum Circle, Toronto's weekly celebration of drum and dance, one commenter lamented, "Its going to be a looooong [sic] winter without it...:(" Fear not, faithful reader, for the beat goes on. Attentive readers may remember that the dreadlocks, wooden beads, glowstick poi and djembe drums that have come to characterize the event were causing grief for a pair of older residents near Trinity Bellwoods, claiming the event held in......

2. Dance Cave (529 Bloor St W) A club-goers alternative for alternative club-goers. Virtually every journalist/band/college student/artiste has come here on at least one occasion, and the same demographic are amongst the regular visitors. There's a good chance you'll run into the same people that were there last week, which is both good and bad for one-night stands (On one hand, that girl with the dress-over-the-pants look will be there every Saturday, on the other......

Brit-pop has officially become a legitimate cultural subset in Toronto. The Anglo-affectionate crowd already has several successful music nights (Dance Cave, Labyrinth Lounge, or anything involving DJ Mark Holmes), clothing stores (FCUK, Vespa, anywhere that sells Ben Sherman), and now a publication. UKULA, the brains behind the monthly DJ night at Andy Poolhall and a weekly set next door at Ciao Eddie, have compiled a nice looking website and matching glossy magazine. In it's first......