As part of our ongoing commitment to being the media outlet of choice for all things Emily Haines, Torontoist offers the following web page, which reveals a previously unknown chapter in the career of this popular Canadian musician. The woman in the photo is identified as “Emily Haynes (sic)… a cultured and musically gifted young woman” who was already known as “a talented young vocalist” back in the early 1880’s. It just goes to show......

We here at Torontoist don't cover Emily Haines nearly enough, do we? Okay, so maybe we do -- which is why, instead of going into a detailed account of her show Saturday night at the Danforth Music Hall, we'll just say that it was a lovely hour of mellow music from her new album Knives Don't Have Your Back, and that we're glad it was a seated show. Her voice is so soothing that......

We're a little late with this week's music listing--blame the election! Er, okay, maybe someone just got immersed in learning a bit of Flash and let it slip. It won't happen again. If you're looking for some local flavour, you've got a few really good choices this week, including Melissa McClelland, Ohbijou, Elliott Brood, and the Great Lake Swimmers. All highly recommended, particularly Melissa--her voice is like honey. On the not-so-local side, Axl Rose......

i (heart) music has just released their list of the 33 hottest bands in Canada for 2006, as selected by a more than forty Canadian music bloggers (including yours truly, current Torontoist contributor Carrie Musgrave, Said the Gramophone, former Torontoist contributor Frank Yang from Chromewaves, and lots of others). We don't mean to gloat, but it looks like we're still the best city for music in the country. A whole bunch of Toronto-based bands made......

Save Our St. Clair, the group that fought against the St. Clair right of way has reared its head again. The group has backed four candidates whose wards run along the route of the right of way. Three of them are incumbents (Palacio, Nunziata and Michael Walker). John Sewell who's running against the right of way's strongest defender Joe Mihevc gets a strong thumbs up from SOS. The three main mayoral candidates seem to still......

Think you're the world's biggest Metric fan? Here's a rare chance to prove it. There's a copy of the very first, super-rare, debut CD of Emily Haines for auction on eBay courtesy of Toronto music blogger (and ex-Torontoist staffer) Chromewaves. No, we're not talking about her latest, critically-acclaimed release, Knives Don't Have Your Back. This is something much more special. Circa 1997, when Metric was but a twinkle in her eye, Emily Haines released a......

This fall is shaping up to be a busy one, as everyone and their dog seems to be touring right now. If you haven't spent all of your OSAP money yet, might want to stash away a few pennies for some concert tix. However, if you've already blown your student loan on cheap beer and (even cheaper) Ikea furniture, take comfort in the fact that you can visit your local public library to catch......

If you're a listener to the CBC Radio 3 podcast then you already know about their free ticket giveaway. On Oct. 1st at the Kool Haus Radio 3 will be presenting See Vous Play, a cross-Canadian showcase of independent music featuring The Joel Plaskett Emergency, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeletons, Les Trois Accords, and Les Breastfeeders. The best part it's all free. So no, Ticketmaster won't be screwing you over on this one.......

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......

Everyone recovered from V-Fest yet? No? What's wrong with you? Better take your vitamins and Red Bull then, because there's a lot going on this week. Notably, Ms. Emily Haines will be playing four (that's right, 4!) shows in a span of three days (incl. V-Fest), so if you think you're tired... If this isn't enough music for one week and you know of other shows, as always, we want to hear about it......

As part of the University of Toronto's frosh week, the Students' Administrative Council hosted Metric and the Weakerthans on their back campus on Friday evening. Ignoring, for a moment, that Ryerson hosted Metric for their frosh week last year, that the band was delayed by an hour, seemed even grumpier than the increasingly impatient crowd when they arrived, played a short set, and didn't play an encore (met with audience shouts of "now I'm......

Looking to check out some live music this week? Here's your listing of what's happening around the city between August 7-13. If you know of any good shows this week that we missed below, let us know in the comments. Feel free to also let us know about upcoming shows that would be worth checking out. Recently Announced Aug. 12 – OXFAM Music 4 Change Fundraiser feat. The Diableros, The Coast, These Electric Lives......

We want to wish the women (and men) at Shameless magazine a happy second birthday. Over the last two years the mag has been nominated for two awards by the UTNE reader and even voted the best magazine by Now magazine. They've gotten mixed tapes from Emily Haines, doled out advice, interviewed some of the best female comic book artists, and taught girls that mainstream culture's ideals of beauty aren't the be all and......

Hands up: how many of you saw the MMVAs on Sunday? Yeah, didn't think so. Now, some of you might actually be interested in what happened so we give you this blow-by-blow written by the National Post's Aaron Wherry on his blog pop (all love). A few items of interest: 1) VJ Devon was wearing a leotard and pointy shoes 2) Emily Haines is uncomfortable with mass market adoration 3) "Fall Out Boy are apparently......

Places you might find Emily Haines and her trademark short-skirt: - Opening for the Rolling Stones. - Listening to Sonic Youth. - Eating Gnocchi at Terroni. - Singing with Broken Social Scene in January. (Though when playing with BSS, it's tight jeans as opposed to the mini-skirt.) - On Torontoist's contest page. To win a copy of her band's latest album, Live It Out, and a Metric tee-shirt, please send an email over here including......

Sadly, Torontoist has learnt through comments on this here blog, stille post and a not working website that the Ear to the Ground Fest won't be happening. No word on whether any of the bands will regroup and put on their own shows but there's plenty going on this weekend. Boy Reporter is going to shamelessly plug his friend's the Pickups who are launching their CD with Montreal piano-poppist Mike Evin at Sneaky Dee's. If......

Looking up Emily Haines' miniskirt is now a university-sanctioned frosh week event. At least that's implicit in the big Ryerson University frosh event this year. The 'little college that could' throws a surprisingly capable frosh week party tomorrow night on the Island, with the aforementioned miniskirt and her band Metric, as well as K*Naan (pronounced KAY-nawn), Funkadesi amongst others. With Sloan headlining the University of Toronto frosh bash 2005, Ryerson shows that money does......

Japan will get a dose of Cancontent this weekend, when Broken Social Scene, The Dears, Stars, Death from Above 1979 and Metric drop in on Osaka and Toykyo for a mini-tour called "Canada Wet." Why is the tour called Canada Wet? We cannot tell you. Perhaps Emily Haines plans to throw out a case of bottled water, in keeping with her behaviour at the Mod Club show, when a crowd-pacifying maneuver was required. Wet or......

The Year that Was: We won't presume to have seen it all, or read it all, or eaten it all. And so, a digested list of good things that happened in and around the GTA and the universe this year. Okay, in and around this year. Arrested Development, the DVD: A show everyone can love, and a replacement for the Office DVD, which we watched until we could watch no longer. "Unlimited juice...This party's gonna......

Often referred to as the Broken Social Scene babes (of which Feist is included), Emily Haines of Metric and Amy Milan of Stars are indeed scorching hot. However that is not the issue here. The constant recognition of their natural, milk-fed beauty shouldn't trump the importance of their musical contributions to our fair city, or their actual music. So Torontoist will have to drool over the two in a later post. (This will be necessary......

Just last week Torontoist was mourning the lack of truly watchable films, or at least films we could get certifiably excited about. Sure, we had our fill of filler films, those movies that pad the cinema space between the big openings, but where was the razzle, and by default, the dazzle? Tonight, though, there are cinematic options aplenty. From Scorcese, (always an Oscar Bridesmaid, never a bride...until now?), and from two dynamite duets: Jeunet and......