The year is winding down and so is the music, which is kind of nice, actually, because there seem to be a lot of tours already gearing up for 2007. Hopefully Alexisonfire isn't one of them...we have no idea how they can manage to go onstage and scream for 7 solid days (they have a few more shows this week). Insanity. Best bets for this week include Royal Wood tonight at the Cameron House......

Canadian rapper k-os has questionably hinted at a racist agenda at NOW Magazine after receiving a mediocre review. This week, NOW published a review of the new k-os album, "Atlantis: Hymns For Disco." Writer Jason Richards commented that the abundance of mainstream guests- including Sam Roberts and Buck 65 - "will only strengthen [k-os's] detractors' case that he's a crossover pop artist disguised as a true-school b-boy." Even so, Richards gave the album three N's......

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......