Recalling an exciting time in Canadian indie rock when bands sounded less like accordion-totting balladeers and more like Dischord Records discography-totting caustic rockers, Republic of Safety are easily one of the most exciting bands currently making music in this city. Fronted by the charismatic (and Torontoist interviewed!) Maggie MacDonald, the band boasts the creative, angular guitar work of scene veteran Jonny Dovercourt, along with bassist Marlena Kaesler, saxophonist Martin Eckart, and former Quebexico drummer Steve......

Last month Torontoist posted about Brian Joseph Davis' Yesterduh project. Tonight, Davis wraps up the project with a CD release party. He's layered 60 individual recordings (Boy Reporter is one of them) of the Lennon-McCartney classic "Yesterday", gathered over a month, into one giant polyphonic Beatles extravaganza. Samples are available here. Tonight's event will also feature a performance by Vigilante Justice which features members of Pyramid Culture and Ninja High School who'll be performing early......

Torontoist represented at yesterday's launch of uTOpia at the Gladstone. We hosted a marshmallow-and-toothpick building contest (because we're actually about five-years-old) and we got some fabulous entries from aspiring alternative architects of all ages - all eager to recreate their favourite Toronto landmarks in marshmallow. And then we all got tummy-aches from eating too much of the building material. Aside from the marshmallows, there was a strong line-up of panelists and guests, which included Mark......

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