Local chef Sam Higgs must like to multi-task. How else can you explain his semi-regular monthly food event "grub-a-dub" where Higgs would prepare a vegan meal while on-stage a dub band entertained the diners. It combined going out to a restaurant with a live show. After a hiatus Higgs has brought back "grub-a-dub." Rechristened the "stew and brew hootenanny," tonight at the Tranzac Higgs will prepare a stew (think of all those yummy fresh summer......

Stillepost is atwitter about tonight's BSS/Jay Mascis show at the Mod Club (doors 7:00). Like previous times when Toronto's biggest "indie" band has played the message board goes crazy. Torontoist has sifted through the dozens of messages and has this roundup of five fun facts: 1) BSS really love Dinosaur Jr. and J. Mascis so much that they'll be doing a whole bunch of Dinosaur Jr. covers tonight instead of all the usual BSS......

Torontoist wants to wish the fine people at Permafrost Records a happy birthday. The local indie label is putting on an anniversary show with Jon Rae Fletcher and the River, The Femme Generation, the Bar Mitzvah Brothers and others. Read our interview with Permafrost founder Steven Himmelfarb.......

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Perhaps sampling Rockapella (Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? fame) and referencing Jonathan Swift and his Modest Proposal in your lyrics doesn't seem like the best way to develop one of Toronto's most loyal fanbases. But it's worked like a charm for Ninja High School, who also tap local hot button items like Jon Rae and the River and The Drake on their hot hot hot new album, Young Adults Against Suicide. Why......

The Tall Poppy Interview - Jonathan Bunce, Wavelength Founder...