It's that time of the year--benefit concert season. There are a number of them coming up in the next few weeks, including The Holiday Jam (Sick Kids), Jason Collett & The Constantines (CARE Canada), and Bedouin Soundclash (Doctors Without Borders/War Child), so if you're in a giving mood, this may be a good way to do it while also catching some great music. Best bets for this week include Tenacious D tonight (love/hate...always entertaining),......

Everyone must be getting ready to hibernate for the winter...not as many shows this week and nothing of great interest announced recently. However, the live acts that are playing this week are pretty damn good, if we may say so. Royal Wood is at the Cameron House every Monday evening, and is the perfect choice if you're looking to chill out with a good friend and a glass of wine. Tuesday night, head to......

Hailing from Nova Scotia, Matt Mays & El Torpedo play the kind of music that simply sounds "Canadian", for all the positive and negative connotations that may come with the tag. We're talking big, rootsy rock in the grand tradition of Neil Young & Crazy Horse - thundering guitars, raw vocals, a healthy dose of twang - nothing groundbreaking, but when it's done right it's a marvelous thing. And Matt Mays does it pretty damn......

The Grey Lady sends a man out to the furthest reaches of civilization. Colin Campbell goes to Ajax for a story on Sirius, explaining CanContent requirements in the process, and why it is that satellite service subscribers may "find a slightly more Canadian flavor on the radio: more Canadian music, more Canadian news and more Canadian comedy." By far the most humorous revelation is that Canadian Satellite Radio plans to create an 'ambassador' of music,......

Oh Sam Roberts, how the fratboys love you so. And Torontoist likes you too, though you once looked our friend's girlfriend up and down so many times he thought you might strain something. But that was then, and you were getting photographed at Bright Pearl Restaurant, and they were eating Har Gau, and that's all water under the proverbial bridge. Now you're all grown up and playing pared down accoustic shows, with the likes of......

Smooth, gentle, quiet, fast, efficient, popular, fun, red; these are just a few adjectives that describe both the newly re-installed College streetcars and folk artist Oh Susanna. The street cars are back up on College St. after months of construction, and Oh Susanna is back from a quick tour of the West Coast. The Scrappy Bitch is playing Hugh's Room tonight with special guests Elliot Brood and Kathleen Edwards. In a perfect world, it would......