If you're not completely burnt out from Nuit Blanche, there are plenty of quality shows to check out this week, including Joanna Newsom, Massive Attack, and Myspace darling Lily Allen. Alternatively, you Hip fans can skip out on the live music this week and save up your change for all four (yes, FOUR) of the recently announced shows at the Phoenix a few weeks from now. Can Gord Downie and pals really justify the......

Torontoist is usually pretty happy to see events that try to celebrate and support independent music in Toronto. Torontoist loves independent music, and collectively we probably go see more than a dozen shows a month. So were a little flabbergasted when we found out about the Toronto Independent Music Awards. Terrible logo and sloppy website aside there's definitely something lacking in the execution. With an MC from Edge 102 (a pillar of the independent......

OutKast's Andre 3000, fresh off disappointing guest spots on the Gwen Step-on-me album and a role in the unfortunate Get Shorty sequel, had better 'watch himself.' According to a reliable Torontoist source, Mr 3000 spent last evening dangerously slumming around the Phoenix nightclub during the Indie Music Awards and Esthero/controller.controller gig. Wearing a fedora-esque hat and leather jacket, 3000 "looked like he was enjoying himself," said our source. "He was grooving with the girls there...I......