Weekly indie institution Wavelength started in 1999, setting up shop at Ted's Wrecking Yard, then bouncing between venues until landing at its current home, Sneaky Dee's, in 2002. Past performers read like a who's-who of home grown indie music: Great Lake Swimmers, The Bicycles, Cadence Weapon, Julie Doiron, Peaches, Final Fantasy, Feist—and the list goes on. After a Canada Day hiatus, the Sunday night series is back with a stellar July lineup for its live......

This week the Hot Docs box office has opened, and with luck we’ll soon have some early coverage of our picks of the festival to help you with your ticket buying decisions, advising you to find 37 uses for a dead sheep, perhaps? Of course, if the schedule has got you all fired up for some documentaries, this week Cinematheque Ontario is exploring the documentary films of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the first North American......

Rap superstar and Wu-Tang Clan co-founder Ol' Dirty Bastard has died over the weekend. Russell Jones, 35, collapsed in a New York studio on Saturday after reportedly complaining of chest pains. The cause of death is still unknown. Jones was best known as the Ol' Dirty Bastard (or ODB), but had a number of colourful names, like Unique Ason, Joe Bananas, Big Baby Jesus ("I have always been Jesus"), Osiris, and Dirt McGirt. Though ODB......