Photo by Daniel Kahn. Last night, amidst the falling snow, the torrid wind, and the downtown lights, a sizable contingent of ironically-dressed hipsters, amateur figure skaters, tiny tots, and bewildered parents skated to the sounds of Stars, Major Marker, and Kevin Drew. All the while, Craig Norris froze his ass off while hosting the R3-30, CBC Radio 3's weekly indie rock countdown, at the Natrel Skating Rink at Harbourfront. Besides the music, there was......

Dundas Square gets a lot of flak for being a cold and soulless expanse of commercial neon and grey granite, and in a new music video for local singer-songwriter-producer Colin Munroe, it still is! But in this case, it's appropriate for his fantastic cover of Kanye West's mediocre "Flashing Lights" track. Directed by Toronto-based street artist, musician, and director Philip Sportel, the super-low-budget video effectively dulls the square down into a generic, industrial, underpopulated......

Even though Moss Park dance punk duo MSTRKRFT ">believe that, as dance music artists, "there's much better places for us to be," (this is said right at the 4:16 mark, of all times) Toronto's other homegrown house producers have taken the entire electro world by storm in the last few months. One needs only to point one's browser to the website Beatport, which has quickly become the DJ world's number one website for downloading......

CityPulse. The New Music. Baby Blue Movies. City Lights. Fashion Television. Speaker's Corner. These programs are among the innovative shows that have aired on CityTV since it officially launched way up the dial 35 years ago this evening. CityTV had a short gestation period after the CRTC approved its license in November 1971. Key figures in the station's early ownership included president Edgar Cowan, vice-president Phyllis Switzer, lawyer Jerry Grafstein and managing director/former CBC......

It's almost time to say goodbye to North By Northeast for yet another year. Two longs nights have past, leaving tonight as the last chance to get out an enjoy some of the best new music from around the world. Seeing as it is Saturday, expect a lot of the shows to be really busy so going earlier is always better than later. All the cool kids are doing it! But before we get back......

After five long years, indie rockers The Apples in Stereo are back with the release of their latest disc New Magnetic Wonder (Simian Records) on February 7. We've only had a chance to listen to a few songs so far, and they're very catchy 60's pop goodness. Furthermore, lead singer Robert Schneider created a whole new music scale, called the "Non-Pythagorean Scale," which is extensively explained as a bonus on the new disc. Luckily for......

Starting next Tuesday and running for five nights, The Hidden Cameras will be putting on a special series of shows in conjunction with the Toronto Dance Theatre at Harbourfront, entitled "In The Boneyard". Head Camera Joel Gibb gave Pitchfork a sneak preview of what to expect from the performances, which will begin with the Cameras providing musical accompaniment for the dancers but trading places as the show progresses. All new music was written especially for......

This, the first installment of what will (hopefully) be a weekly segment for Torontoist, will explore the phenomenon of podcasting. Torontoist has one of those Ipods to cast, but no money to buy new music, and is too lazy and scared for downloading. So, in an effort to save time and money whilst staying 'on top' of 'hot new shit' we have been downloading copious amounts of podcasts lately and finding some pretty darn good......

Zoinks is right: There's a new music store west of Christie! Torontoist has yet to check out Zoinkz, but hopes that the presence of a new CD shop on Bloor can disrupt the axis of low-balling around the CD Replay-Sonic Boom corridor. One would think there'd be a good selection of Ethiopian/African music in this area. If anyone's got a beat on this place, please holler.......

Torontoist doesn't have a lot of time now that summer is over. Not a lot of time to do up an indepth Le Mercredi Mixtape, that is, but don't fear, there is some good new music here. 1. Amestory - "They're Telling You You've Been Alive" Amestory live and breathe in the cool dark beneath the piano's top, in the body of the violin, breathing the sad sunless air. Although, Torontoist is surely glad......

There is just so much good music to be found online and much of it as free and legal downloads. That's what Torontoist wants to share with you in these Le Mercredi Mixtapes and that's what *sixeyes share as well. So many artists, bands, and indie music labels offer mp3s that you could live in front of your monitor searching for new music. And Torontoist does.... here's what we've been living on lately. 1.......

This Le Mercredi Mixtape starts off with promising New Yorkers and ends with promising Brits and in between is a warm salty ocean to dive into. But 'mixtape'? Mixtape seems like an anachronism already, who makes them anymore? And this isn't a 'tape' now is it? But, what the hell, I used to make mixtapes all the time and actually enjoyed giving new music to friends. This was the idea behind my mp3 blog,......

Ottawan six-piece As The Poets Affirm are currently celebrating the release of their sophomore album, The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch (Zunior) with a cross-Canada tour that stops at the El Mocambo upstairs on Friday night. As their name implies, they have some serious artistic aspirations (or pretentions, depending on your point of view). Thankfully, they also to have the goods to back it up. Blending classical, pop and post-rock influences into a......

Forget about all the new music making its way to Toronto this summer -- old classics should be given the same coverage. That's why Torontoist and Mom went down to Massey Hall last night to catch Gordon Lightfoot's second concert of the week. There it was discovered that ageing hippies make for a very rowdy audience, with song suggestions and random comments being shouted to Lightfoot at all moments. He joked throughout the show, and......

For a mid-afternoon, end-of-the-week kick in the pants, tune into CIUT's new music show Eclectic Sound Basement. The show runs courtesy of Torontoist comrade Guy Stevos, of Sans Blog fame, and has been known to rawk. Content includes "an unpredictable mix of eclectic music not heard anywhere else" and an interview with loveable Overtones columnist Carl Wilson. The show airs every Friday at 12 P.M. Act like you know.......

A hot topic around certain media water coolers this week is definitely George. And for once it’s not Mr. Bush we’re scrutinizing, it’s Mr. Stroumboulopoulos and his new show, The Hour. The formula fits. The CBC needs to nab a younger audience before their mostly-geriatric audience croaks. Hell, we’re all a generation in need of fresh ideas. So, they give themselves a to-do list: - Make a hip new show that happens to cover the......

For lovers of new music and concerts, Friday night often means making tough decisions. Do you check out the local up and comers, or do you see the established favourites? Or, do you maybe pay a visit to the band just passing through? This particular Friday is no exception, with the Tragically Hip and Joel Plaskett rockin' the Air Canada Centre and Badly Drawn Boy stopping in at the Palais Royale. But really, the Hip......