Now that CMW is out of the way, it's time to move onto other pressing music matters -- such as, why the hell are all these really great bands coming to town and playing the Kool Haus?! Can we not get a better venue than that? We just spent three of the last seven days at that venue and had to stand near the soundboard just to get even remotely clear audio of the......

It seems to be the week of Alexisonfire, who are playing just about every venue in the city over the next 7 days, starting on Thursday. We predict a few bruised ribs and black eyes just in time for Christmas...so kids, if you're going to the show(s), be a little gentler to each other knowing that your parents will be pissed if you're posing for the holiday photos with a shiner. This public service......

Awesome Athens, GA psyrockers Of Montreal play Lee's Palace tonight. They don't play Toronto often enough, a pain compounded when they were refused entry at the border a coupla years back, en route to a Montreal gig. Imagine the Abbott and Costello-like conversation - 'But we're Of Montreal, man!' 'That made be so, but you didn't file the appropriate paperwork, my furry young musicians.' The band tours to promote its latest album, The Sunlandic Twins,......

While most of the world has moved on to M.I.A., Torontoist hasn't forgot about that lone handclap in "Rebellions (Lies)" or the Win Butler-as-the-next-Springsteen notion of 2004. But before adding another blog post to the most blogged about band in history, TorIst does throw down a few new tracks for the week... 1. 13 + God - "Men of Station" Thanks to Scissorkick, here's the new Anticon collabo between the Notwist and Themselves... 2. Of......