Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains of 2007––the people, places, and things that we've either fallen head over heels in love with or developed uncontrollable rage towards over the past twelve months. Get your dose, starting Boxing Day and running into the new year, three times a day––sunrise, noon, and sunset. Most people would respond with shock if you expressed your distaste for the ever-growing music festival (read: conference) that......

The Too-Explicit Injustice of Kind Population! is: a) a popular Engrish t-shirt slogan in Tokyo b) a Sufjan Stevens hidden track c) the title of this month's photo blog show at the Whippersnapper Gallery If you guessed "c," many hand claps and cheers! You've just won yourself admission* to the opening reception of this must-see exhibition featuring Toronto's top photo bloggers: Sam Javanrouh, Chris Altorf and Jessica Hayes, Adam Hool, and Rannie Turingan. The......

The Village Voice gives us their annual Pazz and Jop Critics' Poll today, with predictable, transparent and delightful results. So delightful, in fact, that we consider this to be the most definitive list of anywhere anyhow. (Yay, as they say, for the Gorillaz and Three Six Mafia on the singles list and for the best album actually being the best album.) Now for a little comparitive analysis, let's look at the eye's Canadian critics'......

This week features a pretty packed schedule of excellent shows for your club-hopping pleasure, all no doubt hoping to take a bite out of the back-to-school entertainment budget of returning students. One of the most anticipated of which is the arrival of Sufjan Stevens and his band of Illinoisemakers, at Trinity-St Paul's Centre on Saturday September 10 with their tribute to the Prairie State. The second entry in his ambitious plan to salute all fifty......

Sorry, Torontoist got so wrapped up in that Gomery affair we totally forgot our Mercredi Mixtape obligations last week! Expect another blip in the Mixtape delivery when Chuck Guite gets all up in it. Other than that, here's the downloadables: 1. Sufjan Stevens - Illionoise Clever play on the state name, Suf. Fun song too! 2. The Coral - "In the Morning" video Scandalous! 3. The Russian Futurists - "Paul Simon" They can call you......

With the last Barenaked Ladies album, the city of Toronto has forever etched its name in annals music history. But besides BNL, this is a place that once saw Rick James and Neil Young bump out soul songs in Yorkville; that welcomed John Lennon's first solo concert; that was setting for more than one Mya video. Toronto is a city so steeped in music history that it would be outright irresponsible for the Torontoist to......