Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'wedon'
January 16, 2008
Is 1996 retro yet? Probably not, but that doesn't mean Toronto isn't way overdue for some good, old-fashioned ska-punk sounds courtesy of Less Than Jake, who are playing a free show this Saturday (January 19) at 8:00 p.m. at The Sound Academy (aka. The Docks). They make us all nostalgic for the old days...you know, hanging out in dirty parking lots with skateboards and big puffy shoes, dreaming about when your first chair trombone......
Continue Reading "Less Than Jake Mounts A Comeback In T.O."May 8, 2007
For Toronto's Kids On TV, it's been a long road to get their debut album completed, one that has lasted the better part of three years. For those waiting to hear Mixing Business With Pleasure, released last week by the Blocks Recording Club, there has been the lingering question of how the music would translate from the live show onto tape. For a band that is so infamous for its high-energy, explicit performances, how would......
Continue Reading "On Store Shelves: Mixing Business With Pleasure by Kids On TV"October 31, 2005
Mayor Boom Boom may have a tough time stemming the flow of guns and revitalizing the waterfront during the short life of his mandate but the one problem he could conceivably tackle, if not solve, is the trashiest of them all. As folks from Ottawa to Napanee to Michigan ('We Don't Want to be Canada's Trash Can") angrily tell the big guy to keep his garbage on site, where is Mayor Dave's plan? Leaving Republic......
Continue Reading "Garbage Wars"February 18, 2005
Though hot hot Toronto didn't net that sidebar Spin Magazine contemplated devoting to our burgeoning 'scene,' we still exist. Testament to our existence, and the swirling events of the city that cater to said existence, are lots of new websites devoted to talking about Toronto, all things Toronto. One such new kid on the block is BlogTO, which looks like it's shaping up to have a nice mix of this, that, and, of course, the......
Continue Reading "There's a New Blog in TOwn"