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By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – Last Friday, the Bloor Hot Docs cinema hosted a one-night only screening of the music-video styled documentary Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton, about the Los Angeles-based just-left and far-left-of-centre hip-hop and psych-R&B label. The evening including a special Q&A with label-head DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, née Chris Manak, who earnestly acknowledged the … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – The Design Exchange (DX) in downtown Toronto hosted a media preview for their upcoming “This is Not a Toy” exhibit yesterday. The exhibit celebrates the “urban vinyl” medium in pop and hyper-pop art, largely brought to public renown by international artists like KAWS, Los Angeles-based collective FriendsWithYou, and the celebrated Takashi Murakami, … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – Iconic Canadian rocker Neil Young kicked off his Honor The Treaties tour on Sunday as he spoke to reporters at Massey Hall to preface the Robin Hood-styled concert with a candid panel discussion on the impact of oil-sands industry development in Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) territory in Northern Alberta. As a … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – Following a year of exasperating drawn-out releases in 2013, expect 2014 to hold a number of surprises. In the meantime, this shortlist is a handful of anticipated releases by indie music mainstays and emerging artists to break through the darkness of any polar vortex. These albums will surely cast a light for … Continue reading
By: Alex Curley – The Gentlemen’s Expo has come and gone. The ballsy event that took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this past weekend proved that there was room for the urban man within gender themed consumer shows. Although it was fairly small, hopefully it will have a big splash on the possibility … Continue reading
By: Alex Curley – A smorgasbord of consumer goods for the discerning man is on parade at the Gentlemen’s Expo this weekend. “Designed to provide today’s modern urban man a show to call his very own”, proclaims the organizers who are donating a sizeable chunk of the proceeds from tickets to Movember Canada. The main theme for the expo is “be more … Continue reading
Photos by: Alex Curley – Zombies invaded Toronto’s downtown core yesterday as the 2013 Toronto Zombie Walk and Halloween parade took place at Nathan Phillips Square.
By: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) – As the second edition of JFL42 descended on Toronto it brought with it some of the finest comedians into the city. Taking place over the course of nine days through several venues throughout the city,, Toronto buzzed with one-liners, sketches and all-around goofiness. Janeane Garofolo opened the festival at the MOD … Continue reading
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – Today, The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) opened its doors to David Bowie Is. Curators Geoffrey March and Victoria Broackes first produced this exhibit for The V&A in London, and it’s now embarking on an international tour with its first stop being Toronto. The exhibit, which takes up two floors of the AGO’s contemporary wing has … Continue reading
Important Dates The Short List Announcement – July 16th at The Drake Hotel in Toronto. Polaris Gala – September 23rd at The Carlu in Toronto. The Polaris Music Prize awards $30,000 to the artist who creates the Canadian Album of the Year. Judged solely on artistic merit, without consideration of genre or record sales, the prize’s past … Continue reading
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