JOIN THE RINGO STARR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION | PEACE AND LOVE TO US ALL! EVENT HAPPENING JULY 7 AT TORONTO’S NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE Aaron Badgley will be hosting a Ringo Starr Birthday celebration on July 7, 2026 at Nathan Phillips Square, in [...]
LORDS OF ACID – “DREAM BOY” | NEW VIDEO FOR RECENT SINGLE BY PIONEERING ELECTRONIC DANCE ACT + PART 2 OF 2026 US TOUR ANNOUNCED METROPOLIS RECORDS The pioneering electronic dance act Lords of Acid have made a video available [...]
SHEBAD RELEASE “DANCING NONSTOP” | NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES INDEPENDENT SHEBAD’s new single, “Dancing Nonstop,” was released independently on June 19th ahead of an incredible summer of live appearances across [...]
DINOSAUR JR. ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM OUT AUGUST 28 + NORTH AMERICAN TOUR JAGJAGUWAR Today, Dinosaur Jr. announce their new album, There Near, out August 28th via Jagjaguwar and release the lead single/video, “Several Got Away.” In [...]
BRITISH MTV LEGEND THOMAS DOLBY & THE LOST TOY PEOPLE SET TO HEADLINE 2026 TOTALLY TUBULAR FESTIVAL TOUR DATES KICK OFF NEXT MONTH Technology-forward singer/synthesist Thomas Dolby is gearing up to headline the fifteen-city 2026 Totally [...]
ALT-ROCK VETS SLOTHRUST RETURN WITH SURREALIST DISRUPTOR’S ANTHEM “BURN THE DECK” | NEW SINGLE STREAMING NOW EQUAL VISION RECORDS Legendary independent New York-based rock label Equal Vision Records and Slothrust are excited to [...]
TRICKY SHARES NEW SINGLE “I’M YOURS” FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM OUT JULY 17 | NORTH AMERICAN TOUR THIS FALL FALSE IDOLS “I’m Yours” showcases another striking collaboration between Tricky and Bristol vocalist Mitch Sanders, whose [...]
THE MISSION TO RELEASE FIRST THREE ALBUMS IN NEWLY MASTERED VINYL EDITIONS DEMON MUSIC GROUP/MWIS 40 years ago, in November 1986, The Mission released their debut album God’s Own Medicine, an atmospheric and emotive work of spiralling [...]
SUGAR SHARE NEW SINGLE “KEEP LOOPING” BMG Today, Sugar, the iconic alternative rock trio led by Bob Mould alongside bassist David Barbe and drummer Malcolm Travis, share a new single, “Keep Looping.” The track follows Sugar’s highly acclaimed [...]
THE JAYHAWKS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM SANCTUARY PARK OUT AUGUST 28 THIRTY TIGERS The Jayhawks announce their new album, Sanctuary Park, out August 28th via Thirty Tigers, along with the lead single, “Keeping Our Heads Above Water,” and a fall North [...]
JULES IS DEAD PLAYING BURDOCK MUSIC HALL JUNE 25 NEW EP DIGITAL DEATH TO BE RELEASED JUNE 26 Raised on the internet and rooted in rebellion, JULES IS DEAD is ushering in a new era of Gen-Z emo with a voice as sharp as their lyrics. Discovered at [...]
QUICKSAND CHANNEL MINOR THREAT & NEGATIVE APPROACH ON OG DISS TRACK “COOL GUY” | FIRST LP IN FIVE YEARS BRING ON THE PSYCHICS EQUAL VISION RECORDS Legendary independent New York-based rock label Equal Vision Records and Quicksand [...]
MADDIE ZAHM ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME OUT SEPTEMBER 25 | SWEEPING TITLE TRACK OUT NOW | TOUR DATES MNRK NASHVILLE Alt-pop singer/songwriter Maddie Zahm announces her stunning sophomore studio album, Everything All The Time, [...]
2026 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE ALBUM LONG LIST NOMINEES REVEALED CBC presents the 2026 Polaris Music Prize, has revealed its 40-nominated album Long List. The album Long List, presented by the Canada Council for the Arts, is where Polaris reveals the [...]
JULIA JACKLIN ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM THE GEM OUT SEPTEMBER 25 & SHARES FIRST SINGLE 4AD The fourth studio album from Julia Jacklin, The Gem, will be released on September 25th and marks the Australian musician’s debut release on 4AD. Today, she [...]
WARRIOR WOMEN: SIX-CITY CONCERT SERIES AMPLIFYING WOMEN’S VOICES THROUGH MUSIC Rose Cora Perry, frontwoman of award-winning rock band The Truth Untold, is no stranger to the road. Touring Canada and the US since she was a teenager, she’s [...]
MONSTERS OF ROCK CRUISE 2027 ANNOUNCED The annual Monsters of Rock Cruise (MORC), the premier hard rock music cruise sailing the high seas since 2012, will return for its sixteenth sailing in 2027. On the Blue has announced that the five-night, [...]
BRITTANY JEAN COMING TO TORONTO IN JULY PERFORMING AT THE BURDOCK MUSIC HALL Brittany Jean is a solo folk singer/songwriter currently living in a little apple town on the Columbia River in North Central Washington State, with a style rooted in [...]
WHITECHAPEL ANNOUNCES SPECIAL 20th ANNIVERSARY HEADLINING TOUR THIS FALL METAL BLADE RECORDS WHITECHAPEL will celebrate their 20th anniversary with a special North American headlining tour this Fall, where they’ll perform songs from their [...]
SOFT CELL ANNOUNCES DANCETERIA | THE FINAL ALBUM FROM MARC ALMOND AND DAVE BALL REPUBLIC OF MUSIC Electronic music legends SOFT CELL, aka singer and frontman Marc Almond and multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave Ball, are set to release [...]
CIMA AND MUSICONTARIO LAUNCH LIVE MUSIC TORONTO UNITING INDEPENDENT VENUES, FESTIVALS, PROMOTERS, PRESENTERS ACROSS CANADA’S LARGEST LIVE MUSIC MARKET The Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) in partnership with MusicOntario [...]
EXISTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL GLAM MAVERICK PIG ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN HURT PEOPLE TOUR NEW ALBUM HURT PEOPLE HURT OUT NOW ON METROPOLIS RECORDS Having recently announced that PIG will be performing in Chicago, Los Angeles and Austin in mid-September [...]
NEW RELEASE FROM MIKE D “TRUE COLORS” OUT NOW | TOUR DATES CAPITOL RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA The August 28 release of Thank You, the debut album from Mike D 5D, will mark the first full length offering of new music from a [...]
CINDY BLACKMAN SANTANA SHARES “ILLUMINATION” | ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM COHERENCE OUT JULY 31 MACK AVENUE Acclaimed drummer, composer, bandleader, and vocalist Cindy Blackman Santana will release her new solo album Coherence on July 31 [...]
