HeyJaredThat Night in Toronto
Music for the curious, Canadian and otherwise. Toronto live music listings.
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Still Have Not Been the Same, pt 1 (opens the original)
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I didn’t think I would ever write a book. I’ve now written three. The first, Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaisance 1985-95, came out 25 years ago today, September 29, 2001, at a sold-out launch party at Lee’s Palace. More on that later. <so
The real Spirit of Radio (opens the original)
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One likes to believe in the freedom of music — Dave Marsden definitely did.Marsden was the architect behind freeform CFNY 102.1 during its height of influence from 1978-88. He died this week at 85, after complications from a fall. (Not the band the Fall.) <source type="image/webp
Nowhere plan (opens the original)
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The wonderfully wild, weird and noisy Project Nowhere festival takes over Dundas West next week, Oct 1-3. It’s a welcome antidote to other Toronto events that, to various degrees, play it somewhat safe. Project Nowhere takes the most abrasive aspects of Wavelength and cram them all into one weekend. There is very little programming here that would make it into a Toronto tourist commercial. This is, for the most part, music that is deep, deep underground.Some exceptions: TNIT favourites and Polar
2026 Polaris Prize preview pt. 2 (opens the original)
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The Polaris Music Prize will announce its winner at a Massey Hall gala this Tuesday, September 22, where eight of the 10 shortlisters will be performing (plus one proxy: longlisters Slash Need will be performing Peaches). Angine de Poitrine were added to the bill this week, meaning only Rochelle Jordan won’t be represented live.Below is the second installment of a deep(ish) dive into 5/10 shortlisters and five more we should be still talking about. The first installment is here</a
The W.I.T.C.H.-ing hour is nigh (opens the original)
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Second Summer is a new Toronto festival that arrives post-TIFF and concurrent with Pop Montreal. Founded by Brendan McCarney (label manager at Paper Bag Records) and Claire Rosenbaum (Sarah Harmer’s current manager) with Modo-Live (Lee’s Palace) as a booking partner, Second Summer strikes me as having more curation than the grab bag of NXNE or Departure (fka CMW). There are some US and UK acts — and one Zambian one I’m super excited about — but the focus is very much Canadian.Second Summer is al
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