Live music picks for THURSDAY MAY 24 through MONDAY MAY 28, 2012.

THURSDAY MAY 24 / BRUCE PENINSULA / THE GREAT HALL / 1087 QUEEN W / $12 – $15 / ALL AGES

Drop everything you’re doing and go to this show. Trust me, you won’t regret it, because Bruce …

Jebus! Who thought this was a good idea?! Carrie Underwood arriving at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards in an Oscar de la Renta dress. The bodice and the colour are beautiful on her, but the skirt on the dress is way too much.

Carrie’s husband Mi…

I decided a few months ago that I was going to stop slagging on Amber Rose. I don’t think she’s the brightest apple in the bunch, but I do think she’s doing the best with what she’s has, which isn’t all that much, in my opinion. But here is Amber at…

The Neighbourhood Mixtape is a collection of newly-released songs by Toronto musicians. The mixtape is meant to celebrate Toronto’s music culture and provide a forum to listen to and discover new local music.

Each weekend I post a five-track mixtape (…

Katy Perry in a Blumarine gown at last night’s 2012 Billboard Music Awards. I don’t know what’s going on, but Katy has been looking rather rough of late.

A sold out crowd filled the 600 capacity gallery at 99 Sudbury on Friday for the debut of Visions. Toronto music fans were out in droves to see L.A. producer Shlohmo, but when I first arrived, it seemed like half of Toronto was in line. As I waited, pa…

By Michael J.W. StickingsLast week I blogged, for the third time over the past several years, on Porcupine Tree, the amazing British “prog rock” band — “prog rock” being a term that doesn’t do nearly enough justice to its music, though still appropria…

How can you not like that with all the kids around the world and all the athletics and the dancing, so fun. Great pump up song. Have a good night! – Syndicated from http://impolitical.blogspot.com/

How can you not like that with all the kids around the world and all the athletics and the dancing, so fun. Great pump up song. Have a good night!

Story behind the song: There are few “hooks” in the movie-music world that are as grabby as the Bourne Identity Soundtrack riff (starts at 0:29). Like the movie series, its intensity commands attention. We just had to figure out a way to u…

Last year there was a new musician made famous for singing not so well, to a professionally produced music video. Rebecca Black became an Internet sensation, for being blah. Her video, “Friday”, quite possibly has the most dislikes of any on YouTube. Why might you care? Because it’s given rise to some pretty funny parodies. [...]

By Richard K. Barry I honestly could not say I was ever a fan of disco. Maybe if I had learned to dance, I would look more kindly on the genre. About as close as I came to liking it is to say that I really enjoyed the Saturday Night Fever album, w…

Scary Bear Soundtrack is an all-girl rock band based right here in Ottawa. The group consists of the appropriately named Gloria Song (who should be familiar to you all as Apartment613′s music writer), Keyboardist/vocalist Dannik, guitarist Maggie and drummer Ainslie (who also serves the tea). This group’s video for their single Asian Fetishist manages to be smart and [...]

Wintersleep is one of my favourite bands, so I was definitely stoked today when their new single showed up in my inbox! The Juno-award winners will release their new album, Hello Hum on June 12th, but we get to listen to the album’s first single now. It’s called Resuscitate, have a listen: What do you [...]

Hugh’s Room was filled with words and song as Juno Award-winner Old Man Luedecke packed up his banjo and came from Nova Scotia for a show Wednesday night. He spent the evening “trying not to play too many new songs,” in his own words, but didn’t seem t…

This one is for all the musicians…band musicians, that is. The bands of the guards regiments of the Household Division are among the best bands of their type, made up of the some of the finest musicians in the world. Here’s a massed rehearsal rec…

This one is for all the musicians…band musicians, that is. The bands of the guards regiments of the Household Division are among the best bands of their type, made up of the some of the finest musicians in the world. Here’s a massed rehearsal recor…

Active Child stepped in and carried their weight at Lee’s Palace on Tuesday. Fans of Balam Acab may have been disappointed to learn that the Pennsylvanian producer didn’t make it into Canada for either his Montreal gig or his Tuesday show, but any fans…

If you missed the crazy fun that was Chinatown last week, have no fear – the art stays up for another few weeks. You might have to create your own installation pieces or bring your own robots, though… (If you need a gently used set of robots, your best bet is to check out the [...]

PS I Love You celebrated the release of their new record Death Dreams at The Garrison on Tuesday, backed up by fellow Kingston residents Try Harder and local garage-rock group Army Girls. The headliner’s totally unique sound — guitar heroism for …