The WeakerThans and Hey Rosetta!
are both $25,000 richer after winning the two prizes up for grabs at the inaugural Verge Music Awards ceremony on Wednesday night.

The Weakerthans were named artist of the year, while Hey Rosetta!'s Into Your Lungs (And Around In Your Heart And On Through Your Blood) was chosen as best album. More than 45,000 Canadians voted on XM Canada's website for two months to decide the winners in each category. The Weakerthans were represented by Jason Tait, while Hey Rosetta!'s Tim Baker was on hand to accept the honour for his St. John's, Nfld. bandmates.

V-fest Drama Continues

Oasis say they feared Noel had been stabbed when he was attacked on stage at the Virgin Festival in Toronto earlier this month. The band was closing the festival when a man jumped on stage and pushed Noel down. In the confusion the guys thought Noel had been knifed. Oasis cancelled gigs in London, Ontario and New York after the incident and have just added three more to the list. The band has postponed shows in Cornwall, UK, Cologne, Germany and Paris, France after a CT scan this week revealed Noel suffers from three broken and dislodged ribs

Black Lungs

How does Wade McNeil start of his tour? “we lit off a large amount of fireworks in a parking lot in hopes to have a massive first evening so all the other days of the tour need to be raised above that bar," Wade MacNeil says .
Most people are probably more familiar with MacNeil in his role as guitarist and backup vocalist in Canadian post-hardcore group Alexisonfire. But, this time around, he's out with his side project, a band with a revolving lineup and a slightly darker, heavier, dancier sound than his main one offers

Event Listings

Here are your listings for shows coming to Toronto in the next couple of weeks, keep checking back regularily because I will be adding more all the time.

Thursday September 25, 2008

War Child Benefit feat. The Video Dead, Ceremonial Snips, Bombing Neverland, and Junior Battles. 8:30 pm $10.... ALL proceeds go to War Child Canada.

Friday September 26, 2008

Sweet Thing, Gemma Hayes @ The Supermarket $13.50 9pm

The LAND OF TALK show that was suppose to happen at Lee's Palace for this date has been CANCELLED

Saturday September 27, 2008

The High Dials, Disraelis, Invasions @ El Mocambo 9pm

Sunday September 28, 2008

Wavelength @ Sneaky Dee's (PWYC pay what you can)

Tuesday September 30, 2008

Weezer @ The Air Canada Centre $27.75-$52.75 9pm

Hot Chip @ Kool Hause 9pm $25

Friday October 3, 2008

Hydrogen Launch Party presented by Toronto Independent Music Awards w/ Sadie May Crash, Dame, Supernal @ Rok Boutique 8pm $7

Saturday October 4, 2008

CIUT presents "This Old House" as part of Nuit Blanche 7pm-7am, with outdoor performances from Dubmatix, Eric Chenaux, Ryan Driver, NAW, Insideamind, and MORE!!
FREE

Thursday September 25, 2008 - Playlist

Theme: Movie Soundtracks

1. The Cranberries - Liar
Movie: Empire Records 1995

2. Underworld - Born Slippery
Movie: Trainspotting 1996

3. Lisa Bell - Is It Real?
Movie: Practical Magic 1998

4. The Offspring - The Kids Arent Alright
Movie: The Faculty 1998

5. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Movie: Cruel Intentions 1999

6. Musiq Soulchild - Just Friends (Sunny)
Movie: The Nutty Professor II The Klumps 2000

7. Marcy Playground - The Devils Song
Movie: Jay and Slient Bob Strike Back 2001

8. Andy Stochansky - Beautiful Thing
Movie: CORRECTION - Beautiful Thing was in the running to be featured in the movie Shrek, but did not actually make it past the selection stage.

9. Katie Herzig - Look At You Now
Movie: ACTUALLY it is from the television show Sex and The City (had to sneak it in there)

10. Peter, Bjorn, and John - Young Folks
Movie: 21

11. MGMT - Kids
Movie: American Teen

12.Incubus-Pardon Me
Movie: Little Nicky 2000

13.Sufjan Stevens-Chicago
Movie: Little Miss Sunshine 2006

14.Michael Cera and Ellen Page- Anyone Else But You
Movie: Juno 2007

15. Mott the Hoople- All The Young Dudes
Movie: Juno 2007

16.Joe Cocker and Ensemble-Come Together
Movie:Across the Universe 2007

17. The Secret Machines-Blue Jay Way
Movie : Across The Universe 2007

18.We Are Scientists-After Hours
Movie: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist 2008

19.Hard-Fi- Unnecessary Trouble
Movie: Charlie Bartlett 2008

20. Talking Heads- This Must Be the Place (naive melody)
Movie: Lars and The Real Girl 2007

21.The Fratellis- Chelsea Dagger
Movie:Run Fatboy Run

22. Jack White and Alicia Keys- Another Way to Die
Movie: 007 Quantum of Solice

Playlist Sept 18 2008

Kate Nash-Foundations
Metric- Monster Hospital
Wintersleep-Weighty Ghost
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Weapon Of Choice
Black Keys-Strange Times
Pilot Speed-Barely Listening
The Reason-Is it Just Me?
Matt Mays & El Torpedo-Stand and Deliver
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip- Look for The Woman
Keane-Spiraling
Brendan Canning-Hit the Wall
Death Cab For Cutie-Pitty &Fear
Wolf Parade-Bang your Drum
Amos Lee - Listen
The Plastic Constellations - Black Market Pandas
The Free Press - State Of Emergency
Kaiser Cartel - The Good Ones
Mates of State - Get Better
Albert Hammond Jr - Gfc
Darker My Love - Blue Day
The Stills - Eastern Europe
People In Planes - Mayday
Elliott Brood - T-Bill
The Blow - Baybay
Blonde Redhead - SW

News Updates

Thursday September 18th 2008

Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie has just released Live From Las Vegas At the Palms EP exclusively through iTunes . This EP was recorded live on April 25, 2008 and features three songs from theis latest album Narrow Stairs , one from Plans and one from The Forbidden Love EP.

Feist
Feist, is getting international achievement honours from the Western Canadian Music Awards. The honours recognize the work of western Canadian artists who have achieved national or international stature and significant album sales.The musicians will be recognized at an awards ceremony Oct. 19 in Edmonton.The Calgary-bred Leslie Feist, who performs simply under her last name, soared to international acclaim with her breakout hit "1 2 3 4." Her album "The Reminder" sold more than one million copies worldwide and garnered four Grammy nominations.

Movie Concerts
Radiohead, Beck and the White Stripes are coming to the big screen in Canada as part of a concert series Cineplex is running at participating theatres from Oct. 1 to Nov. 19. Tickets ($10.95 plus tax) can be bought at cineplex.com; packages for three or five concerts ($24.95 and $39.95) can be bought in person at theatre box offices

Nuit Blanche

Zone A offers 64 art destinations to explore. Visit some of the city’s top attractions, beautiful churches, Toronto’s foremost educational institutions and the historical neighbourhoods of Yorkville, Church Street Village, Cabbagetown and Downtown Yonge. Iconic Toronto structures are transformed in unexpected ways for this one night. Historic hockey shrine Maple Leaf Gardens opens its doors for art instead of sport, while reformed Berlin hackers turn City Hall’s 960 windows into the world’s largest interactive computer screen.

Event Listings (Thursday September 18, 2008)

Hello internet friends... if you plan on catching a show in the next few days or weeks, here are the ones we recommend:


Thursday September 18, 2008

Plants and Animals @ The Horseshoe Tavern 9pm

The Darcys w/ Boys Who Say No, The Music Box @ Rancho Relaxo 9pm $5

Sunday September 21, 2008

Wavelength 431 w/ Spooky Ruben, Prussia, Child Bite, and More @ Sneaky Dee's FREE 9pm

Monday September 22, 2008

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip w/ B. Dolan, and more. $13.50 @ Horseshoe Tavern 9pm

Wednesday September 24, 2008

Peter Elkas @ Yonge & Dundas Square 12:30pm FREE

Santogold w/ Low vs. Diamond @ Guvernment $25 7pm

Thursday September 25, 2008

Holy Fuck @ The Pheonix $12.50 All Ages

Saturday September 27, 2008

Black Mountain w/ Jesse Skyes & The Sweet Hereafter @ Opera House $18.50

Land of Talk @ Lee's Palace $10

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Coming in October and November...

Liam Finn
Jamie Lidell
Chromeo
Feist
and MORE....

Keep checking back for new listings every week!

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