'Song Exploder' Makes the Leap to Ultra-Slick Netflix Show with Mixed Results Hosted by Hrishikesh Hirway

Published Sep 25, 2020

Have you ever heard Weezer's episode of Song Exploder? It's one of the most fucked-up, confounding and ultimately inspiring descriptions of...

The CN Tower Was Lit Up Gold to Celebrate 'Schitt's Creek'

Published Sep 22, 2020

Schitt's Creek had huge night at the Emmys this weekend, as the Canadian comedy show cleaned up with a historic seven awards. As if that wer...

The Best (and Worst) Films We Saw at TIFF 2020

Published Sep 21, 2020

The Toronto International Film Festival normally takes over the city with Hollywood premieres, celebrity sightings and massive crowds of fil...

TIFF Announces 2020 Award Winners

Published Sep 21, 2020

This year's Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up over the weekend, and while this year's festival has been extremely different fro...

Haviah Mighty Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero

Published Sep 18, 2020

Haviah Mighty is a former member of the Sorority and one of Canada's hottest rappers in the own right, having won the Polaris Music Prize...

Ontario Cracks Down on Gathering Limits Due to COVID-19 Spike — but They Haven't Stopped Concerts and Movies

Published Sep 17, 2020

As coronavirus cases in Ontario spike following the loosening of restrictions, Premier Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservative Party have...

Third Man Records Offers Kanye West a Record Deal

Published Sep 17, 2020

Kanye West has been raging at the music industry this week and fighting to get out of his major label record deals. If he's successful in hi...

Jennifer Castle Welcomes 'Monarch Season' with New Album

Published Sep 16, 2020

Ontario singer-songwriter Jennifer Castle has announced a new album. Monarch Season is out on October 16 via Paradise of Bachelors/Idée Fixe...

Chandra Revisits 1983 Demo for New Quarantine Single

Published Sep 16, 2020

Onetime teenage post-punk Chandra has had her music rediscovered in recent years, turning from a lost underground icon into a full-blown tou...

Cardi B Files to Divorce Offset

Published Sep 15, 2020

Cardi B and Offset had a very public breakup, followed by some rather regrettable attempts from the latter to win the former back. Now, they...

Ryuichi Sakamoto's 1981 LP 'Hidari Ude No Yume' Finally Getting Wide Release

Published Sep 15, 2020

A rare album from Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto will finally makes its way across the ocean, as 1981's Hidari Ude No Yume (which transl...

Canadian Artists Show Off Their Favourite Tattoos

Published Sep 15, 2020

Musicians have dedicated their lives to making art, so it's only natural that some of them should turn their bodies into living works of art...

Jeff Tweedy Announces Solo Album 'Love Is the King'

Published Sep 15, 2020

Jeff Tweedy is already releasing a memoir this fall, and now the Wilco frontman has announced a solo album as well. Love Is the King will be...

Tom Green Says He's Recording a New Album in His Van

Published Sep 14, 2020

Once known for putting his bum on the rail (among other things), Canadian comedy legend Tom Green is hitting the road — but not for a live t...

Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals Dead at 77

Published Sep 12, 2020

Toots Hibbert, frontman of the legendary reggae group Toots and the Maytals, has died. He was 77. An official announcement from the Mayta...

TIFF Review: 'The Father' Is Masterfully Acted and Almost Unbearably Bleak Directed by Florian Zeller

Published Sep 10, 2020

During an early scene in The Father, daughter Anne (Olivia Colman) speaks with titular dad Anthony (Anthony Hopkins) about the need to find...

Barenaked Ladies Treat 'Maroon' to Expanded 20th Anniversary Reissue

Published Sep 10, 2020

Arguably the most notable thing about 2020 is that it's the 20th anniversary of Barenaked Ladies' 2000 album Maroon. To celebrate, the band...

Diana Rigg of 'Game of Thrones' and James Bond Has Died

Published Sep 10, 2020

Diana Rigg has passed away. The iconic British actor, known for her roles in Game of Thrones and as a Bond girl, was 82. In a statement,...

Just for Laughs Festival Details Online Edition with Hannah Gadsby, Nicole Byer, Howie Mandel

Published Sep 09, 2020

Having initially been delayed, Montreal's Just for Laughs Comedy Festival is going digital in 2020. Now, the festival has announced the deta...

Flea Posts Heartfelt Tribute to Late RHCP Guitarist Jack Sherman

Published Sep 09, 2020

Early-era Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Jack Sherman died in August, and the band posted a tribute on social media at the time. Now, bassi...