Michael Burnell, Redferns It sometimes seems as if Alexisonfire have been on the road for 10 years straight. Since forming in 2001 in St. Catharines, Ontario, the post-hardcore outfit has been enjoying the kind of schedule that comes with modest indie success, packed with Warped Tours and European festivals and opening slots for the likes of ...

Amy Muir The press release trumpeted the event's live stream on Facebook, but the point of Alexisonfire's intimate in-store in Toronto on Friday afternoon seemed significantly more old school: celebrate record shopping. The band, in town for two shows at the 3,200 capacity Sound Academy club, performed for about 100 fans in the basement of ...

Jelle Wagenaar It's been 13 years since Interpol formed in New York City and eight since the band's debut, 'Turn on the Bright Lights,' dragged post-punk from the shadows back into the (in their case, red) spotlight. So what if they haven't turned out to be the second coming of Joy Division or the next U2 (although they are opening for them) -- ...

Holly Miranda took a winding road to her first solo record. As a teen, the singer-songwriter moved from Detroit to New York City to pursue music, quickly landing a then-coveted major label record contract. But her deal with BMG turned sour, leaving her music in the label's vault. Then came her band, the Jealous Girlfriends -- a Brooklyn indie rock ...

If there's a world record for biggest mosh pit in a town square, Iggy Pop and the Stooges might have just broken it in Toronto Saturday night. Headlining a free outdoor concert as part of NXNE, the Detroit punk legends attracted half the city (OK, more like 10,000) to downtown's Yonge-Dundas Square for a ferocious 90-minute show. The surrounding ...

There are good reasons the press keeps calling Zola Jesus a Goth. Her musical musings are pitch-black unsettling, eerie lo-fi atmospherics created with minimal synths and drum machines that echo the cold melancholy of Joy Division. And her operatic voice sounds like the second-coming of Siouxie Sioux. But the gloom of her recent recordings 'The ...

With more than 650 bands playing over five evenings, North By Northeast will keep you very busy late into the night. But visitors to Toronto can fill their days with cheap tourist adventures in this clean and compact city. Here are 10 suggestions for fun times out and about that are worth setting your alarm clock for. Climb the ...