Industry

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  Billie Eilish, Green Day, Lorde Sign Open Letter Supporting Ticketing Reform Act

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2024

  Billie Eilish, Green Day, Lorde, Dave Mathews, Fall Out Boy, Graham Nash, Pixies, Cyndi Lauper, Train, Becky G, Le Ren and Chappell Roan...

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  Toronto's Bar Orwell Shuts Down Amid Landlord Dispute

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2024

  Bar Orwell — a self-described DIY concert venue in Toronto's Dundas West neighbourhood — has shut its doors following ongoing disputes with...

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  Rehearsal Factory Closes Final GTA Location — but It's Still a Jam Space

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2024

  Rehearsal Factory once dominated Toronto's jam space market, but following a string of closures in the past couple years, the company's...

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  Toronto Japanese Film Festival Announces 2024 Lineup

  PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2024

  The Toronto Japanese Film Festival (TJFF) is returning to the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) this summer with a stacked slate of...

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  First Solar-Powered Record Pressing Plant Opens in Florida

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2024

  The vinyl pressing industry is a notoriously wasteful one, but a new plant opening in Gainesville, FL, has taken steps to lessen its...

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  Cher, Dave Matthews Band, A Tribe Called Quest Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2024

  It's somehow that time yet again: after announcing the 15 nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in February, the...

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  'Paste Magazine' Omits Byline on Taylor Swift Album Review for Fear of Violence, Doxxing

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2024

  The critics who have dared to post a review of 'The Tortured Poets Department' have been relatively positive so far, though some key players...

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  Dine Alone Unearths Test Pressings, Label Exclusives for Record Store Day Event

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2024

  Dine Alone Records has announced that its Toronto store at 864 Eastern Avenue will be open this Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m....