SEE ROCK LIVE

Show Details: Longboat Hall at The Great Hall, 103 Dovercourt Road, Toronto · Sunday, August 23, 2026 · Doors 7:00 PM, HANORAH 8:00 PM, Emily Steinwall 9:00 PM · All ages · Tickets via Eventbrite

There is a version of this story that is just a photo on somebody’s Instagram Story. There is another version where one of the most famous drummers alive has quietly become the most persistent international advocate for a scene most of English Canada still cannot pronounce.

On August 19, Angine de Poitrine sold out the Independent in San Francisco. Lars Ulrich was ther...

MTV published its 2026 Video Music Award nominations on August 18. There is no Best Rock category on the list. There has been one, under one name or another, since 1989 — it started as Best Heavy Metal Video, became Best Metal/Hard Rock, then Best Hard Rock, then Best Rock Video, then Best Rock. Guns N’ Roses won it. So did Aerosmith, Metallica, Korn, Pearl Jam and Linkin Par...

Wearable music-making has never quite escaped the novelty bracket. Imogen Heap’s MiMU gloves are still the reference point more than a decade on, and most of what has followed has been either a research project or a stunt. The Sage Sequencer belongs somewhere in between: a one-off build by 3D printing maker and YouTuber 3DSage that puts a working 16-step sequencer and a rudim...

Some bands write about the big time. Kiwi Jr. write about the paperwork that comes with almost reaching it.

Blowin’ Up, the Toronto band’s fourth album, landed on August 14 through K Records with Perennial and the band’s own Kiwi Club imprint. It is their first record for K, their first since 2022’s Chopper, and the sound of a group that has stopped h...