1966. David Clayton Thomas made one of the heaviest Canadian garage rock songs of all time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXsd...

The 2026 SOCAN Polaris Song Prize Long List is here: Aquakultre, Begonia, Cadence Weapon, Charlotte Day Wilson, Les Louanges, Patrick Watson & Martha Wainwright, PUP, Sloan and more are now in the running for Canada's top songwriting honour. zurl.co/OQquA

Went to the legendary Troubadour club in LA for a pair of Bruce Hornsby shows last week. Loved the venue...imagine the @horseshoetavern.bsky.social with a balcony.

When the Guardian goes full Onion.

My trip to the Troubadour was a smashing success. Bruce Hornsby and his elite band the Noisemakers played 2 nights, repeating 1 song, a sophisticated version of The Way It Is. He closed the two-night stand with a version of He Stopped Loving Her Today that made a near-novelty song almost affecting.

Smart piece by @nestruck.bsky.social. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

We had @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social at the Kia Forum in LA this weekend for the final night of its tour-opening four-concert stand. Here's his review www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti... 2/2

36 hot new books to add to your summer reading list, from fiction and history to essays and more: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

After a year and half of asking, I finally got to speak with CBC prez Marie-Philippe Bouchard - and quizzed her about ads, subscription fees, fighting to keep Gem numbers private, Northland Tales, Eurovision and the expansion in local reporting. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

Me trying to use the TD bank machine at Queen & Logan but the door is locked after hours.

My favourite guitar is the Fender Coronado Wildwood. I finally bought one a few years ago. I've never seen one in the wild, as it were, until tonight. Kevin Morby at Toronto's History club.

Now this is a concert. 🎵

Had a great chat with music biographer extraordinaire Jimmy McDonough. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...

"But now old friends are acting strange; They shake their heads, they say I've changed/ Well, something's lost and something's gained, in living everyday" Judy Collins, 87, looking at life from both sides now, at Hugh's Room in Toronto last night. She's back for another show Wednesday.

I can't believe Rolling Stone fell for this nonsense. Lame bit by Colbert results in an embarrassingly dumb story by what used to be a great music magazine. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Joe Jackson at the Danforth Music Hall tonight. Songs so sharp they should come with a suture kit.

Can't find this compilation anywhere, not even eBay. share.google/bdCMaxwTSC8t...

May the somethingth be something something.

I’ve lived many lifetimes in my 14+ years in NYC, and I felt most like a New Yorker when I’d move my car for street sweeping, turn on a Yankees game on radio and get John Sterling’s voice bursting out of my rolled-down windows. His calls and stories were the soundtrack of summer in the city. RIP.

Do something about Drake? Sure, Toronto should not only keep him but give him a medal.

City literally having a meltdown. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...

Neat piece.

"I'm still looking for whispers in between yells, I'm still, I'm still." One of my favourite singer-songwriters, Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers. Tonight at the Great Hall.

I'm hearing writer William Burrill has passed away. He was one of Eye Weekly's creators, as well as a biographer of Ernest Hemingway’s Toronto years.

Canadian musicians, take your music on the rails. VIA Rail’s Artists on Board program is now accepting applications for summer 2026. Perform onboard, travel across Canada, and connect with new audiences. Details here: zurl.co/a4ht6

This is one of those things where if you don’t know anything about Bob Dylan you go “yeah fine whatever”, and if you know a little about Bob Dylan you go “how could Bob Dylan do this?” and if you know a lot about Bob Dylan you go “yeah fine whatever”

Rather incredible lineup.

The Juno Awards telecast was great - so many notable moments. I was supposed to do a "the best, the worst..." but I really struggled to think of anything negative to say. Mae Martin's sunny ways are infectious. Plus, I mean, come on: Joni Mitchell. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Tony Bennett would all have turned 100 this year. The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is marking all three, plus the 20th anniversary of J Dilla's Donuts, with free sets from Patrick Watson and Angine de Poitrine. montrealrocks.ca/montreal-jaz...

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Don Henley is as annoying as fuck but he definitely nailed it in that second verse of "End of the Innocence" back in the day. You can trot it out for every Republican admin and its more apt each time.

Interesting framing. White actors ask and Black actors demand.

Why is Ryan Gosling morphing into Glen Powell?

We all have those albums we like that didn't make much of an impact upon release, and then drifted into oblivion. One of those for me is Attack in Black's gentle downer from 2008, The Curve of the Earth. attackinblack.bandcamp.com/album/the-cu...

Allison Russell releases ‘Rainbows’ EP amplifymusicmag.com/allison-russ... | via @amplifymusicmag.bsky.social

Saturday night's all right for @eltonjohn.bsky.social, who will accept his Glenn Gould Prize at a gala event on May 9 at The Theatre at Great Canadian Resort Toronto. Among those honouring the 2025 laureate are @ronsexsmith.bsky.social, @thebeaches.bsky.social, Jeremy Dutcher, Diana Krall and more.

Here's my obit on Max Webster keyboardist and landscape painter Terry Watkinson. Thanks to @ronsexsmith.bsky.social and Bob Wegner, Geddy Lee and Chloe Watkinson for help. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

My rock music coming of age and "discovery" of the epic album 2112 by @rushtheband.bsky.social in the 1970s. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

Icon?

Some of us call this "Sloan hair."

It's Feb. 21 and these two Blue Jays announcers are calling and analyzing this game like it's an August nailbiter. Lack of colour. Take a couple pitches off and tell a story. Buck Martinez, Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth were in tune with the rhythm of baseball. These two today are tight and nerdy.

Photographers are my favourite interview subjects. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...