Ben Rayner

The Toronto by way of Montreal group plays the newly refurbished Concert Hall Oct. 3 through 5.

Known for his work with Wolf Parade and Arcade Fire, the musician has released his first solo album, "Boeckner!": synth-heavy, chugging moto-rock.

The group, which headlines the Danforth Music Hall, got a big boost when its music was used to soundtrack Fortnite streams.

With “Rollercoaster,” his first new album since winning the Polaris in 2021, the Edmonton-born rapper is moving forward, even if sometimes the results meet with bafflement and/or commercial indifference.

With a new album, “Part Time Believer,” the Ontario band’s up for what’s next.

DJ and rave promoter Aaron Plummer decided to turn his adventures staging semi-clandestine events in secret locations across Toronto into a game.

Add boygenius to that list, and you have a powerful group of women artists shaping the zeitgeist in surprising ways.

“Ice Cream (Pay Phone)” previews the Black Pumas album “Chronicles of a Diamond,” which was released Oct. 27.

Consummate gutter poet, meteorically brilliant songwriter, singularly slurry punk-rock frontman and heroic waste case. Shane MacGowan was also a proper character.

Self-titled LP elevates the drowsy, wistful vibe of “Baby Teeth” and “The Sun and Her Scorch” with more aggressive tempos and wilfully weird ambience.

Hurlow’s novel “Deep Sea Feline” and coming EP “Ventriloquist” balance serious craft and self-aware, psychedelic silliness in equal measure.

Sinéad O’Connor was fearless in her music and her complete willingness to show the cracks in her armour.

Things are happening for Garret T. Willie, the 22-year-old from Cormorant Island who wowed a crowd with AC/DC covers at 10.

On “Norm” — his’70s-tinged soft pop album — Shauf delves into the mind of a perpetually stoned stalker with brilliant results.

On the latest Junior Boys album, Jeremy Greenspan took Caribou’s advice to ‘lean into the strange stuff.’

With his 17th album, out Friday, the humble singer-songwriter feels like it’s all worked out pretty well for a kid from St. Catharines.

Folk-rock threesome The Rural Alberta Advantage tinkered with their usual formula on their latest album “The Rise” because they weren’t able to road test songs.

With 2010 hit “Hello” back on Billboard chart and a new album “Twennies” released Oct. 28, Dragonette plays the Axis Club in Toronto on Nov. 16.

Bonnie Trash release their first album “Malocchio” on Oct. 28.

The Canadian-American indie rock quartet doubled down on being Metric — playing Friday at the Budweiser Stage — after the pandemic hit.