Welcome to a new weekly feature here at blogTO, a comprehensive list of the what's happening in the GTA in the realm of live music. You'll see who's playing where this week, upcoming shows you should keep your eye on, and what's just been announced, complete with links to artist/venue websites.

Keep on reading to find out what that picture of Radiohead is all about.

In Town This Week

Friday, January 18

• Evening at the Apollo @ Living Arts Centre (4141 Living Arts, Mississauga), 8:30 pm, $28-$44. 905-306-6000


• Peterborough's The Burning Hell celebrate the release of their latest CD with timber timbre, the people of canada, weird weather and entire cities @ the Studio (235 Carlaw, Suite 202), 9 pm, $10.


• Pavlov's Dog's Orchestra will also release their CD @ the Rivoli, 9 pm, $10-$15. 416-596-1908.


• Worst Pop Band Ever @ Hart House (7 Hart House), 9 pm, FREE.

Saturday, January 19

• Pride of Norwood Three Days Grace are going to get all emo on your ass with Seether @ the General Motors Centre (99 Athol East, Oshawa), $38.50. 416-870-8000.


• Ron Hawkins is having his CD release for Chemical Sounds @ the Horseshoe, doors 9 pm, $15. 416-598-4226.


• Peter Ian McCutcheon performs a Robert Burns Celebration @ Jubilee United Church (40 Underhill), $25. 416-438-9458.


• The Mississauga Philharmonic Orchestra and Janice Martin play a Gershwin review @ Living Arts Centre (4141 Living Arts, Mississauga), $10-$45. 905-306-6000.


• Windermere String Quartet and Sharon Burlacoff as part of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy concert, Eastminster United Church (310 Danforth), $10-$15. 416-927-9089.


• Whiskey Jack @ St. Nicholas Anglican Church (1512 Kingston), $15. 416-264-2235


• Chicago bluesman Byther Smith has been cancelled @ the Silver Dollar Room


• shortwave unlease their new self-title EP @ the El Mocambo with their friends the Dunes and the Giant Baby, $TBA. 416-777-1777

Sunday, January 20

• The Shoghaken Ensemble play some Armenian music @ the Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts (101 Town Centre, Markham), 7 pm. $35-$40. 905-305-7469.


• The Shuffle Demons @ the Diesel Playhouse (56 Blue Jays Way) has regrettably been cancelled.


• Jully Black lends her awesome pipes to the La Maison de Couture gala benefit, Berkeley Street Theatre (26 Berkeley), 4 pm, $75. 416-368-3110.


• Ken Reaume's Four Horses CD Release with Abbey (ex-Blinker The Star) as part of Wavelength music series @ Sneaky Dee's, doors 9 pm, PWYC.

Monday, January 21

• Carol McCartney, Kinga Gorny and Irene Atman get together for a tribute to Peggy Lee, part of the Sound Of Jazz series, Old Mill Inn (21 Old Mill), $22-$25. 416-595-0404.


• Maple Blues Awards @ the Mod Club (722 College), 8:30 pm, $32.


• Tenacity of the cockroach personified, Ozzy Osbourne rides the crazy train with Rob Zombie @ the Air Canada Centre (40 Bay), 7:30 pm, $58-$108.50. 416-870-8000.


• Prog-rock octet The Mars Volta will throw down some math @ the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), $34.50. 416-870-8000

Tuesday, January 22

• Swede trioPeter, Bjorn and John @ the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), $18.50. 416-870-8000.


• The Editors, Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV get together @ Kool Haus, all ages, doors 7 pm, $22.25. 416-870-8000


• Niagara Falls' Anti-Q's @ the Horseshoe, 11 pm, free. 416-598-4226.


• Lorraine Segato (Rise up, rise up if you remember Parachute Club), Wendy Lands, Suzie Vinnick, Marianne Girard, David Sereda, Sarah Polley and others pay tribute to Joni Mitchell @ Edward Day Gallery (952 Queen West), 7:30 pm, $12.

Wednesday, January 23

• Cobra Starship, Metro Station, We the Kings and the Cab @ the Mod Club (722 College), all ages, $15. 416-870-8000.


• Toronto Symphony Orchestra play Mozart: The Piano @ Roy Thomson Hall (60 Simcoe), $28-$123. 416-593-4828. And Jan 24 at 2 pm


• Stephanie Martin CD release @ the Cameron House (408 Queen West), 9 pm, $12. 416-703-0811

Thursday, January 24

• Michael Buble and Naturally 7 @ the Air Canada Centre (40 Bay), $59-$99. 416-870-8000.


• A singer-songwriter from NYC, Jay Brannan @ Supermarket (268 Augusta), 9:30 pm, $15. 416-870-8000.


• Norwegian metal band Trail of Tears, LA's Echoes of Eternity and Unexpect from Montreal @ Funhaus, all ages, 7 pm, $25. 416-870-8000.


• Philharmonia Quartett Berlin @ Jane Mallett Theatre (27 Front East), $5-$45. 416-366-7723


• Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra play the Biber Mystery Sonatas @ Trinity-St Paul's Centre (427 Bloor West), $29-$68. 416-964-6337. And Jan 25 and 26, Jan 27 at 3:30 pm.

On the Radar

Keep an eye on these shows coming to town soon!

Date To Be Announced

• According to pitchforkmedia, Radiohead will be playing somewhere in our fair city sometime in the upcoming calendar year. Stay tuned for details as this story develops.

Monday, February 18

• Flogging Molly will be bringing their brand of Celtic punk to Kool Haus for an all ages gig. The new tunes sound good! $23. 416-870-8000


• Holy crap! The New York Dolls are still touring! you can catch the band that inspired the Ramones at the Phoenix, $29.50. 416-870-8000

Saturday, April 12

• Autechre, the electronic duo from Sheffield that just gets more obtuse with every new record are coming to Lee's Palace with Rob Hall an DJ Massonix. They've got a new disc coming out, so god only knows how hard it'll be to listen to this time around. Don't believe me? Just click on that link. I dare you. $20. 416-870-8000

Just Added

Friday, January 25

• Major Maker, Grand Analog and We are the Take @ Steam Whistle Brewing (255 Bremner), $5. 416-362-2337.


• The Sons of Beaches as part of New Year Masquerade party @ the Mix Community Club (50 Fairfax), 7 pm, $10. 416-439-8813.


• Box Full of Cash and Big Jeezus Truck @ Healey's Roadhouse, $10. 647-297-0102.


• Madagascar Slim and Fado Blues @ the Silver Dollar Room, 9:30 pm, $10. 416-763-9139.

Saturday, January 26

• Heather Jewson and David Eliakis as part of What Is Love? @ Humbercrest United Church (16 Baby Point), 7 pm, $25.


• Republic of Safety's CD release and final show ever, with Elbow Beach Surf Club and the Blankket @ Sneaky Dee's, doors 9 pm, $8. 416-603-3090.


• Jason Wilson, In Altum and Treson/Ibadan @ Sydney's Island Restaurant (5120 Dixie), $15-$20.

Sunday, January 27

• U of T Acappella Coalition as part of Acappellooza @ the Diesel Playhouse (56 Blue Jays Way), 7:30 pm, $12. 416-971-5656.

Wednesday, January 30

• Olaroks @ Gorilla Monsoon 10 pm, free. 416-591-2222.

Thursday, January 31

• Luz Atomica CD release @ the Cameron House (408 Queen West), 9 pm. $5. 416-703-0811.

Friday, February 1

• Enter the Haggis @ Hugh's Room, 8:30 pm, $15-$17. 416-531-6604. And Feb 2.


• Bernardo Padron Group and Eliana Cuevas @ the Music Gallery (197 John), $5-$15. 416-204-1080.


• Devin the Dude @ Sound Academy, doors 8 pm, free. 416-469-5655.


• Toronto All-Star Big Band @ Masquerade Jive, Casa Loma (1 Austin Terrace), 7 pm. $35. 416-923-1171.


• The Perpetrators and Flash Lightnin' @ the Silver Dollar Room, 9:30 pm, $10. 416-763-9139.

Saturday, February 2

• Theodore Bikel @ Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge), $45-$75. 416-872-1111.


• The Weakerthans as part of Winter City @ Nathan Phillips Square (Queen and Bay), 8:45 pm, free.


• The Miles, Stop Drop n Skank, Dysfunct, the Good Times, PhilAllister (-CDA), Cheap Suits and Clementones @ Kathedral, all ages, $10-$13. 416-504-0744

Wednesday, February 6

• Baby Dee @ the Drake, $TBA. 416-531-5042.

Friday, February 8

• Salsa Africa Black History Month concert @ Lula Lounge, $20. 416-588-0307.


• Drum! @ Massey Hall (178 Victoria), $29.50-$59.50. 416-872-4255.


• Jack Grunsky and others, International Horn Day concert @ St Paul's Anglican Church (227 Bloor East), 7:30 pm. $5. 416-961-8116.

Tuesday, February 12

• Drug Rug @ the El Mocambo, $TBA. 416-777-1777.

Thursday, February 14

• Emma Elkinson and Joel Green, flute and piano @ Metropolitan United Church (56 Queen East), 12:15 pm, free. 416-363-0331 ext 51.


• Chris Koster CD release @ Tattoo Rock Bar, 9 pm, $TBA. 416-504-1626.

Saturday, February 16

• The Matadors @ Lee's Palace, $12. 416-532-1598.


• The Healey Willan Singers and Ryan Harper, tenor @ St. Martin in-the-Fields (151 Glenlake), $10-$15. 416-519-0528.


• Carlos del Junco and the Blues Mongrels @ the Silver Dollar Room, 9:30 pm, $15. 416-763-9139.

Sunday, February 17

• Mark Eisenman, Bill King, Bernie Senensky, Gord Sheard, Ken Skinner and Nancy Walker as part of Happy Fingers: A Tribute To The Piano @ the Diesel Playhouse (56 Blue Jays Way), 2 pm, $20. 416-971-5656.


• Kevin Clark and the Skinny Dippers @ the Diesel Playhouse (56 Blue Jays Way), $20. 416-971-5656.

Monday, February 18

• Virginia Chen Wells, Daniel Blackman, Kirk Worthington, Talisa Blackman and Carol Lynn Fujino as part of Five Small Concerts @ Trinity-St Paul's Centre (427 Bloor West), 7:30 pm, $10-$17. 416-221-8342.

Tuesday, February 19

• Autorickshaw and Mark Duggan @ Lula Lounge, 8:30 pm, $12. 416-588-0307.


• Ingrid Michaelson @ the El Mocambo, 9 pm, $13.50. 416-870-8000.

Wednesday, February 20

• Kim Wilson, Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones @ the Silver Dollar Room, 8:30 pm, $20-$22.50.

Thursday, February 21

• Tom Fitches, organ @ Metropolitan United Church (56 Queen East), 12:15 pm, free. 416-363-0331 ext 51.

Friday, February 29

• The Elastocitizens @ the Horseshoe, $TBA. 416-598-4226.

Saturday, March 1

• The Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Lang Lang, piano, Roy Thomson Hall (60 Simcoe), $40.50-$148. 416-872-4255.


• Men, Hey Willpower and DJ Holly Rock @ Lee's Palace, $12. 416-870-8000.


• Big James and the Chicago Playboys @ the Silver Dollar Room, 9:30 pm, $18.

Sunday, March 2

• Headlights and the Evangelicals @ the El Mocambo, $10. 416-870-8000.

Monday, March 3

• The Hives and the Donnas @ Kool Haus, $24.50. 416-870-8000.


• Sia rescheduled from Mar 2 @ the Mod Club (722 College), 9 pm, $16.50. Original tickets honoured. 416-870-8000.

Wednesday, March 5

• Canadian Music Week featuring the Audreys, Catherine MacLellan, the Divorcees, the Hives, the New Pornographers, Reykjavik and others @ various venues, $35 wrisTBAnd. Runs through Mar 8.


• Black Mountain and Bon Iver @ Lee's Palace, 9:15 pm, $17.50. 416-870-8000.

Thursday, March 6

• Kate and Anna McGarrigle @ Hugh's Room, $37.50-$40. 416-531-6604. And Mar 7.

Saturday, March 8

• The Breeders as part of Canadian Music Week @ the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), $28.50. 416-870-8000.


• Dengue Fever @ Sneaky Dee's @ $TBA. 416-603-3090.

Saturday, March 15

• Pink Martini @ Massey Hall (178 Victoria), $29.50-$49.50. 416-872-4255.


• Jose Gonzalez and Mia Doi Todd @ the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), $20. 416-870-8000.


• Kalan Porter @ Music Hall, $32.50. 416-870-8000.

Friday, March 21

• 311 and Slightly Stoopid @ Sound Academy, all ages, doors 7 pm, $35. 416-870-8000.

Saturday, March 22

• Ladyhawk @ the Horseshoe, $TBA. 416-598-4226.

Wednesday, March 26

• Sons and Daughters @ Lee's Palace, 9:15 pm. $13.50. 416-870-8000.

Thursday, March 27

• Why? and Cryptacize @ the Silver Dollar Room, 9:30 pm, $9. 416-870-8000.

Tuesday, April 1

• Joe Jackson @ Music Hall (147 Danforth), $40-$49.50. 416-870-8000.

Thursday, April 10

• Time Again @ Kathedral, all ages, doors 7:30 pm, $10.50. 416-870-8000.

Saturday, April 26

• Born Ruffians @ Lee's Palace, doors 9 pm, $10. 416-870-8000.

Wednesday, April 30

• Megadeth brings the GIGANTOUR around with In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy and High on Fire @ Arrow Hall (6900 Airport, Mississauga), 5:30 pm. $42.50. 416-870-8000.

Sunday, May 11

• Clinic @ Lee's Palace, $15. 416-870-8000.