A true story of one man’s survival while in such a painful and impossible scenario demands to not go unnoticed. But how does a director make the most out of a man, Aron Ralston, wedged between a rock for 127 hours.

It’s the kind of music that radiates a wonderfully eccentric and infectious feeling, while maintaining an essential sense of originality that defines the genre. An LP that masterfully embraces these characteristics is All Red, the latest song compilation of synth heavy beats and deep bass lines from Montreal quartet Winter Gloves.

The Forest City Lovers are a band from Toronto who craft orchestrated, string-laden nuggets of indie pop. The group developed out of the solo act of singer-songwriter Kat Burns, a recent OCAD graduate. Today, the band is comprised of Burns as well as violinist Mika Posen, bassist Kyle Donnelly, keyboardist Timothy Burton and drummer Christian Ingelevics.

16 comedies, 10 histories, 12 tragedies and 154 sonnets made into a two hour production undertaken by three actors. This is what the King’s Town Players have created with their new play The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). It’s a crazy whirlwind of Shakespeare’s beloved works that come together in one hilarious and educational play.

Stop to reflect, ignite to commemorate and connect in support. By giving only a few minutes of your time to this year’s AIDS Walk and Lighting the Way Lantern Festival tomorrow evening, you’ll have the opportunity to align with local artists and support those who have died and those who are currently living with HIV/AIDS.

Rock & Roll Report Card

Though it may seem like a random grouping of bands, with Monuments and Statues strumming to the folk beat and Bravestation and Dora Alexander exploring indie rock, it actually melded well together.

The audience packed into The Mansion taking in the driving punk of the Japanese born, NYC based trio left people in disbelief, mesmerized over what transpired.

Get to know Toronto band Dora Alexander.

Nate lifts vocals from hip-hop and R&B and blasts them into abstraction, chopping and rebuilding them, pitching them up and down, looping, stacking and arranging them into unusual forms.

Tempting as it may be to herd with roommates, floormates and housemates to the same old spot week after week, venturing out of the campus realm will help you personalize your time here and find your niche.

A guide to the Wolfe Island Music Festival

Last summer, Lisa Figge drew a lot of attention from the Kingston community when she arranged 86 plaster casts of her own hands throwing stones on a Wolfe Island street – a statement about the 86 recently installed windmills.

Speaking to a master lyricist is always a little surreal. I expect the mind behind words woven with both wit and passion to breathe poetry. I wassomewhat shocked when its voice sounds like the rest of us, polite and not peppered with metaphor.

After eight albums and nearly a decade in the music business, the Sadies are returning to Kingston for the Wolfe Island Music Festival.

In many ways ‘alternative country’ is a misnomer. Wayne Petti from Cuff the Duke understands this, especially in relation to what is offered by the mainstream. So much new country is just “80s music with a country hat and a fiddle,” Petti told me over the phone.

Jay-Z summed it up for the general public, “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.” Kenyan-born, London, Ontario-raised rapper Shad’s (aka Shadrach Kabango) approach to making music involves business too—just don’t expect to hear about grills or guns in his verses.