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Once upon a time, people shopped for music in these things called "record stores." Some of these relics still exist, and although Toronto's motley crew of music retailers is still licking its collective wound after not being deemed good enough to be considered Canada's best—or even one of the top five best!—in CBC's initial Searchlight contest, they're a beloved part of our city's storefront scape.

MUSIC: Tonight at Lee’s Palace marks the halfway point for Exclaim's nation-wide Wood, Wires and Whisky tour, headlined by Broken Social Scene’s Jason Collett. The show opens with the band Zeus, who later double as Collett’s backing band. Rock Plaza Central, touring their current awesomely-received album Are We Not Horses? complete the bill. Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor Street West), 9:30 p.m., $18.

For years, SummerWorks has been kid sister to the Fringe. Smaller, shier, not quite as well-known (if often more reliable thanks to its policy of juried play selection as opposed to Fringe's random lottery). But there comes a summer in every kid sister's life when she starts going through some "special changes" and suddenly all her older sibling's friends turn their heads when she walks by the pool in her tankini. We already started to discuss the direction in which new Artistic Producer Michael Rubenfeld has started to take the festival, which has now been re-branded as "Toronto's Indie Theatre and Arts Festival."

Photo of In-Flight Safety courtesy of Craig Norris of CBC Radio 3.

http://www.rockplazacentral.com/">Rock Plaza Central did not only that this week but contemplated their first van purchase as well. Torontoist went along to document it all.

Allegedly from Toronto, Rock Plaza Central took New York City by storm this weekend -- opening for Oxford Collapse at The Glasslands in Brooklyn on Saturday, and for Montreal's Malajube and Atlanta's Snowden at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan on Sunday. An unbelievably energized ensemble of strings, brass, and percussion, Rock Plaza Central just might be this year's most exciting musical breakthrough. The New York crowds seem to have corroborated this claim, as they wouldn't let the band leave the stage without playing at least one encore -- now, how often does that happen with an opener?

After five long years, indie rockers The Apples in Stereo are back with the release of their latest disc New Magnetic Wonder (Simian Records) on February 7. We've only had a chance to listen to a few songs so far, and they're very catchy 60's pop goodness. Furthermore, lead singer Robert Schneider created a whole new music scale, called the "Non-Pythagorean Scale," which is extensively explained as a bonus on the new disc. Luckily for us, we'll get a chance to hear it all live when the band hits Lee's Palace on February 20, with openers Casper and The Cookies and Rock Plaza Central.

It seems pretty appropriate that we just had Groundhog Day, given that we're feeling a little bit like Bill Murray looking at the concert listings this week. Not only is there very little going on, but most of the bands who are playing seem to be here every week (Apostle of Hustle, The Tragically Hip, Hostage Life, Friendly Rich). Thus, we have nothing left to say about them! So if you've already seen these shows, it is advised that you take this time to rest up because the end of February and month of March are going to be insane for loads of high quality live music.

"Just take those old records off the shelf, I'll sit and listen to 'em by myself, today's music ain't got..." Oh. Ahem...sorry, just reliving the old days of Fisher-Price rollerskating around the house to Bob Seger (and Joan Jett, if anyone's counting). Did you know that good ol' Bob is in town this week at the ACC? Did anyone know he was still alive and kicking? There are still tickets available for Tuesday, so it might be a good opportunity to spend some quality bonding time with the parents.