An evening of overindulgence can often end with drunken boasts, flights of fancy and grandiose business plans for global domination. But for frustrated musician Neil Claxton, his alcohol-fuelled rant with a friend about the state of the music business struck such a chord that, in the cold light of day, he phoned his friend David Wood with a proposition.

A fond tip of the hat goes out this weekend to the Harbourfront Centre and its excellent Beats, Breaks and Culture festival, which celebrates five years of bringing boundary-pushing electronic music to the waterfront with one of its strongest lineups yet.

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Among the most globally recognized names in an increasingly fractured electronic dance music scene, Booka Shade return with their third studio album, a record that finds them determinedly pursuing the home-listening audience. read more

There are four naked people running on the cover of Sigur Ros' new album, Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust (translation: With a buzz in our ears, we play endlessly). This would be a subversive move for nearly any other act, but not this one.