Nearly 2,000 people came to the Great Hall of Hamilton Place this past Sunday to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti. The event organized by Hamilton producer Glen Marshall and the Hamilton Spectator drew music fans from all across the GTA and raised over $40,000. Musical guests for the evening included Feist, Arkells, Luke Doucet, Melissa McClelland, Jacob Moon, Tom Wilson and more.

This is no ordinary Ska band. Stop Drop has weathered several member changes and fought the tide of shifting subcultures within Toronto's indie music scene to emerge as band of prowess. Their newest EP is an exceptionally refined audio journey entitled A Wake // At Sea.

Toronto-based rockers Opus Road and others will be playing the 1st ever Queen West Musicfest August 23rd at Trinity Bellwoods Park. The event will be to help support local independent artists, while also raising money for the Toronto East General Hospital Foundation.

Billy Talent has made thier latest album 'III' available before its official release via MuchMusic, MTV, Dose and NME.

The ten finalists for the fourth annual Polaris Prize were announced this morning by founder and executive director Steve Jordan. The award is handed out annually to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit and features a $20,000 cash prize.

Martin Streek, the former on-air personality at Edge 102 has taken his own life. The CFNY-FM veteran was admired by his colleagues, musicians and journalists.

After releasing a four song EP titled Hold that Sound and playing this year's Edgefest, Brampton's Moneen have released details about their upcoming full-length.