Any Night of the Week

The story of how Toronto became a music mecca. From Yonge Street to Yorkville to Queen West to College, the neighbourhoods that housed Torontos music scenes. Featuring Syrinx, Rough Trade, Martha and the Muffins, Fifth Column, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Rheostatics, Ghetto Concept, LAL, Broken Social Scene, and more! Jonny Dovercourt, a tireless force in Torontos music scene, offers the widest-ranging view out there on how an Anglo-Saxon backwater terrified of people going to bars on Sundays transforms itself into a multicultural metropolis that raises up more than its share of beloved artists, from indie to hip-hop to the unclassifiable. His unique approach is to zoom in on the rooms where its happened the live venues that come and too frequently go as well as on the people whove devoted their lives and labours to collective creativity in a city that sometimes seems like itd rather stick to banking. For locals, fans, and urban arts denizens anywhere, the essential Any Night of the Week is full of inspiration, discoveries, and cautionary tales. Carl Wilson, Slate music critic and author of Lets Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, one of Billboards 100 Greatest Music Books of All Time Toronto has long been one of North Americas great music cities, but hasnt got the same credit as L.A., Memphis, Nashville, and others. This book will go a long way towards proving Torontos place in the music universe. Alan Cross, host, the Ongoing History of New Music The sweaty, thunderous exhilaration of being in a packed club, in collective thrall to a killer band, extends across generations, platforms, and genre preferences. With this essential book, Jonny has created something that's not just a time capsule, but a time machine. Sarah Liss, author of Army of Lovers