It often takes seeing a band live to better understand and fully appreciate their sound. We headed out Friday night to the Double Door to check out British pop's freshest new face, Esser, and conceptual electro-rock trio Datarock. Three hours and two acts later we left all smiles, appreciating the power a live show has to unite an audience and tie up the loose ends of an album. more ›

Download the original attachment We here in the Ist-A-Verse know that we're sensational, but it's very rare that we get a chance to be sensationalistic. This week, we've decided to have ourselves a little fun and try our hand at tacky tabloid headlines, using nothing more than our favorite posts from this week. Torontoist Special Report: Rosie to Trump: "Fire 300 Bicyclists for Fraud!" On DCist: Students Go Wild for Slogans, Secrets and Sexual Harassment... more ›