The Balconies talk with TORO's Jesse Skinner about their self-titled debut album and their experience playing in the Toronto scene. "I just feed off that energy and I'm just so happy to be part of a really big scene like this," says lead singer Jacquie Neville.

"We're a very anti-repression band," says rapper Phatt Al about God Made Me Funky, perhaps the funkiest band in Ontario, if not all of Canada. In this interview, he jokes around with TORO's Jesse Skinner and talks about the band's party-loving fans, a.k.a. "nu funktonians."

Peter Project talks about his Minimoog, a rare and totally amazing synthesizer, with TORO's Jesse Skinner in this interview that also features rapper More or Les. The pair recorded the song "Unorthadox" (from the Fresh EP) at the TORO Garage, and this clip gives you an exclusive look behind the turntable at Peter Project's set-up.

Michou [ME-shoo] started out as the solo project of singer Michael Hargreaves, but it didn't take long to get his songs down on record with full support. Hargreaves tells TORO's Jesse Skinner that they recorded their sophomore album, Cardona, in Winnipeg, and that they kept most of the cuts from the session even though their producer was missing in action. Check out their Garage Band performance of "Growing Younger," the first song from that session.

After a great performance of "Amy Racina," Halifax band In-Flight Safety sit down with Jesse Skinner and talk about their record We Are an Empire, My Dear.

After playing "Jailbird Blues", Ohbijou chatted with TORO's Jesse Skinner about what happened after they finished recording the song at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts. "We all ran outside and outside was this glowing green sky because the Northern Lights were out," recalls lead vocalist Casey Mecija. "It was amazing."From the Northern Lights, the discussion shifts to talk of Ohbijou's origins and of their evolving creative processes.

The lineup for Octoberman changes often and 13 different musicians played on Fortresses, the band's last album. Marc Morrissette (right) tells TORO's Jesse Skinner that most of the songs were recorded live. "The mixing of this was ridiculously easy. We didn't take anything out, we just left everything in, as is."