Thursday night The Horseshoe was packed for a Dine Alone records extravaganza featuring Dinosaur Bones. It was their fourth birthday, aw. Starting with a burst of energy perhaps still lingering from Young Rival's set, the quintet played songs from 2010's Birthright EP, 2011's My Divider and a few yet-to-be-released new songs.

On display immediately was the band's professionalism, precision and skill. They have a stadium pop-rock (think The Stills, Muse) quality that was surprising to hear at The Horseshoe (it's up to you whether you think that's a compliment or not).

On Provider, Bry Webb shakes your bones and spirit with his lonesome voice and elegant guitar work. Drawn out of shouts from his time as lead vocalist of Constantines, Webb closes you in a world of tender thoughts and poetic wonder. The songs in Provider are personal and are sung from the perspective of a true storyteller with a warm, quiet soul. Each strum tells a kind of hardened, living history and every word that follows Webb's melody is a fleeting hush that's special if you hold onto it.

In this week's Call & Response interview, we talk to Bry Webb about the making of Provider, fatherhood, working with Feist and more.

On Monday night, while Bloor and Lansdowne lay under a carpet of snow, a small group had made it out to assemble on Placebo Space's couches and floor cushions to see Dent-De-Lion's Toronto stop on his long winter tour.

Dent-De-Lion is Aymeric Hainaux, a solo performer from France who is currently crossing North America with his harmonica, accordion, echo pedal, assortment of junk percussion, and his most important instrument: himself.

Chicago soul legend Mavis Staples brought her signature brand of gospel and folk songs to the Royal Conservatory of Music's incredibly ornate Koerner Hall Sunday night. Having scored her first hit with the Staple Singers' "Uncloudy Day" all the way back in 1956, one might be led to think that her enthusiasm for performance or ability to command a crowd might have diminished over the years. Luckily, this was anything but the case as Staples and her stunning backing band awed a reverent, sold-out crowd for the entirety of their 100-minute set.

Live music picks for WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1 through TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2012.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4 / BRY WEBB / MUSIC GALLERY / $12 / 19+

In 2010, one of Ontario's finest bands, the Constantines, decided to go on hiatus, leaving Toronto without the voice of the group's frontman, Bry Webb. Thankfully, Webb is back with a new record, Provider. The songwriter's newest material sees him exhibit the same kind of lyrical wit that marked his early career, though this most recent batch of songs is tempered by his newfound experiences as a husband and father. Webb plays two shows on Saturday night at the Music Gallery — one at 7:00 PM, then another at 9:30 PM.

Entering The Garrison just after 9 p.m. on Saturday night, a line of potential concert goers were informed that the Yamantaka//Sonic Titan gig was definitely going to sell out - it was just a matter of when. Despite sheets of ice covering sidewalks and brutal January winds, the hype surrounding Y//ST combined with a solid line up of lo-fi openers had made the show a hit.