In 2006, a beardless and much younger Dallas Green released the video to "Save Your Scissors." The video and song helped catapult the already famous Alexisonfire co-vocalist even further into stardom. In hindsight, it was likely always the case that City and Colour would take precedence over Alexisonfire, but the level of success of the former project is what's truly surprising. This weekend, City and Colour played not one but two back-to-back shows at Massey Hall.

Let's enter the time warp.

I saw Hanson 14 years ago. Yes, I was bat-shit crazy for the three goldilocks (especially Zac- "The funny one!"). I called a number in the back of Tiger Beat Magazine that promised I could speak with Hanson. That number turned out to be some prerecorded shit from Barbados, obviously, and cost my parents about $80.

The Neighbourhood Mixtape is a collection of newly-released songs by Toronto musicians. The mixtape is meant to celebrate Toronto's music culture and provide a forum to listen to and discover new local music.

Every Sunday, I post a five-track mixtape (along with my own mini-reflections for each track) that you can download or stream as a soundtrack for the week.

Thursday night at Wrongbar, newly minted local heroes BADBADNOTGOOD brought their hip-hop influenced jazz (or is it jazz influenced hip-hop? Does it even matter?) to an event honouring the late James Dewitt Yancy, better known as J Dilla. Generally regarded as one of the greatest and most versatile hip-hop producers of all-time, J Dilla's solo material and frequent collaborations with other artists has only gained in renown since his unfortunate premature death six years ago today. A packed, seemingly sold-out venue was ready to pay their respects to the legend, and one of the most talked about bands to emerge from Toronto in the past year was ready to start the party.

For our latest installment of get to know a DJ series, I chatted with legendary Toronto DJ Mark Oliver, who along with fathering the rave movement in Toronto (and beyond) back in the late 1980s has enjoyed more residences that can be easily kept track of. I could keep going with the glowing intro, but lest I cast myself as the quintessential fanboy, let's jump into the interview.

Live music picks for TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7 through SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2012.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7 / THE KILLS / THE KOOL HAUS / 132 QUEENS QUAY E / $34.50 / ALL AGES

Critically acclaimed indie-rock duo The Kills will be making a stop at the Kool Haus as part of a two-month trek throughout North America. The group, made up of singer Alison Mosshart and guitarist Jamie Hince, have released four albums, the most recent being last year's Blood Pressures. It's a unique sound that harkens back to bands like the Velvet Underground, and that's some seriously high praise.