You’ll never hear the Kills singer Alison Mosshart bemoaning a life spent in hotels, on stages and staring out tour bus windows.

Despite being primarily based in Trinidad, DJ/producer Jillionaire (aka Christopher Leacock) knows a hell of a lot about emerging Toronto dance music talent. When the topic comes up, he reels off familiar names like Torro Torro, Bonjay and Zeds Dead as ones to watch, plus relative unknowns Micro Prophet (who recently relocated to Toronto from Ottawa) and the mysterious and eccentric Dakota, who opens for him at the Drake and whom Leacock can’t stop raving about.

Don’t mistake Bry Webb for a man who’s lost his edge. He’s traded his road warrior lifestyle for domesticity and his gruff meat-and-potatoes rock and roll for glacial, acoustic folk, but the former Constantines frontman hasn’t given up his punk rock ideals.

Mette Lindberg doesn’t own a television and therefore can’t gauge how ubiquitous she’s become.

It’s been more than a year since long-running Queen West institution the Cameron House (408 Queen West) announced it was starting a record label. It’s finally becoming a reality on Friday (February 3, 9 pm), with the release of Kayla Howran’s debut LP, Pistol. I guess if you’ve been operating a bar for more than 30 years, you don’t feel the need to rush these things.