Rock Central Plaza is more literate than your average indie act. They’re led by a twice-published author who wrote an entire album about robot horses and their latest effort was inspired by a William Faulkner novel. While Toronto’s vibrant music scene has produced a number of big name indie bands — Broken Social Scene and Feist to name two — you’d be hard pressed to find... 

When Aaron Katchen stopped buying compact discs four years ago, he was forced to abandon one of his favourite time killers—flipping through CD booklets. The London, England-based Rabbi used to spend hours with his Grateful Dead and Phish records, checking out band photos and delving into the lyrics. Now, when Katchen purchases albums from iTunes he’s given a graphic of the cover art that he...