Ukula

UKULA Magazine was an independent arts and culture quarterly founded in 2004, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was created by co-founders Kevin Renton and Graeme Maclean, who first started out DJing under the now well known UKULA moniker at the city's Andy Poolhall in 2002. Copies of UKULA were to be found throughout the cities of Toronto, Montreal and New York. Plans were underway to extend full distribution to include London and Edinburgh, though limited distribution was available in these two cities. The print edition is no longer being published.

In addition to publishing its glossy magazine, UKULA also had event planning and arts/culture consultancy departments catering to local bands and haute coutre fashion houses interested in promoting their brand.

The store and magazine was described by Canada's national newspaper The Globe and Mail as the "ground zero for all things impossibly cool in music, books and fashion"

History

After a year in Toronto, Renton and Maclean relocated to Montreal in 2003, where they continued their series of popular DJ nights. A year later, the first issue of UKULA Magazine hit the streets, a slim staple-bound 32 page paperbacked-sized volume that included interviews with then up-and-coming bands Arcade Fire and Kasabian. By the third issue, the magazine had evolved into the high physical and editorial standards that it is known by today: a vibrant glossy (with an average length of just over 100 pages) professionally bound, and printed on high quality pages, with content about film, literature, travel and fashion.