Artist: Art Bergmann (featuring Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers)
Song: Sin City (Gram Parsons cover)
Live at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, April 25, 2009.
Art Bergmann (feat. Tony Dekker) - Sin CityMy notes for this set can be found here.
Artist: Art Bergmann (featuring Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers)
Song: Sin City (Gram Parsons cover)
Live at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, April 25, 2009.
Art Bergmann (feat. Tony Dekker) - Sin CityMy notes for this set can be found here.
Founded as a blog about one curmudgeon's love affair with the em dash, Mechanical Forest Sound has grown to become a community-based archive of local musical culture. Assuming that "independent music" isn't just boys with guitars and "culture" isn't just some sort of pageant, MFS is an investigation of a wide range of artists, reflecting on concerts as shared experiences, acts of citizenship and a chance to get down — fuzzy photographs and clear-sounding original live recordings a specialty.
Current manifestations of this project include Track Could Bend, a monthly concert series featuring "improvised music and weird rock offshoots", presented in a casual environment.
At one point I wrote full-on concert reviews, and for longer I thought I would catch up and write about shows in the past. But these days, because of, y'know, life, do not expect much in the way of full show reviews — but live recordings with blurbs will be posted as quickly after the fact as is feasible.
Check out my original live recordings from many of the gigs discussed here.
You can also check out full sets uploaded to the Live Music Archive. [not currently active]
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Heraclitus Akimbo [album release celebration!] (Kayla Milmine + Paul Newman) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-20 (Wednesday – early!) [FB event]
Josh Cole Trio [Lina Allemano/Michael Davidson/Josh Cole] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-20 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Doit! [Andrew Furlong/Emily Denison] [cassette release!] / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-02-23 (Saturday) [FB event]
Mechanical Forest Sound's 10th Anniversary Celebration: A Night of Rock Music! (feat. Hooded Fang / Man Made Hill / Matthew "Doc" Dunn + Friends / Triples) / The Baby G 2019-03-02 (Saturday) [FB event]
Track Could Bend #48 (feat. DoVira3 / Rob Clutton / Joyful Joyful) / Wenona Lodge 2019-03-05 (Tuesday – PWYC!) [FB event]
Somewhere There and Mechanical Forest Sound present (Horseman, Pass By [LP release celebration!] / Mira Martin-Gray/Mark Zurawinski) / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-03-06 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Women From Space Festival (feat. Kayla Milmine/Bea Labikova / Cheryl O/Meghan Cheng/Irene Harrett / Brian Abbott/Tomasz Krakowiak / Mingjia Jessica Chen/Claire Yunjin Lee) / Wenona Lodge 2019-03-08 (Friday) [FB event]
Somewhere There presents: Women From Space Festival (feat. Overleaf [Mira Martin-Gray/Heidi Chan/Kayla Milmine] / Bea Labikova/Germaine Liu / Dawne Carleton/Rob Clutton / Tania Gill/Rebecca Hennessy) / Array Space 2019-03-09 (Sunday) [FB event]
Women From Space Festival (feat. Happy Apple [Heraclitus Akimbo/Allison Cameron] / Laura Swankey / Prices Easy [Aisha Sasha John] / Plastic Babies [Christine Duncan/Laura Swankey/Patrick O'Reilly]) / Burdock Music Hall 2019-03-11 (Monday) [FB event]
Riparian Acoustics/CMC Presents (feat. Lindsay Dobbin / Kat Estacio) / Canadian Music Centre 2019-03-14 (Thursday) [FB event]
Elastic Recordings presents (feat. Clock Radio [Michael Davidson/Dan Fortin] [CD release!] / Chris Pruden) / Canadian Music Centre 2019-03-23 (Saturday) [FB event]
Telephone Explosion, Morning Trip & Burn Down The Capital Present (feat. Laraaji / Joseph Shabason) / Toronto Spiritualist Temple 2019-04-12 (Friday – all ages!) [FB event]
These are shows that I can vouch for, but that I probably just won't have time to make it to.
A Night of Mischief (feat. King For a Day [Heidi Chan/ManMan Mui/Amy Naylor/Lee Stone] / BLISK / Parmida) / Burdock Music Hall 2019-02-18 (Monday – early!) [FB event]
Patrick Smith Standards Band [Terry Clarke/Malcolm Connor/Patrick Smith] / The Rex Hotel 2019-02-19 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]
Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Myk Freedman Trio [Myk Freedman/Rob Clutton/Jake Oelrichs] / Tania Gill Quartet [Tania Gill/Lina Allemano/Rob Clutton/Nico Dann]) / Wenona Lodge 2019-02-19 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Lipliners' Wednesdays in February Residency (feat. Ronley Teper and The Lipliners) / The Cameron House 2019-02-20 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Sea Moya (Most People / Miles Francis / Motëm) / The Boat 2019-02-21 (Thursday) [FB event]
Aurochs / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-22 (Friday – early!)
The Ryan Driver Sextet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-22 (Friday)
Ace of Wands [Lioness album release show!] (Kate Boothman / Joan Smith & the Jane Does / When Particles Collide) / The Horseshoe Tavern 2019-02-22 (Friday) [FB event]
Dirtywood [Myk Freedman/Rebecca Hennessy/Michael Herring/Dave Clark] / The Emmet Ray 2019-02-22 (Friday – PWYC!) [FB event]
CCMC / Array Space 2019-02-22 (Friday) [more info]
The Music Gallery/Fu-Gen Asian Canadian Theatre Company present: Foxconn Frequency (no.3): for three visibly Chinese performers (feat. Vicky Chow/Paul Paroczai/Matt Poon) / Factory Theatre 2019-02-22–2019-02-23 (Friday–Saturday) [FB event]
Radiant Baby (Hush Pup / LOLAA) / The Baby G 2019-02-23 (Saturday) [FB event]
Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Wolf Eyes with Mark Morgan / Retired / Processor) / The Garrison 2019-02-23 (Saturday) [FB event]
Silent Shout (feat. ZA / p0st3rb0y / Leucrocuta / Coarse Language) / Handlebar 2019-02-23 (Saturday) [FB event]
Maddy's 30th Birthday Bash! (feat. Omhouse / ZOË / Nice Going) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2019-02-23 (Saturday – PWYC!) [FB event]
Franche-Nolan/Ballyk [Noah Franche-Nolan/Mark Ballyk/Laura Swankey/Dan Pitt] (Joyful Joyful) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-23 (Saturday) [FB event]
Jazz United Jam [jazz + tap dancing] / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-02-24 (Sunday – PWYC!)
SynapticCircusSundays (feat. Paul Dutton/Christine Duncan/Liz Lima/Laura Swankey / Paul Newman/Heather Saumer) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-24 (Sunday) [FB event]
TIO Celebrates Bruce Cassidy (feat. Toronto Improvisors Orchestra with special guest Bruce Cassidy) / Array Space 2019-02-24 (Sunday) [FB event]
Dustiny [Thom Gill/Josh Cole/Phil Melanson/Matt Newton/Aline Homzy/B McCarroll-Butler] (Dorothea Paas) / Burdock Music Hall 2019-02-24 (Sunday) [FB event]
Lina Allemano Standards Quartet [Lina Allemano/Michael Davidson/Andrew Downing/Nick Fraser] / The Emmet Ray 2019-02-24 (Sunday – PWYC) [more info]
Titanium Riot / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-26 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Furniture Music (feat. Laura Swankey [solo] / Triio [Bea Labikova/Tom Fleming/Ashley Urquhart/Mark0/Alex Fournier) / Wenona Lodge 2019-02-26 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Lipliners' Wednesdays in February Residency (feat. Ronley Teper and The Lipliners) / The Cameron House 2019-02-27 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Music by Harry and Furlong S1E5 (feat. Andrew Furlong/Glen Hall / The Search For Eternal Happiness Pt. 4 [Harry Vetro/Kristian Fourier/Nelson Moneo/Cheryl O]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-27 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Feast In The East 72 (feat. Fet.Nat / Absolutely Free / Badge Époque) / Jam Factory 2019-02-28 (Thursday) [FB event]
MIMICO (Zoo Owl / In Spades) / Monarch Tavern 2019-02-28 (Thursday) [FB event]
Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Marc Ribot / Kee Avil) / Jam Factory 2019-03-01 (Friday – all ages!) [FB event]
Mildew Mildew [tape release!] (Teenage Green Bean / Pour Toi) / The Dupe Shop 2019-03-01 (Friday – all ages!) [FB event]
Tough Age (Vanity Phase / Hugh Man) / Handlebar 2019-03-02 (Saturday) [FB event]
Omhouse (Luge / Slurry) / Monarch Tavern 2019-03-02 (Saturday) [FB event]
Audiopollination 69 (feat. VV/ Benjamin McCarthy/Cale Weir / [HF]/styrofoamNosebleedPrincess / Dimitar Pentchev / Michael Lynn/Alex Fournier) / Array Space 2019-03-02 (Saturday) [FB event]
Habib Koité and Bassekou Kouyate / Toronto Centre for the Arts 2019-03-05 (Tuesday) [FB event]
L CON (Synne Sanden) / Burdock Music Hall 2019-03-07 (Thursday) [FB event]
Venus Fest presents (feat. Ivy Mairi [EP release!] / Perfect Health [new solo project from Carmen Elle!]) / Burdock Music Hall 2019-03-08 (Friday) [FB event]
Din of Shadows III ["adventurous new creations... that extend music theatre into the worlds of rock, metal, and hip-hop. Raunchy guitar feedback, imaginary percussion, sci-fi turntablism."] (feat. Émilie Fortin/Quinn Jacobs/Lybido/Andrew Noseworthy/Cheldon Paterson/Olivia Shortt/Jonny Smith) / Array Space 2019-03-08 (Friday – early and late shows!) [FB event]
Bombino / Lee's Palace 2018-03-09 (Saturday) [FB event]
Body/Head (Max and Maxine Moon) / The Great Hall 2019-03-09 (Saturday) [FB event]
Royal Stompbox presents: Zardoz (feat. Castle If [live score!]) / The Royal Cinema 2019-03-09 (Saturday) [FB event]
Women From Space Festival (feat. Tova Kardonne / Diane Roblin/Heather Saumer / Zoë Alexis-Abrams/Neal Retke/William Davison / Ashley Urquhart's Colour and Noise) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-03-09 (Saturday) [FB event]
SynapticCircusSundays (feat. William Davison/Ambrose Pottie/Mark Gane / Paul Newman/Heather Saumer) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-03-10 (Sunday – early! series moves to 2nd Sunday's early slot!) [FB event]
Robin Hatch [album release celebration!] (Bram Gielen / Simeon Abbott / Dan Werb) / Array Space 2019-03-12 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Venus Fest presents: an evening with Alok Vaid-Menon (feat. Ziibiwan / Kiley May / Manghoe Lassi) / The Garrison 2019-03-15 (Friday) [FB event]
Cold Early Spring (feat. Dame Cook / Hexzuul / Mandelbrut / Beard Closet) / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-03-16 (Sunday) [FB event]
Selina Martin Trio (Paul Linklater) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-03-16 (Saturday) [FB event]
Molly Nilsson (Phèdre) / The Horseshoe Tavern 2019-03-19 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Digawolf [album release!] (Hex) / Burdock Music Hall 2019-03-22 (Friday) [FB event]
BA Johnston (Sleepless Nights / Flesh Rag) / Junction City Music Hall 2019-03-23 (Saturday) [FB event]
Premieres VIII (feat. Thin Edge New Music Collective) / Array Space 2019-03-23 (Saturday) [FB event]
Polyphonic Ground presents: Cameroon War Victims Benefit (feat. Fojeba & Sunshine Band) / Small World Music Centre 2019-03-23 (Saturday – note new date!) [FB event]
Batuki Music Society presents (feat. Carine Au Micro) / Alliance Française de Toronto 2019-03-23 (Saturday) [FB event]
Baker-Hess Duo with Olivia Shortt / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-03-24 (Sunday – early!) [FB event]
The KVB (Numb.er / Sahara) / The Baby G 2019-03-27 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Freesound Series 01 [works by Pauline Oliveros, Lise Morrison, and Anna Thorvaldsdóttir] (feat. Tristan Durie/Olivia Shortt/Kevin Harris/Rachel Côté/Brayden Friesen/Todd Yaniw/Aysel Taghi-Zada/Adrian Irvine/Matt Antal/Evan Lamberton/Dave Riedstra) / Array Space 2019-03-27 (Wednesday) [FB event]
The CWC Project Presents: New Music & Jazz (feat. Laura Swankey / Belinda Corpuz / Lieke Van Der Voort / Germaine Liu) / Burdock Music Hall 2019-03-28 (Thursday) [FB event]
Doug Paisley / The Drake Underground 2019-03-28 (Thursday) [more info]
Emergents III (feat. Happenstance / Jana Luksts) / The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2019-03-29 (Friday) [FB event]
PIVOT ["premieres from six early-career composers from the acoustic and electro-acoustic worlds following their six-month mentorship with some of Canada’s most prominent composers."] [works by Amy Brandon, Nathan Friedman, Émilie Girard-Charest, Solomiya Moroz, Luke Nickel, and Lieke van der Voort] (feat. Continuum Contemporary Music) / The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2019-03-30 (Saturday) [FB event]
Invocation Presents (feat. Sophie Trudeau / Michaela Grill / Loom) / Array Space 2019-03-31 (Sunday) [FB event]
Venus Fest presents (feat. Gauche / Pearie Sol) / The Baby G 2019-04-03 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Of Glitches and Machines [contemporary works for solo piano, electronics and multimedia by Nico Muhly, Mason Bates and Nicole Lizée] (feat. Stephanie Chua / Adam Sherkin) / Lula Lounge 2019-04-03 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Eliza Niemi [of Mauno] (Le Ren / LUKA) / Monarch Tavern 2019-04-03 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Fatoumata Diawara / Toronto Centre for the Arts 2019-04-04 (Thursday) [FB event]
Odonis Odonis (Black Dresses) / The Garrison 2019-04-04 (Thursday) [FB event]
Beat Circus (Friendly as Fuck [Friendly Rich with Fat as Fuck] / Clara Engel / Kee Avil) / The Baby G 2019-04-06 (Saturday) [FB event]
Remember Sports (Pony / Haybaby) / The Rec Room 2019-04-12 (Friday) [FB event]
The Scientists (B-17) / Lee's Palace 2019-04-13 (Saturday) [FB event]
Chris Cohen [ex-Deerhoof] (Ice Cream / No Frills) / The Horseshoe 2019-04-15 (Monday) [FB event]
Mulatu Astatke / The Great Hall 2019-05-15 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Tim Hecker / Mod Club Theatre 2019-05-15 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Yamantaka//Sonic Titan / The Garrison 2019-05-18 (Saturday) [FB event]
Jon Langford / The Horseshoe Tavern 2019-05-23 (Thursday) [more info]
Robyn Hitchcock / The Drake Underground 2019-06-23 (Sunday) [more info]
2019 Gigs
Long Winter, Volume 7.3 (feat. SAUNA / Slurry / John Orpheus / Joyful Joyful / Johnny de Courcy / Katie Sketch / Hiroki Tanaka)
Gladstone Hotel 2019-01-04 (Friday)
Nite Comfort 63 (feat. Aaron Corbett / Undulation)
Handlebar 2019-01-06 (Sunday)
JAOIM x Track Could Bend #46 (feat. Lina Allemano's Titanium Riot / McEachern/West/Zurawinski)
Wenona Lodge 2019-01-08 (Tuesday)
Brodie West Quintet
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-01-09 (Wednesday)
Music By & For Ken Aldcroft XXV (feat. Irene Harrett / Laura Swankey & Friends
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-01-09 (Wednesday)
Invocation presents (feat. Joseph Shabason / Sandro Perri)
Array Space 2019-01-10 (Thursday)
Rat-drifting 4 (feat. See Through 4)
Array Space 2019-01-11 (Friday)
Picastro (Fresh Snow / Colin Fisher)
The Baby G 2019-01-12 (Saturday)
Somewhere There Presents: Paul Newman at 55 (feat. Paul Newman / Paul Newman/Brian Abbott/Kayla Milmine)
The Baby G 2019-01-12 (Sunday)
Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Alle Meekingsmith / Dan Fortin)
Wenona Lodge 2019-01-15 (Tuesday)
Cluttertones (Kayla Milmine)
Burdock Music Hall 2019-01-16 (Wednesday)
Riparian Acoustics/CMC Presents (feat. Alex Samaras with Lara Dodds-Eden and Bram Gielen)
Canadian Music Centre 2019-01-17 (Thursday)
21C Music Festival: Live at 85! (feat. Terry Riley/Tracy Silverman/Gyan Riley)
Koerner Hall 2019-01-18 (Friday)
21C: AfterHours (feat. Wesley Shen and Continuum)
Mazzoleni Hall 2019-01-18 (Friday)
Emergents II (feat. April Aliermo / Sun Sun)
The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2019-01-19 (Saturday)
21C Festival (feat. The Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble)
Mazzoleni Hall 2019-01-20 (Sunday)
Music Minus 1 (feat. Victor Bateman/Germaine Liu/Brian Abbott/Mark Zuawinski/Leslie Ting/Heraclitus Akimbo/Karen Ng)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-01-20 (Sunday)
James Meger/Ted Crosby/Karen Ng/Michael Davidson
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-01-20 (Sunday)
Piano Fest (feat. Donald Quan / Rêves Sonores feat. Joseph Shabason)
Burdock Music Hall 2019-01-21 (Monday)
Kapali Carsi (Man Made Hill / Sour Pussy / Cruise)
Owl's Club (basement) 2019-01-25 (Friday)
SynapticCircusSundays (feat. The Nilan Perera Quartet / The Electro-Acoustic Orchestra)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-01-27 (Sunday)
Night Of The Living Night Shift (feat. Determinist? / R. Flex / Bliptor)
Wenona Lodge 2019-01-29 (Tuesday)
New Tendencies (naw / Invisible Out)
Handlebar 2019-01-31 (Thursday)
Defend the 11 Fundraiser (feat. Hooded Fang / Brigitte Bardon't / Moul. D / Green Day)
The Beguiling 2019-02-02 (Saturday)
Audiopollination 68 (feat. Del Stephen/Michael Ramey/Rod Campbell / Alex Fournier/Alexander Whyte/Heraclitus Akimbo / Ryan Kinney/James Bailey/mkl32 / Lîla Trio)
Array Space 2019-02-03 (Sunday)
Track Could Bend #47 (feat. William Davison & Bob Vespaziani / Meg Remy's Last Tape / Freaky Boos)
Wenona Lodge 2019-02-05 (Tuesday)
Kurt Newman Presents: Cosmic Country for Communists (feat. Janet Macpherson/Kyle Kirkpatrick/Kurt Newman / Nick Flanagan [comedy] / The Nashville Minimalism Unit)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-06 (Wednesday)
Long Winter 7.4 (feat. Mortimer. / Jo Snyder / Donna Linklater / KOZA / Westelaken / Triples / Graham Van Pelt / Rapport / James Baley)
Workman Arts 2019-02-09 (Saturday)
Somewhere There Presents: Mechanical Forest Sound's 10th Anniversary Celebration (feat. Lender / The Knot / The Allison Cameron Band)
Array Space 2019-02-10 (Sunday)
Tranzac Sound For Silence II: Valentine's Day Edition (feat. Jazz United Band / Unclassic Classics / Hex / Polka Dogs)
The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2019-02-14 (Thursday)
Marker Starling (Sing Leaf)
Burdock Music Hall 2019-02-16 (Saturday)
The Music Gallery/Public Recordings present: To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their Desperation by Pauline Oliveros (feat. Anne Bourne/Allison Cameron/Victoria Cheong/Prices Easy/Ishan Davé/Ellen Furey/Thom Gill/Claire Harvie/Ame Henderson/Brendan Jensen/Germaine Liu/Kate Nankervis/Bee Pallomina/Liz Peterson/Brian Solomon/Heather Solomon/Anni Spadafora/Evan Webber/Christopher Willes)
City Council Chambers 2019-02-17 (Sunday)
Longform reviews of these shows are not currently likely. Recordings from many of these can be found if you dig through the tag cloud below.
Great track. I'm a big Art fan. He and Mr Dekker sound really good together. Wish I could have been at the show, but I'm on the wrong side of the country.
ReplyDeleteWell, given they went to the trouble to put a band together like that, I have to imagine this wasn't a one-off.
ReplyDeleteOne'd think Art could fill a good-sized room in Vancouver. Are there any soft-seaters out there catering to rock shows that are smaller than, say, The Orpheum?