2011 Gig List

Giant Hand (Winchester Warm)
The Imperial Pub Backroom 2011-01-06 (Thursday)

Out of This Spark 4th Anniversary Celebration (feat. OOTS Family Band / Evening Hymns / Richard Laviolette and The Oil Spills / The Pale Mornings / Jenny Omnichord / The Phonemes / Kite Hill)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2011-01-07 (Friday)

Frankie Rose and The Outs (Little Girls)
The Shop under Parts & Labour 2011-01-12 (Wednesday)

FOUR CORNERS II (feat. Lullabye Arkestra / Quest for Fire / Sun Ra Ra Ra / Rituals)
Steelworkers Hall 2011-01-14 (Friday)

Sean Nicholas Savage (Dr. Ew / Army Girls)
!059 2011-01-15 (Saturday)

Canaille (Stop Time)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2011-01-21 (Friday)

Dentata (Anagram / Bruised Knees / Holy Mount)
The Silver Dollar 2011-01-21 (Friday)

Live Love Large Benefit Concert (feat. Gentleman Reg / Hooded Fang / Kat Burns)
Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto 2011-01-28 (Friday)

The C is for Cure (Matinée Show) (feat. Snowblink / Kith & Kin / The Deeep / Steven McKay)
The Music Gallery 2011-01-29 (Saturday)

The C is for Cure (Evening Show) (feat. Evening Hymns / Austra / Timber Timbre)
The Music Gallery 2011-01-29 (Saturday)

Your 33 Black Angels (Pow Wows / HotKid)
The Silver Dollar 2011-01-29 (Saturday)

Khôra (Not the Wind, Not the Flag)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2011-02-02 (Wednesday)

Do Make Say Think
Sonic Boom Records 2011-02-03 (Thursday)

Julie Doiron (Little Scream / Steven McKay)
The Horseshoe 2011-02-03 (Thursday)

Hush Arbors (Jason Ajemian / Loom / Spiritual Sky Blues Band)
Placebo Space 2011-02-05 (Saturday)

The Radio Dept. (Young Prisms)
Lee's Palace 2011-02-07 (Monday)

Old World Vulture (Ostrich Tuning / Epigram)
The Boat 2011-02-10 (Thursday)

Resolutionaries Marimba Band
The Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar) 2011-02-11 (Friday)

catl (Steamboat / Youth Crime)
The Horseshoe Tavern 2011-02-11 (Friday)

Daps All-Ages 6 (feat. Colour Connection / Nicholas Doubleyou and The B-Squad / Hut / Abstract Random / Army Girls)
Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture 2011-02-12 (Saturday)

Bonjay
Soundscapes 2011-02-12 (Saturday)

Rebekah Higgs (Tasseomancy / Laura Barrett)
Rivoli 2011-02-12 (Saturday)

ELEVEN! The Wavelength 11th Anniversary Festival – Night 1 (feat. The Jim Storie Juniors / Bruised Knees / The Guest Bedroom / Anagram)
The Boat 2011-02-16 (Wednesday)

The Dears
Sonic Boom Records 2011-02-17 (Thursday)

ELEVEN! The Wavelength 11th Anniversary Festival – Night 2 (feat. Not The Wind, Not The Flag / Gordon Grdina’s East Van Strings / Eiyn Sof / Kite Hill)
The Music Gallery 2011-02-17 (Thursday)

ELEVEN! The Wavelength 11th Anniversary Festival – Night 3 (feat. Doldrums / Romo Roto / Pat Jordache / Minotaurs / Woodhands)
Steam Whistle Brewery 2011-02-18 (Friday)

ELEVEN! The Wavelength 11th Anniversary Festival – Studio Session #1 (feat. Not The Wind, Not The Flag / Woodhands)
The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2011-02-19 (Saturday)

ELEVEN! The Wavelength 11th Anniversary Festival – Night 4 (feat. Grimes / Eric Chenaux Electric Trio / Little Girls / Maylee Todd / Hooded Fang)
The Great Hall 2011-02-19 (Saturday)

ELEVEN! The Wavelength 11th Anniversary Festival – Night 5 (feat. Ghostlight / Simply Saucer / Neon Windbreaker / LAST [Lullabye Arkestra & Steamboat Superstars Anniversary Band])
The Garrison 2011-02-20 (Sunday)

Chang-a-Lang (Terror Lake / Elk / Cigarettes)
The Horseshoe Tavern 2011-02-21 (Monday)

Okavango: An African Orchestra
Glenn Gould Studio 2011-02-25 (Friday)

Betty Burke
Holy Oak Café 2011-02-25 (Friday)

Dum Dum Girls (Minks / Dirty Beaches)
El Mocambo 2011-02-26 (Saturday)

New Creations Festival: "Short Ride In A Fast Machine"
Roy Thomson Hall 2011-03-02 (Wednesday)

Pemi Paull
The Music Gallery 2011-03-03 (Thursday)

New Creations Festival: "Electronica Meets Orchestra"
Roy Thomson Hall 2011-03-05 (Saturday)

Elfin Saddle (Picastro / Khôra)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2011-03-05 (Saturday)

Mantler's Visual Music
TIFF Lightbox 2011-03-09 (Wednesday)

The Balconies
Sonic Boom Records 2011-03-10 (Thursday)

CMW: Canadian Music Week
Thursday – Night 2011-03-10
Friday – in-stores 2011-03-10
Friday – Night 2011-03-11
Saturday – Afternoon 2011-03-12
Saturday – Night 2011-03-12

Wavelength 516 (feat. The Deeep / Hybrid Moments / Eons)
918 Bathurst Arts Centre 2011-03-13 (Sunday)

Christina Petrowska Quilico
Glenn Gould Studio 2011-03-17 (Thursday)

Planet Creature (Elk / Ohmno / Gentlemen... The King!)
The Piston 2011-03-19 (Saturday)

Ethio T.O. (feat. Girma Wolde Michael's Ethio Fidel / Canaille with Isla Craig)
Music Gallery 2011-03-25 (Friday)

No Shame All-Ages Matinée (feat. Ruby Coast / Modern Superstitions / Army Girls)
NOW Lounge 2011-03-26 (Saturday)

Keir Neuringer (Jonathan Adjemian / Ghost Eye)
The Earth Ship 2011-03-26 (Saturday)

Destroyer (The War on Drugs / Mantler)
Lee's Palace 2011-03-31 (Thursday)

Weekend
Sonic Boom Records 2011-04-01 (Friday)

Daniel Nebiat
The Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar) 2011-04-01 (Friday)

The Mountain Goats
The Opera House 2011-04-03 (Sunday)

Nomeansno (METZ)
Lee's Palace 2011-04-04 (Monday)

Daniel Romano (The Weather Station)
Dakota Tavern 2011-04-05 (Tuesday)

PS I Love You (Matters / Motëm)
The Garrison 2012-04-07 (Thursday)

Barnyard Records Triple CD Launch (feat. Rampersaud Shaw Neal Martin Krakowiak / Evan Parker/Wes Neal/Joe Sorbara / AIMToronto Orchestra)
918 Bathurst Arts Space 2011-04-09 (Saturday)

Jon Langford & His Sadies (Dean Waco / Jon Langford's Skull Orchard / The Good Family)
The Horseshoe 2011-04-15 (Friday)

Record Store Day 2011 (feat. Teenanger / Bidniband / Rouge / Ben Gunning / Sister / Light Fires)
Sonic Boom 2011-04-16 (Saturday)

The Sadies
Toronto Reference Library 2011-04-16 (Saturday)

Fergus & Geronimo (Surf City / Bruised Knees)
The Garrison 2011-04-16 (Saturday)

The Pixies (Imaginary Cities)
Massey Hall 2011-04-19 (Tuesday)

Ron Sexsmith
Sonic Boom Records 2011-04-21 (Thursday)

"Support Afrofest" Concert (feat. Ruth Mathiang + Waleed Abdulhamid / Donné Roberts / Fojeba / Resolutionaries Marimba Band / Afrafranto)
918 Bathurst Arts Centre 2011-04-22 (Friday)

Flowers Of Hell (RatTail / Planet Creature)
The Cameron House (backroom) 2011-04-23 (Saturday)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Total Life)
Lee's Palace 2011-04-24 (Sunday)

The Hoa Hoa's (Ostrich Tuning)
The Boat 2011-04-29 (Friday)

Yuck
Sonic Boom Records 2011-05-01 (Sunday)

Emergents Series IV (feat. Katelyn Clark & Patrick Dupuis / GREX)
The Music Gallery 2011-05-14 (Thursday)

One Hundred Dollars (Nordic Nomadic)
The Great Hall 2011-05-13 (Friday)

Sloan
Sonic Boom Records 2011-05-14 (Saturday)

Wavelength 519: Idus Maia (feat. Betty Burke / Hobson's Choice)
Holy Oak Café 2011-05-15 (Sunday)

The Ex & Brass Unbound (The Swyves)
Lee's Palace 2011-05-18 (Wednesday)

Jennifer Castle (Bahamas / Carl Didur)
The Horseshoe 2011-05-19 (Thursday)

Parks Canada Centennial Concert (feat. Sweet Thing / Malajube / Apostle of Hustle)
Tower Park East 2011-05-21 (Saturday)

The Donkeys (The Elwins)
Sneaky Dee's 2011-05-21 (Saturday)

Crystal Stilts (Actual Water / Les Fräuleins)
Sneaky Dee's 2011-05-22 (Sunday)

Jennifer Castle
Soundscapes 2011-05-24 (Tuesday)

Damon & Naomi (Amor de Días)
The Horseshoe 2011-05-25 (Wednesday)

Richard Pinhas (CCMC / Roman Pilates)
The Boat 2011-05-26 (Thursday)

The Davey Parker Radio Sound (Revolvers / Broken Bricks)
The Garrison 2011-05-27 (Friday)

Healing Power Picnic III – Part I (feat. Allison Peacock & Alia O'Brien / Claudio / Hoover Party / Jennifer Castle); Part II (feat. Guy Dallas / Sex Worker / Psychic Reality / New Civilization)
South Humber Park 2011-05-28 (Saturday)

Doug Paisley
Soundscapes 2011-05-31 (Tuesday)

Mansa Sissoko (Pasi Gunguwo + Mutamba Rainos)
Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar) 2011-06-03 (Friday)

Rival Boys (The Guest Bedroom / Wax Mannequin)
The Garrison 2011-06-03 (Friday)

Doug Paisley
The Rivoli 2011-06-04 (Saturday)

Sports (Pow Wows)
The Horseshoe Tavern 2011-06-07 (Tuesday)

Nick Kuepfer (I Have Eaten The City / Silent Land Time Machine / Khôra)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2011-06-08 (Wednesday)

Kathryn Calder
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2011-06-10 (Friday)

The Beets (Brilliant Colors / Planet Creature)
The Shop Under Parts & Labour 2011-06-14 (Tuesday)

NXNE
2011-06-15 (Wednesday)
2011-06-16 (Thursday)
2011-06-17 (Friday)
2011-06-18 (Saturday) (Part I | Part II)

Young Governor (Actual Water)
Kops Records 2011-06-17 (Friday)

Bruise Cruise (feat. Jesuslesfilles / Uncle Bad Touch / Young Governor / Ty Segall)
Captain Matthew Flinders 2011-06-18 (Saturday)

BBQ (TV Ghost / The Hoa Hoa's)
The Garrison 2011-06-25 (Saturday)

SIANspheric (Ringo Deathstarr)
The Garrison 2011-06-30 (Thursday)

Light Fires
Pride Toronto (Alterna-Queer Stage) 2011-07-03 (Sunday)

"Garage in the Garage" Party (feat. B-17 / Matt Murphy's "Band Jams" / Modern Superstitions)
The Garage on Dora 2011-07-03 (Sunday)

Omar Souleyman
Lee's Palace 2011-07-06 (Wednesday)

The Big Sound
The Great Hall 2011-07-08 (Friday)

Afrofest 2011 – Day 1 (feat. Anastasio & Zalang / Zekuhl / Afrafranto / Femi Abosede & Culture Force / Cheick Hamala Diabate)
Queen's Park 2011-07-09 (Saturday)

Afrofest 2011 – Day 2 (feat. Tich Maredza Band / Ijo Vudu / Ruth Mathiang and Waleed Kush / JP Buse / Dizu Plaatjies / Thomas Mapfumo)
Queen's Park 2011-07-10 (Sunday)

Thomas Mapfumo
Lula Lounge 2011-07-11 (Monday)

Kurt Vile (Woods / Arc in Round)
Lee's Palace 2011-07-13 (Wednesday)

Quest For Fire (The Shooting Guns / Holy Mount)
The Silver Dollar 2011-07-15 (Friday)

Spontaneous Combustion Anniversary Party (feat. Colin Fisher + Mark Hundevad / Pterodactyl / Ulama / Ryan Driver)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2011-07-16 (Saturday)

Real Estate (Dent May / RatTail)
The Garrison 2011-07-19 (Tuesday)

FOUR CORNERS III (feat. Dentata, Tropics, Boars, The Soupcans)
Steelworkers Hall 2011-07-22 (Friday)

WL 522: Band On The Run (feat. Rambunctious / Eons / Digits / Pale Mornings / Lullabye Arkestra)
various locations 2011-07-23 (Saturday)

EMA (Helado Negro)
The Garrison 2011-07-23 (Saturday)

Bana Y'Afrique Festival (feat. KacheKashala / Njacko Backo & Kalimba Kalimba / Afrafranto)
David Pecaut Square 2011-07-24 (Sunday)

Out Of The Box Festival: 3 Dimensions Of Rock And Roll Part 1 (feat. The Hoa Hoas / Rival Boys / Planet Creature / The Davey Parker Radio Sound / The Cheap Speakers)
Toronto Underground Cinema 2011-07-29 (Friday)

Out Of The Box Festival: 3 Dimensions Of Rock And Roll Part 2 (feat. Papermaps / Heartbeat Hotel / Foxes in Fiction / Human Bodies / Trap Tiger)
Toronto Underground Cinema 2011-07-30 (Saturday)

R.R.R.R.R: Trash Art and Music Festival (feat. Makeout Videotape / Yamantaka Sonic Titan / Lemon Bucket Orchestra / Maracatu Mar Aberto
El Gordo back patio 2011-07-31 (Sunday)

Out Of The Box Festival (feat. The Jessica Stewart Few / Lake Forest / The Cautioneers/ Loom)
The Great Hall 2011-07-31 (Sunday)

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Sonic Boom Records 2011-08-01 (Monday)

Handsome Furs
The Horseshoe 2011-08-01 (Monday)

Hooded Fang (Steven McKay)
SummerWorks Festival – The Lower Ossington Theatre 2011-08-05 (Friday)

The Dirt Picnic (feat. Anagram / The Holy Cobras / The Ultimatemost High / Teenanger / No No Zero / Ell V Gore)
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 344 2011-08-06 (Saturday)

Great Bloomers (House League)
Summerworks Festival – The Lower Ossington Theatre 2011-08-10 (Wednesday)

Bruce Peninsula (Jennifer Castle)
Summerworks Festival – The Lower Ossington Theatre 2011-08-11 (Thursday)

Miracle Fortress (Ruby Coast)
Summerworks Festival – The Lower Ossington Theatre 2011-08-12 (Friday)

The ALL CAPS! Island Festival: Day 1 (feat. Moon King / Jen Castle / Monogrenade / Evening Hymns / Julie Doiron / More or Les)
Artscape Gibraltar Point (Toronto Island) 2011-08-13 (Saturday)

The ALL CAPS! Island Festival: Day 2 (feat. Muskox / Dog Bus / Steamboat / The Wooden Sky / DD/MM/YYYY / Rich Aucoin)
Artscape Gibraltar Point (Toronto Island) 2011-08-14 (Sunday)

Not The Wind, Not The Flag (Sister Shade / Fleshtone Aura / Wet Nurse)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2011-08-18 (Thursday)

The Weather Station (Daniel Romano / Eons)
CSI Annex 2011-08-19 (Friday)

Bloodshot Bill (Pow Wows / Hellaluya / Odonis Odonis / New/France)
The Academy of Sciences 2011-08-20 (Saturday)

MV & EE (Spectre Folk / Eric Chenaux / Tradition)
Placebo Space 2011-08-21 (Sunday)

Msaada: A Fundraiser for East Africa Relief (feat. Daniel Nebiat, Donné Roberts, Njacko Backo and Val, Sonia Aimy, Hussein Adani, Yared Tesfaye)
Lula Lounge 2011-08-25 (Thursday)

The Hoa Hoa's (Revolvers)
The Boat 2011-08-25 (Thursday)

Colin Stetson (Emily Wells)
The Drake Underground 2011-08-26 (Friday)

The Hoa Hoa's (Action Makes / Your 33 Black Angels)
The Boat 2011-08-26 (Friday)

The Hoa Hoa's (Chevalier Avant Garde / Your 33 Black Angels / Planet Creature)
Troy's Loft 2011-08-27 (Saturday)

Lisa Bozikovic (Holly Andruchuk / Brothers & Sisters)
Holy Oak Café 2011-09-01 (Thursday)

Toronto New Music Marathon (feat. Flowers of Hell / Contact Contemporary Music / John Farah / Continuum Contemporary Music / Michelle Simmons / Quartetto Graphica / Tiina Kiik)
Yonge-Dundas Square 2011-09-03 (Saturday)

ALL CAPS! Decompression Show (feat. Digits / Fresh Flesh / The Weather Station)
Artscape Gibraltar Point 2011-09-04 (Sunday)

The Jim Jones Revue (Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds)
The Horseshoe 2011-09-13 (Tuesday)

Muskox (L CON)
The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2011-09-14 (Wednesday)

Army Girls (Tropics / Brian Borcherdt)
Double Double Land 2011-09-15 (Thursday)

Andre Ethier (Deloro / Sandro Perri)
The Horseshoe 2011-09-16 (Friday)

Prince Enoki's Insect Orchestra (The Lemon Bucket Orkestra)
Lula Lounge 2011-09-22 (Thursday)

The Raincoats (Grass Widow)
Wrongbar 2011-09-23 (Friday)

Marnie Stern (No Joy / Army Girls)
Wrongbar 2011-09-23 (Friday)

Hooded Fang (Odonis Odonis / Wio-K)
The Academy of Lions Crossfit Gym (courtyard) 2011-09-24 (Saturday)

Elliott BROOD
Sonic Boom 2011-09-27 (Tuesday)

Sidi Touré
Lula Lounge 2011-09-29 (Thursday)

Ohbijou (Julie Doiron)
Trinity-St. Paul's United Church 2011-09-30 (Friday)

Hooded Fang
Toronto Public Library (Sanderson branch) 2011-10-01 (Saturday)

Daps All Ages Vol. VII (feat. The Grapefruit Colour / Isla Craig / Mirror Phase / Loom)
Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture 2011-10-01 (Saturday)

Nuit Blanche
various locations 2011-10-01 (Saturday)

Veronica Falls (Army Girls / Persian Rugs)
The Shop under Parts & Labour 2011-10-02 (Sunday)

Twin Shadow (Diamond Rings)
Lee's Palace 2011-10-03 (Monday)

Bruce Peninsula
Soundscapes 2011-10-04 (Tuesday)

Wild Flag (Yellowfever)
Lee's Palace 2011-10-11 (Tuesday)

Loom (OG Melody / Elfin Choir)
Placebo Space 2011-10-13 (Thursday)

Braids (Pepper Rabbit / Born Gold)
The Horseshoe 2011-10-14 (Friday)

Dum Dum Girls (Crocodiles / Colleen Green)
Lee's Palace 2011-10-16 (Sunday)

Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Lorde Awesome)
The Garrison 2011-10-17 (Monday)

Tasseomancy (Slim Twig / Princess Century)
The Great Hall 2011-10-20 (Thursday)

Bruce Peninsula (Bahamas / Frederick Squire)
Lee's Palace 2011-10-27 (Thursday)

WL 528: Wavelength Halloween Party (feat. Corpusse)
CineCycle 2011-10-29 (Saturday)

A Winged Victory for the Sullen (Benoit Pioulard / Kyle Bobby Dunn)
The Drake Underground 2011-11-01 (Tuesday)

The Sea and Cake (Brokeback)
Lee's Palace 2011-11-05 (Saturday)

Turn 2 Stone (feat. Skull Bong / Sacred Lamp / Carl Didur)
Halo Halo Village 2011-11-06 (Sunday)

Wooden Shjips (Birds of Avalon / Biblical)
The Horseshoe Tavern 2011-11-07 (Monday)

DD/MM/YYYY (Child Bite)
918 Bathurst Centre for Culture 2011-11-10 (Thursday)

Sandro Perri (Andre Ethier)
The Tranzac 2011-11-12 (Saturday)

Sandro Perri (Hollow Earth / Brandon Valdivia / Jeff Burke)
The Tranzac 2011-11-13 (Sunday)

Inhabitants (Lone Bone / Drumheller)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2011-11-18 (Friday)

Wavelength 529: LOVEL(IN)ESS (feat. So Much Sorry / Flowers of Hell / more)
The Garrison 2011-11-18 (Friday)

Canaille (I Am Robot and Proud)
Tranzac 2011-11-19 (Saturday)

Leftover Daylight Series (feat. Hat & Beard / Paul Dutton/Dan Friedman/Keir Neuringer/Joe Sorbara / Allison Cameron/Deaglan Wallingford-Kernohan)
Somewhere There 2011-11-25 (Friday)

Daps All Ages Vol. VIII (feat. Christien Summers / Memoryhouse / Maiko Watson)
Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture 2011-11-26 (Saturday)

Heartbeat Hotel (Ostrich Tuning / Foxes In Fiction / Carnival Moon)
The Silver Dollar 2011-11-26 (Saturday)

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Daniel Nebiat)
The Great Hall 2011-11-27 (Sunday)

Devon Williams (Persian Rugs / Grounders)
The Garrison 2011-11-30 (Wednesday)

Eucalyptus
Soundscapes 2011-12-01 (Thursday)

Eve Egoyan
Glenn Gould Studio 2011-12-02 (Friday)

Hooded Fang (Army Girls / L Con)
The Horseshoe Tavern 2011-12-02 (Friday)

Wavelength 530 (feat. Ell V Gore / Soupcans / Cartoons / Tonkapuma)
Soybomb HQ 2011-12-03 (Saturday)

Doug Tielli
Soundscapes 2011-12-06 (Tuesday)

Jason Collett presents The Basement Revue (feat. The Weather Station / Joe Pernice / Snowblink / "Tex Message" / The Order of Good Cheer)
The Dakota Tavern 2011-12-06 (Tuesday)

AGOrienteering: A Cartographic Composition for the Radiant Brass Ensemble and Mobile Audience
Art Gallery of Ontario 2011-12-07 (Wednesday)

Anna Calvi (The Gift)
Lee's Palace 2011-12-08 (Thursday)

The Two Koreas (Sports / Planet Creature)
The Silver Dollar 2011-12-09 (Friday)

Highlife Help: Flood Relief Benefit (feat. Afrafranto)
Lula Lounge 2011-12-11 (Sunday)

James Chance (Slim Twig / Ell V Gore / The Soupcans)
The Silver Dollar 2011-12-16 (Friday)

Jason Collett presents The Basement Revue (feat. Brandon Canning / Andy Kim / Kevin Drew / AroarA / Feist / Danielle Duval)
The Dakota Tavern 2011-12-20 (Tuesday)

Sloan (The Rural Alberta Advantage / Ohbijou / Bonjay)
The Great Hall 2011-12-21 (Wednesday)

Wavelength 531 (feat. OPOPO / The Whirly Birds / Holy Mount / Soft Copy / This Mess)
The Garrison 2011-12-29 (Thursday)

Tranzac New Year's Eve (feat. The Weather Station / Drumhellyptus / Kite Hill / The Elwins / Moon King / Maylee Todd / Rouge / Dr. Ew)
The Tranzac 2011-12-31 (Saturday)

Shows above without links will be written up as time permits.