Monday, February 17, 2014

Concert Listings Roundup #32

You can read more about why I'm doing listings here. Long story short: This curated and decidedly non-comprehensive list contains nothin' but shows that I am going to/would go to if I had more time.


Gigs of the week:

Somewhere There Creative Music Festival (feat. David Lee [talk] / Broomer/Bull/Fraser/Lee/Stach / Kyle Brenders Quartet / Alaniaris) / The Tranzac (Main Hall + Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-02-21 (Friday) [more info]

Somewhere There Creative Music Festival (feat. Start Making Noises Now [film by Nicholas Loess & Joe Sorbara] / Girlfriends Encounter a Father Figure [Thom Gill/Matthew Pencer/Christopher Willes] / Hat and Beard) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2014-02-22 (Saturday – matinée) [more info]

Somewhere There Creative Music Festival (feat. Jeremy Strachan [talk] / Paul Newman & Karen Ng / Cheryl Duvall & Ilana Waniuk / Famous Wildlife Movies / Eucalyptus) / The Tranzac (Main Hall + Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-02-22 (Saturday) [more info]

Somewhere There Creative Music Festival (feat. The Improviser's Woodshed [workshop by Dave Clark] / King Weather / Simeon Abbott & Mike Gennaro / Colin Anthony's Dream Dance) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2014-02-23 (Sunday – matinée) [more info]

Somewhere There Creative Music Festival (feat. Cluttertones / Fleshtone Aura & Mandelbrut / Mark Segger Sextet) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2014-02-23 (Sunday) [more info]

"As a demonstration of the vitality and diversity of Toronto’s creative music scene, the Somewhere There Festival will include performances by over 60 performers and composers doing important, boundary-pushing work in the city of Toronto, along with a speakers' series featuring a number of prominent thinkers, educators, and music presenters." I'm gonna have more to say about this festival elsewhere, but I will point out that Somewhere There's first festival twelve months ago was one of my highlights of the year.


This week's noteworthy shows:

Chris Wallace Quintet (feat. Allison Au/Ken Aldcroft/Matt Newton/Dan Fortin) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-02-18 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

No One Receiving [not a gig — a play by and featuring the very rock'n'roll Maggie MacDonald] / Buddies In Bad Times Theatre – Rhubarb Festival 2014-02-19–2014-02-23 (Wednesday–Sunday) [FB event]

Henri Fabergé On The Lamb ["a new punk rock opera of existential proportions"] / Buddies In Bad Times Theatre – Rhubarb Festival 2014-02-19–2014-02-23 (Wednesday–Sunday) [FB event]

AIMToronto Presents The Colin Anthony Curation Series II (feat. The 'Zong!' Quartet / Liu/Ng/Labikova) / Musideum 2014-02-20 (Thursday) [FB event]

Bridges (feat. Zuzuka Poderosa / Nego Mozambique / Maracatu Girls) / Lula Lounge 2014-02-20 (Thursday) [FB event]

The Drake's Tenth Birthday (feat. Hooded Fang / The Cruelty Party / Light Fires / Ice Cream) / The Drake Underground 2014-02-20 (Thursday) [FB event]

Gasp Gasp (feat. The Holy Gasp / Os Tropies) / Saving Gigi 2014-02-20 (Thursday) [FB event]

"Ronley Teper becomes The Painted Lady" ["site specific multimedia performance experience"] / The Painted Lady 2014-02-20 (Thursday) [FB event]

Michelle McAdorey Band [February residency!] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-02-21 (Friday – early!) [FB event]

Thin Edge New Music Collective: Through Closed Doors / Gallery 345 2014-02-21 (Friday) [FB event]

Hooded Fang [ESG cover set!] (Gay / Coach Longlegs / New Fries) / Smiling Buddha 2014-02-21 (Friday) [FB event]

PyPy (Omhouse / B-17 / Bad River) / The Silver Dollar Room 2014-02-21 (Friday) [FB event]

Afrofest's Black History Month Concert Series (feat. Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble) / The Gladstone Hotel 2014-02-22 (Saturday – free!) [more info]

East Side Boom (feat. Riverrun) / Gerrard Art Space 2014-02-22 (Saturday) [FB event]

Returning Current (feat. Katharine Payne & Daniela Gesundheit) [Interspecies communication music!] / The Music Gallery 2014-02-22 (Saturday) [more info]

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks (Disappears) / Lee's Palace 2014-02-22 (Saturday)

CCMC (Glen Hall/Ted Phillips/Matt Miller) / The Imperial Pub 2014-02-22 (Saturday) [FB event]

Mystic Triangle [Tape EP Release!] (Ken Park / Beard Closet / Nyssa) / Handlebar 2014-02-22 (Saturday) [FB event]

Two Way Monologues (feat. Dirty Inputs / Gold Pony / BLACK RHINO RIOT / Stan Simon & the Hotel Bible) / Rancho Relaxo 2014-02-22 (Saturday) [FB event]

GAS Sunday Afternoon Concert Series (feat. BERNICE) / Gerard Art Space 2014-02-23 (Sunday – afternoon show! PWYC!) [FB event]

Eucalyptus [February album release residency! Every Sunday!] / Hirut Ethiopian Restaurant 2014-02-23 (Sunday) [FB event]


Add these to your calendar:

Feast In The East 35 (feat. Dildoniks / Sasha Chapin / Newsmen) / Gerard Art Space 2014-03-01 (Saturday) [FB event]

Clara Engel (The Morals / Ah! la lettre! / Amateur) / The Magpie Taproom 2014-03-02 (Sunday) [FB event]

Long Winter: Year 2, Volume 5 (feat. Cancer Bats / Fiver / S.H.I.T. / Greys / You'll Never Get to Heaven / Ravi Naimpally / JFM / Pick A Piper / Brr / Grounders / So Young) / The Great Hall 2014-03-07 (Friday) [FB event]

Healing Power Monthly Series (feat. Drumheller / Body Help) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-03-08 (Saturday) [FB event]

Optical Sounds' Psych Pop Vol. 2 Release Party (feat. B-17 / Tess Parks / The BB Guns / The Auras / Prince Ness / Sun Stone Revolvers / Mimico / The Disraelis) / The Great Hall 2014-03-15 (Saturday) [FB event]

Julianna Barwick (Christine Duncan / Castle If) / Double Double Land 2014-04-16 (Wednesday)

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