Concert Listings Roundup #51

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.

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Gig of the week:

Bombino / Harbourfront Centre (W------ Stage) 2014-06-30 (Monday – free!) [more info]

Tamashek groove music might be best known in these parts through the work of Tinariwen, but Niger's Omara "Bombino" Moctar brings his own style of guitar heroics to it. The music has a subtle drone effect, which is perfect for dancing to on a summer night.

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This week's noteworthy shows:

Actual Water [record release!] (Young Guv / Cellphone / Wild Highways) / Smiling Buddha 2014-06-30 (Monday) [FB event]

A Tribute To Sam Cooke (feat. Daniela Gesundheit / Drew Smith / Emilie Mover / Alex Lukashevsky / Isla Craig + all-star band!) / Holy Oak Café 2014-07-03 (Thursday) [FB event]

Girls Art League fundraiser (feat. Army Girls / Dilly Dally / New Fries) / The Garrison 2014-07-04 (Friday) [FB event]

Love Comes Back: The Music of Arthur Russell (feat. LUKA / Romy Lightman / Steven Foster / Mike Olsen / Sexy Merlin / and many more) / Holy Oak Café 2014-07-04 (Friday) [FB event]

No Joy / Smiling Buddha 2014-07-04 (Friday) [FB event]

Happy America Day (feat. Darlene Shrugg) / Double Double Land 2014-07-04 (Friday) [FB event]

Dany Laj and The Looks (The Bawdy Electric) / 3030 2014-07-04 (Friday – free!) [FB event]

Afrofest / Woodbine Park 2014-07-05 (Saturday) [more info]

Early Birds Anniversary: A Fundraiser for the Tranzac Club (feat. Mike Evin / Great James / Sarah Greene / Abigail Lapell / Gabe Levine / Jessica Moore / Willow Rutherford / Ben Veneer) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-07-05 (Saturday) [FB event]

coexisDance presents: From the Handbook [stories and poems with music and dance] / Majlis Art Garden 2014-07-05 (Saturday) [FB event]

Feast In The East 39 with Silent Shout (feat. Silkken Laumann / No Breakup / Most People / Memorex) / Jam Factory 2014-07-05 (Saturday) [FB event]

The Artsy Chicks (Mimico / Clara Engel / BABEL) / The Cavern Bar 2014-07-05 (Saturday) [FB event]

The Auras Collective [double release party!] (feat. Deep Space Cowboys / Sounds Around / Flowers of Hell / Sun Stone Revolvers) / Handlebar 2014-07-05 (Saturday) [more info]

No Angels Dancing [Allison Cameron and D. Alex Meeks] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-07-06 (Sunday – matinée!)

Afrofest / Woodbine Park 2014-07-06 (Sunday) [more info]

The Waco Brothers (Old Man Markley) / The Horseshoe Tavern 2014-07-06 (Sunday) [more info]

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Add these to your calendar:

Somewhere There presents: Awesomeology (feat. This is Awesome [Christine Bougie/Dafydd Hughes] / Ze Bib!) / Array Space 2014-07-09 (Wednesday) [FB event]

The Element Choir / Toronto Reference Library Atrium 2014-07-11 (Friday – Free! lunchtime show!) [more info]

Construction (feat. Absolutely Free / Doomsquad / Anamai) / Smiling Buddha 2014-07-11 (Friday – All ages! PWYC!) [FB event]

Mexican Slang [EP Release!] (WEED / Lice) / Manifesto 2014-07-12 (Saturday) [FB event]

Somewhere There presents: An Evening with Rob Clutton, Germaine Liu & Chris Pruden / Array Space 2014-07-16 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Silent Shout: Heat And The Pulse, Day 1 (feat. Zoo Owl [album release!] / Sexy Merlin) / Canton Chili 2014-07-17 (Thursday – Early Restaurant Show! Buffet dinner available!) [FB event]

Silent Shout: Heat And The Pulse, Day 2 (feat. Ken Park [album release!] / Castle If / Mekele) / Milk Glass Co. 2014-07-18 (Friday) [FB event]

Wavelength 606 (feat. Khôra / Dirty Inputs / Thom Huhtala) / 8-11 2014-07-18 (Friday) [FB event]

Simply Saucer [record release!] (PANIC / Key Witness) / The Silver Dollar Room 2014-07-18 (Friday) [FB event]

The Saffron Sect (Brent Randall And His Rainbow Twangers / Red Plastic Buddah / Annie & The Honks) / The Silver Dollar Room 2014-08-02 (Saturday) [FB event]

Greys [If Anything album release!] (HSY / WTCHS / Marriage) / SHIBGBs 2014-08-08 (Friday) [FB event]

Jad Fair & Norman Blake / The Cave 2014-09-06 (Saturday – early show!) [FB event]