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.
Gig of the week:
DDL 5th Anniversary Weekend: Night One (feat. Corpusse / Tenderness / Processor) / Double Double Land 2014-11-13 (Thursday) [FB event]
DDL 5th Anniversary Weekend: Night Two (feat. Surinam / Prince Nifty / Man Made Hill / Tradition) / Double Double Land 2014-11-14 (Friday) [FB event]
DDL 5th Anniversary Weekend: Night Three (feat. The Space Lady / Carl Didur / New Chance) / Double Double Land 2014-11-15 (Saturday) [FB event]
DIY venues come and DIY venues disappear — sometimes within a matter of weeks or months, it seems — so it's truly worth celebrating one that has now lingered for a half-decade. Double Double Land might get a little warm and it might get a little crowded at times, but geez I've seen a helluva lot of good stuff there. A real community hub, it has hosted everything from the freakiest rave nights to the deepest listening parties — and there's something ineffably cool about going down that alley, up that stairway, and smelling that fresh bread smell. This celebration is itself noteworthy, with three fantastic gigs over the weekend. Thank-you DDL for existing.
This week's noteworthy shows:
Dustin Wong [Ponytail] & Takako Minekawa (Zones / Omhouse) / Handlebar 2014-11-10 (Monday) [FB event]
Aurochs / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-11-11 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]
Sarah Peebles [Delicate Paths CD release!] (with guests Nilan Perera, Kyle Brenders and Dust: The Quietest Big Band in the Known World) / Ratio 2014-11-11 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Audiopollination #24 (feat. Allison Cameron/Tom Richards/Zoe Alexis-Abrams / Arnd Jurgensen/David Shelly/Wendalyn Bartley / Alan Bloor/Christian Hegele/Noé Rodríguez / daniel loughrin/Adriana Monti / DB Boyko/Christine Duncan/Patrick O'Reilly) / Array Space 2014-11-11 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Sina Salimi / Holy Oak Café 2014-11-11 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Mary Margaret O'Hara/Aidan Closs/Michael Herring/Jeff Burke/Arnd Jurgensen (Bob Vespaziani/Arnd Jurgensen) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-11-12 (Wednesday – early!)
Living Daylight Stringband / Holy Oak Café 2014-11-13 (Thursday – early!) [more info]
416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Festival (feat. King Weather / Nick Fraser/Rob Clutton/Brodie West / CA3) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-11-13 (Thursday) [more info]
Somewhere There Presents: The Slow Burning Torch Series (feat. Transcendental / See Through 5) / Array Space 2014-11-13 (Thursday) [FB event]
Casual Drones 5 (feat. "The Owls Are Not What They Seem" [Stefan Banjevic/Daniela Gassi/John Timmins/Dale Norton/Patrick Grant] / Brian Schirk / Schønsee [Ami Spears / Scarlett Rose] / Cell Memory / BABEL / Light Chamber [Bryan Bray]) / Milk Glass 2014-11-13 (Thursday) [FB event]
Nite Comfort Presents (feat. Joycut / Dirty Inputs / Zoo Owl / Chobo) / The Silver Dollar Room 2014-11-13 (Thursday) [FB event]
Pink Moth (Ryan Carley) / Holy Oak Café 2014-11-13 (Thursday) [more info]
The Weather Station [EP Release!] (Kith and Kin) / The Dakota Tavern 2014-11-14 (Friday – early!) [FB event]
416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Festival (feat. SonoRa / Kyle Brenders Ensemble / Birth of Troubling Forms) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-11-14 (Friday) [more info]
Red Blue Green [Tom Richards/Andrew Pacheco/Jay Sussman] (John Kamevaar/Mike Gennaro) / Musideum 2014-11-14 (Friday) [more info]
Long Winter: Year Three, Volume One (feat. Mozart's Sister / Mexican Slang / Bizzarh / Keita Juma / Clairmont The Second / Lee Paradise / VCR / Eytan Tobin / Antoine93 / Kaydee) / The Great Hall 2014-11-14 (Friday) [FB event]
Dirty Frigs [EP Release!] (Praises / Bile Sister / Sissy Boy) / S.H.I.B.G.B.'s 2014-11-14 (Friday) [FB event]
Two Way Monologues/Indie Machine & Cork On The Ocean present (feat. The Holy Gasp / Moonwood / Skydome Hotel / Blunt Chunks) / Gladstone Hotel 2014-11-14 (Friday) [FB event]
Contact Contemporary Music: Down to Earth [works for solo and duo guitar] (feat. Rob Macdonald and Marc-Olivier Lamontagne performing works by Helmut Lachenmann, Jimmie LeBlanc and Jason Doell) / Canadian Music Centre 2014-11-15 (Saturday) [FB event]
416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Festival (feat. Element Choir / Colin Fisher/Mike Gennaro / Toronto Improvisers Orchestra) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-11-15 (Saturday) [more info]
Crown Larks (Alpha Strategy / Shrines / Retired / Slime) / Izakaya Sushi House 2014-11-15 (Saturday) [FB event]
R U REAL (Tritan / Così e Così / Future Funeral) / 8-11 2014-11-15 (Saturday) [FB event]
Bloor Takeover: Girls Rock Camp (feat. screening of the film Girls Rock!, followed by live performances from Girls Rock Camp Toronto alumni Deanna Petcoff (Pins and Needles) and Brighid Fry) / Bloor Cinema 2014-11-16 (Sunday – matinée!) [more info]
R U REAL [video shoot!] (Tritan / Così e Così) / LP's LPs 2014-11-16 (Sunday – matinée!) [FB event]
Alaniaris / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-11-16 (Sunday – matinée! 3 to 5 p.m.!)
New Music Concerts: Generation 2014 [with L'Ensemble contemporain de Montréal] / The Music Gallery 2014-11-16 (Sunday) [more info]
Add these to your calendar:
Luxury Transcombobulation [Jonathan Adjemian/Mike Smith plus double rhythm section (!)] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2014-11-18 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]
Le Fruit Vert (Enfant Magique / LOOM / Man Meets Bear) / Ratio 2014-11-22 (Saturday) [FB event]
Ronley Teper's Lipliners [Live Album Recording!] / The Piston 2014-11-23–2014-11-24 (Sunday–Monday) [FB event]
Cellphone [Excellent Condition LP Release Party!] (Wrong Hole) / Double Double Land 2014-11-27 (Thursday) [FB event]
Wavelength 628: NICE II (feat. Jazz Cartier / Wish / Plumes) / The Garrison 2014-11-28 (Friday) [FB event]
Toy Piano Composers: To Be Announced 2 / Heliconian Hall 2014-11-29 (Saturday) [FB event]
Swap, Don't Shop for Girls Rock Camp Toronto [clothing swap + afternoon show!] (feat. By Divine Right / HotKid / Terror Lake / Dirty Frigs) / The Garrison 2014-11-30 (Sunday – matinée! all ages!) [FB event]
Persian Rugs (The Green Rays / Wave of Terror) / Magpie Taproom 2014-12-02 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Spectrum Music: Journeys / Alliance Française de Toronto 2014-12-06 (Saturday) [FB event]
The Path Home: An Evening of Celebration through the labyrinth in sound, song and movement (feat. Lee Pui Ming/Dong-Won Kim/Rob Clutton/Mary Ganzon/Randi Helmers) / Gallery 345 2014-12-12 (Friday) [FB event]
Feint Of Hart: Crisis on St. Creskins / Campbell House Museum 2014-12-13–2014-12-15 (Saturday–Monday) [FB event]
DAS RAD (Sam Coffey and The Iron Lungs / Century Palm / Pity) / Johnny Jackson 2014-12-13 (Saturday) [FB event]
Nick Storring [Endless Conjecture Tape Launch!] (Craig Dunsmuir / Michael Keith) / Ratio 2014-12-16 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Man Finds Fire Presents: A Nightmare Before Christmas (feat. Nadja / Black Walls / Thisquietarmy) / Geary Lane 2014-12-20 (Saturday) [FB event]
The Sadies / The Horseshoe Tavern 2014-12-31 (Wednesday) [more info]
Owen Pallett / Lee's Palace 2015-01-31 (Saturday — afternoon + evening shows!) [more info]
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