Monday, August 24, 2015

Concert Listings Roundup #111

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:

Camp Wavelength (feat. Holy Fuck / Doldrums / Dirty Frigs / Kurt Marble / Zoo Owl / Above Top Secret / Allegories / RAVETAPES) / Artscape Gibraltar Point 2015-08-28 (Friday) [FB event]

Camp Wavelength (feat. The Wooden Sky / Moon King / Prince Rama / Doomsquad / LIDS / Blonde Elvis / Slow Down Molasses / Etiquette / Most People / Digits / Kidstreet / Mar Aberto SoundSystem) / Artscape Gibraltar Point 2015-08-29 (Saturday) [FB event]

Camp Wavelength (feat. Do Make Say Think / The Weather Station / Loscil / Pierre Kwenders / Avec le soleil sortant de sa bouche / Anamai / Scattered Clouds / JOYFULTALK) / Artscape Gibraltar Point 2015-08-30 (Sunday) [FB event]

Picking up the mantle of the beloved ALL CAPS! island excursions, Wavelength returns in force to the Gibraltar Point for a fairly packed weekend. The offerings range from big-name headliners to aspiring up-and-comers (and even a few bands like Moon King, making their return as the former after making a nascent appearance as the latter).

After several summers on the island, Wavelength has figured out how to run a festival with professional flow and slickness but without most of the alienating corporate cattle-pen mentality. This year also sees more bands jammed in than previously attempted, with "late night" sets (and a corresponding late-night ferry service, which tends to involve some end-of-night hurry-up-and-wait panic). There's also the whole camping element, if you're into that sort of thing, and all sorts of art and activities beyond the music. A highly-anticipated end-of-summer celebration of Toronto culture.


This week's noteworthy shows:

Lina Allemano's Titanium Riot (Mark Segger/Jane Bunnett/George Koller) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-08-25 (Tuesday)

Vomitface (Connoisseurs of Porn / Toblerone Boys / Alpha Strategy) / Smiling Buddha 2015-08-25 (Tuesday) [FB event]

DUST: The Quietest Big Band in the Known World / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-08-26 (Wednesday – early!)

Picastro (Loom / Laughing Eye Weeping Eye) / Ratio 2015-08-27 (Thursday) [FB event]

Colleen Green (The Beverleys / So Young / Pony) / Smiling Buddha 2015-08-27 (Thursday) [FB event]

Clara Engel (Victor Cirone and Marc Couroux) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-08-28 (Friday – early!) [FB event]

The Ryan Driver Sextet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-08-28 (Friday)

Black & White & Grey [new paintings by Lorenz Peter and basement installation room opening] (feat. No Colour Blue [Melissa J/Jess Forrest]) / LP's LPs 2015-08-28 (Friday) [FB event]

Falcon Jane [CD release party!] (The Auras) / The Cameron House – backroom 2015-08-28 (Friday) [FB event]

No Angels Dancing ["finale (for now)"] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-08-29 (Saturday – early!)

See Through 4 (Segger/Lewis) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-08-30 (Sunday – early!)

Audiopollination #33.2 (feat. Geraldine Eguiluz/Zoe Alexis-Abrams/David Jones / Stephane Diamantakiou/Ken Aldcroft / Geraldine Eguiluz/Stephane Diamantakiou) / Array Space 2015-08-30 (Sunday) [FB event]

Crosswires (feat. The Dragonflys / FASTER / Father Zinger) / Handlebar 2015-08-30 (Sunday – PWYC!) [FB event]


Add these to your calendar:

Reminder: This post only contains this week's updates — the full listings can always be found over on the right-hand sidebar!

Riverrun / The Emmet Ray 2015-08-31 (Monday – PWYC!)

Track Could Bend #6 (feat. Basmyn Jurke / Alaniaris / Ken Aldcroft + Mike Gennaro) / Dundas Video 2015-09-01 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Omhouse (Gala) / Burdock Music Hall 2015-09-01 (Tuesday) [FB event]

troubleshooting~ v5 (feat. Jonathan Adjemian / Glen Hall and Eugene Martynec / Zach Clark) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-09-02 (Wednesday – early!)

Somewhere There presents (feat. Brick Quartet + Joe Sorbara / Knurl / Clutton/Grossman/Liu/o) / Ratio 2015-09-03 (Thursday) [FB event]

Paper Beat Scissors [album release!] (L CON) / Burdock Music Hall 2015-09-03 (Thursday) [FB event]

Babysitter (Hag Face / Moon Hag / Kappa Chow) / 8-Eleven 2015-09-03 (Thursday) [FB event]

Fresh Snow [EP release!] (Carl Didur / Zones / Nailbiter) / Smiling Buddha 2015-09-09 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Daniel Fortin [album release!] (Bliss Gloss) / Burdock Music Hall 2015-09-09 (Wednesday) [FB event]

I Am Robot and Proud [band set!] (6955) / Handlebar 2015-09-10 (Thursday) [FB event]

Carl Didur (Fet.Nat) / 8-Eleven 2015-09-18 (Friday) [FB event]

Lina Allemano's Titanium Riot (Tradition / Hoover Party) / Ratio 2015-09-20 (Thursday) [FB event]

Ido Govrin (Bespoken feat. Germaine Liu / Diatribes) / Ratio 2015-09-23 (Wednesday) [FB event]

L CON (Joanne Pollock) / Burdock Music Hall 2015-10-04 (Sunday) [FB event]

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