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:
Doomsquad [Total Time release party!] (feat. LIDS / RONiiA) / Smiling Buddha 2016-05-14 (Saturday) [FB event]
Very exciting to see a new album from these dancefloor groove-ritualists / psychonautic innerspace explorers, and packed into the Buddha (along with LIDS' lumbering grooves) this should be a righteously-sweaty celebration — and a chance to examine how the Blumas siblings' live band sounds now that it's been enhanced with an additional pair of twin brothers.
This week's noteworthy shows:
Nicole Dollanganger (STÜKA / Bad Channels / Straight Truth) / Smiling Buddha 2016-05-09 (Monday – all ages!) [FB event]
Aurochs feat. Rob Clutton / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2016-05-10 (Tuesday — early) [FB event]
Wordless Word (feat. Jin Hi Kim + Robert Appleton [Korean zither + generative multimedia software] / Graham Wakefield [solo electronics]) / Array Space 2016-05-10 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Mingus CAT-alog (interpretations of Mingus works by David French/Dan Fortin/Aline Homzy/Michael Davidson) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2016-05-10 (Tuesday) [FB event]
The Grand Residency (feat. Grand Analog / Bonjay) / Rivoli 2016-05-10 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Haus Musik ["classical alternative" – standing concert with bar, DJ set to follow] (feat. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra) / 918 Bathurst 2016-05-10 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Floating Points (Not the Wind, Not the Flag) / The Mod Club 2016-05-10 (Tuesday) [FB event]
The 4 Poets: Issue #4 Release (feat. readings by Sofia Banzhaf / Fan Wu / Carter West & Julian Butterfield / Ruby Brunton / music by Beds / Blunt Chunks) / Dundas Video 2016-05-11 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Somewhere There presents (feat. Torche! [Xavier Charles + Éric Normand] / Waniuk + Arulanandam / Saumer + Tielli) / Ratio 2016-05-12 (Thursday) [FB event]
Emay (Bénédicte) / Holy Oak Café 2016-05-12 (Thursday) [FB event]
Casual Drones 17 (feat. dreamSTATE / Joel Eel / body rot [Blonde Elvis' Jesse Laderoute] / Johnny Hockin / Jordan Allen [Rolemodel] + Jesse Crowe [Beliefs] / Drone Baez [3/4 of Fresh Snow]) / Smiling Buddha 2016-05-12 (Thursday) [FB event]
The Waco Brothers (Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan / Jon Langford & Skull Orchard with the Burlington Welsh Male Chorus) / The Horseshoe Tavern 2016-05-13 (Friday) [FB event]
Greys [Outer Heaven album release party!] (TV Freaks / Casper Skulls) / The Garrison 2016-05-13 (Friday) [FB event]
Merganzer (Tess Roby / Best Fern) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2016-05-13 (Friday) [FB event]
Mamalia [f.k.a Amalia] (Prince Nifty) / Holy Oak Café 2016-05-13 (Friday) [FB event]
Vicky Chow: Surface Image (Klondike) / The Music Gallery 2016-05-14 (Saturday) [FB event]
Lee Scratch Perry / Danforth Music Hall 2016-05-14 (Saturday) [FB event]
Audiopollination #42.1 (Rob Carroll/Tiina Kiik/John Yelland / Neil Wiernik/Clara Engel / Dimitar Pentchev/Melissa J/Darlene Cuevas / Carter Thornton) / Array Space 2016-05-14 (Saturday) [FB event]
Uh Bones (The Sulks / Terror Lake / Sprawls) / The 300 Club 2016-05-14 (Saturday) [FB event]
Tallis Choir: 'Our Good Wills' – The World of Shakespeare & Byrd / St. Patrick's Church 2016-05-14 (Saturday) [more info]
Dun Dun Band (c_RL) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2016-05-14 (Saturday) rescheduled! new date coming soon!
Toronto Tabla Ensemble: 25th Year Anniversary Concert / Harbourfront Centre – Brigantine Room 2016-05-14–2016-05-15 (Saturday–Sunday) [more info]
Somewhere There presents (feat. The Band Named Crow) / The Emmet Ray 2016-05-15 (Sunday – PWYC!) [FB event]
Ivy Mairi (Blunt Chunks) / Burdock Music Hall 2016-05-15 (Sunday) [FB event]
Bedroom Sessions (feat. Danielle Fricke / Coral King [solo project from Triple Gangers/Hush Pup's Ida Maidstone] / Maggie Smith [member of WEARENOTWHOWEARE/Gold Pony] / Gusty Winds) / Handlebar 2016-05-15 (Sunday) [FB event]
"4 Men and a Coney Island Baby" [live performance of Lou Reed's Coney Island Baby] (White Suede) / Holy Oak Café 2016-05-15 (Sunday – PWYC!) [FB event]
No Flash, Please! [book launch] (feat. The Lawn / Adam Faux / Scott B / The Dundrells) / The Horseshoe Tavern 2016-05-15 (Sunday) [more info]
Michael Herring Quartet [Sundays in May residency!] / The Rex Hotel 2016-05-15 (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!
Michael Keith / Holy Oak Café 2016-05-17 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Surinam (Participation / Shahman / Zwarun) / The 300 Club 2016-05-19 (Thursday) [FB event]
Wavelength 700: WL x Manifesto (feat. Pavilion / Wilde / Language Arts / Obuxum / pHoenix Pagliacci / Loji) / The Garrison 2016-05-20 (Friday) [FB event]
Michael Herring Quartet [Sundays in May residency!] / The Rex Hotel 2016-05-22 (Sunday – PWYC!) [FB event]
ΔTENT with Jason Doell / Canadian Music Centre 2016-05-29 (Sunday – early!) [FB event]
Michael Herring Quartet [Sundays in May residency!] / The Rex Hotel 2016-05-29 (Sunday – PWYC!) [FB event]
Music in St. James Park (feat. The Holy Gasp) / St. James Park 2016-06-02 (Thursday – free! outside! all-ages + family-friendly!) [FB event]
Invocation presents (feat. Colleen / Picastro / Justin Small) / Ratio 2016-06-02 (Thursday) [FB event]
FRIGS (Blue Crime / Foam / Baby Cages) / Smiling Buddha 2016-06-02 (Thursday) [FB event]
Spectrum Music: The Tower of Babel / Alliance Française 2016-06-04 (Saturday) [FB event]
Invocation presents (feat. Jon Porras / Sarah Davachi / Bodies That Matter) / Array Space 2016-06-05 (Sunday) [FB event]
Luminato: Unsound (feat. Amnesia Scanner / The Bug / Flowdan / Miss Red / Elysia Crampton / Jlin / Kara-Lis Coverdale / MFO / Lotic / Rabih Beaini / Raime / sunn o)))) / The Hearn 2016-06-10 (Friday) [more info]
Afrafranto [Nsadwase release concert!] / QW Resto-Bar 2016-06-11 (Saturday) [FB event]
Luminato: Unsound (feat. Alessandro Cortini / Ancient Methods / Aurora Halal / Evian Christ / Hot Shotz / Olivia / Orphx / Roly Porter / T'ien Lai / Tim Hecker / Waclaw Zimpel) / The Hearn 2016-06-11 (Saturday) [more info]
Luminato: monumental (feat. The Holy Body Tattoo [contemporary dance] / Godspeed You! Black Emperor) / The Hearn 2016-06-14–2016-04-15 (Tuesday–Wendesday) [more info]
Goms (Pucumber Sasssquash Family Band / Prom Nite / The Evil Boys) / Faith/Void 2016-06-18 (Saturday) [FB event]
Diane Roblin with c_RL (Britta B [spoken word poet] with creative improvisation by c_RL + Diane Roblin) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2016-06-19 (Sunday — early) [FB event]
Luminato: Song of Extinction (feat. Music in the Barns) / The Hearn 2016-06-22 (Wednesday) [more info]
Jaggery (Clara Engel) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2016-06-30 (Thursday) [FB event]
Cowboy Junkies / Harbourfront Centre – Concert Stage 2016-07-02 (Saturday – free!) [more info]
Okavango African Orchestra / Harbourfront Centre – Concert Stage 2016-07-03 (Sunday – free! afternoon show @ 2:30 p.m.!) [more info]
Os Tropies / Harbourfront Centre – Stage in the Round 2016-07-08 (Friday – free!) [more info]
Orlando Julius and the Afro Soundz / Harbourfront Centre – Concert Stage 2016-07-09 (Saturday – free!) [more info]
Yonatan Gat (The Holy Gasp / The Sulks) / Smiling Buddha 2016-07-13 (Wednesday) [FB event]
The Elwins / Harbourfront Centre – Concert Stage 2016-07-22 (Friday – free!) [more info]
Great Lake Swimmers / Harbourfront Centre – Concert Stage 2016-07-23 (Saturday – free!) [more info]
Sinkane / Harbourfront Centre – Concert Stage 2016-08-05 (Friday – free!) [more info]
Jungle Brothers / Harbourfront Centre – Concert Stage 2016-08-06 (Saturday – free!) [more info]
Habari Africa Festival (feat. Mamy Kanouté / Djely Tapa / more TBA) / Harbourfront Centre 2016-08-12–2016-08-14 (Friday–Sunday – free!) [more info]
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