Concert Listings Roundup #224

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:

Musicworks Magazine presents O P E N : an evening of sound interactions [curated by Riparian Acoustics] (feat. Mary Margaret O'Hara / Cheryl Duvall [solo piano] / Pursuit Grooves with Mas Aya) / 918 Bathurst 2017-11-08 (Wednesday) [FB event]

I subscribe to Musicworks Magazine — and you should probably, too. Over the past couple years they've been doing a top-notch job of celebrating experimental Canadian sounds in a pleasingly catholic sense: not just chamber music and other formal entities, but everything else from gongs to offbeat improvisations. In other words, not an entirely different universe than this blog is often situated in. The music at this fundraiser night was curated by Riparian Acoustics (Nick Storring's post-Ratio vehicle for presenting shows) — quite fitting as Storring has been doing some ace work for the mag as a writer as well. The eclectic night offers a rare chance to hear MMO'H in action, solo piano from Thin Edge's Cheryl Duvall and a collaborative set of future beats from Pursuit Grooves with Mas Aya.

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This week's noteworthy shows:

Zula (Tange / Bunny [solo]) / Monarch Tavern 2017-11-06 (Monday) [FB event]

Dan Fortin/Harley Card Quartet / The Emmet Ray 2017-11-06 (Monday) [FB event]

The Mike Smith Company (Hoover Party) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-11-07 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

Track Could Bend #32 (feat. Sandy Ewen / Will Austin & Brandon Lim / Kat Estacio & Beard Closet) / Belljar Café 2017-11-07 (Tuesday – PWYC!) [FB event]

Philip John Lewin (Sing Leaf / Sandro Perri) / Burdock Music Hall 2017-11-08 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Brodie West Quintet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-11-08 (Wednesday – early!) [FB event]

Omni (The Sulks / Don't Bother) / Smiling Buddha 2017-11-09 (Thursday) [cancelled!]

The Andrew Downing Ensemble / Canadian Music Centre 2017-11-09 (Thursday – early show @ 5:30!) [FB event]

Polyphonic Ground (feat. Sina Salimi / D'Bi & The 333) / Revival 2017-11-09 (Thursday) [FB event]

Wavelength 741: Women In Music Canada presents Fundraiser Show For Mexico & Puerto Rico (feat. Rapport / KASHKA / Regina Gently [fka Light Fires] / LOLAA) / Monarch Tavern 2017-11-09 (Thursday) [FB event]

Scott Hardware (Pascale Project / Antoine93) / Bambi's 2017-11-09 (Thursday) [FB event]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Chik White / Castle If / Smomid / Doom Tickler) / Less Bar 2017-11-10 (Friday) [FB event]

Quiet Bedrooms presents QB5 (feat. Carl Didur / Laura Swankey / Deenzi) / LP's LPs 2017-11-10 (Friday – date change!) [FB event]

416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Festival (feat. Light Industry PLUS [Chris Cawthray/Glen Hall/Liam Smith/Celina Carroll/Chip Yarwood] / John Kameel Farah [solo harpsicord] / Toronto Improvisers Orchestra [conducted by Kayla Milmine]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-11-10 (Friday) [FB event]

Vallens (WHOOP-Szo / Baby Cages / Slurry) / Smiling Buddha 2017-11-11 (Saturday) [more info]

Sensing [works by Anna Höstman, Adam Scime and Morton Feldman] (feat. Thin Edge New Music Collective) / Canadian Music Centre 2017-11-11 (Saturday – three shows at 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8 p.m.) [FB event]

BA Johnston (Deathsticks / Quite Nice) / Junction City Music Hall 2017-11-11 (Saturday) [FB event]

416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Festival (feat. Unknown Guitar Quartet [Brian Abbott/Patrick O'Reilly/Luan Phung/Rob Grieve] / Kayla Milmine [solo alto sax] / Sisa Suchankova/Lenka Novosedlikova/Bea Labikova/Raphael Roter/Rick Sacks) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-11-11 (Saturday) [FB event]

Audiopollination 56.1 (feat. Tiina Kiik/John Yelland/Robert Carroll / Neil Wiernik/Lorne Shapiro/Dimitar Pentchev / Phookie Nijjit/Juliana Pivato/daNieLLe&tUkU / Coin Operated Duo [Mkl32/Ryan Kinney]) / Array Space 2017-11-11 (Saturday) [FB event]

Processor (Hozerz / Cell Memory) / LP's LPs 2017-11-11 (Saturday) [FB event]

DDL is 8 (feat. Earthly / Prince Nifty / New Chance) / D D L 2017-11-11 (Saturday) [FB event]

Ayal Senior [solo Sacred Lamp with solo electronics] (Kurt Newman's Nashville Minimalism Unit) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-11-12 (Sunday – early set @ 3 p.m.!) [FB event]

Invocation presents (feat. COLLEEN / Khôra) / Array Space 2017-11-12 (Sunday – all ages!) [FB event]

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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!

Audiopollination 56.2 (feat. Lenka Nososedikova/Sisa Suchankova/Rob Pillonen/Rick Sacks/Michael Lynn/Bea Labikova/Raphael Roter) / Array Space 2017-11-14 (Tuesday) [FB event]

The AMBiENT PiNG (feat. Chromosphere / Noah Weninger) / Handlebar 2017-11-15 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Glen Hall/Diane Roblin/Brandon Valdivia / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-11-19 (Sunday – early!) [FB event]

Piano Party (feat. Allison Cameron) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-11-22 (Wednesday – early!) [FB event]

CJRU's Winter Wonder-Realm (feat. LAL / Obuxum / Ziibiwan / Astro Mega) / Handlebar 2017-12-09 (Saturday) [FB event]

Clara Engel (George Crotty) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-12-22 (Friday – early!) [FB event]

Ronley Teper's Lipliners [last Saturday of the month residency!] / The Baby G 2018-01-27 (Saturday) [FB event]

Ronley Teper's Lipliners [last Saturday of the month residency!] / The Baby G 2018-02-24 (Saturday) [FB event]

Ronley Teper's Lipliners [last Saturday of the month residency!] / The Baby G 2018-03-31 (Saturday) [FB event]

Ronley Teper's Lipliners [last Saturday of the month residency!] / The Baby G 2018-04-28 (Saturday) [FB event]