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:
TONE Festival/Wavelength present (feat. Efrim Manuel Menuck / FET.NAT / Fresh Snow / Scattered Clouds) / Jam Factory 2018-06-15 (Friday – all ages!) [FB event]
TONE Festival (feat. The Revival Ensemble / Sick Boss Löve) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2018-06-17 (Sunday) [FB event]
It's hard not to single out TONE again, with each week offering more variety and surprises. Besides being damn good music, there might not be much a throughline connecting Friday's Wavelength co-curated weird/rock extravaganza and Sunday's jazzier excursion, but both are highly recommended — especially if you've never seen FET.NAT performing in a sweaty room. Sunday's Revival Ensemble show, with Ted Crosby's site-specific big-band re-interpreting Duke Ellington's Far East Suite might not have an eye-catching international touring headliner like some of the other shows, but it's one of the festival's most ambitious offerings and is definitely not to be missed.
This week's noteworthy shows:
Ornate Presents (feat Triio w/ Manabu Kitada) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-12 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]
Stop Time [Dan Fortin/Harley Card/Michael Davidson/Dan Gaucher] [first show in two years!] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-12 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Phèdre (Ice Cream / Sydanie / Millenial) / The Baby G 2018-06-12 (Tuesday) [FB event]
No Mean City Collective presents (feat. Stones / Bookchop / Tange / Craig Currie / HEX) / The Hideout 2018-06-12 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Maybe Not [Brodie West/Nicole Rampersaud/Allison Cameron/Blake Howard/Alex Lukashevsky/Mani Mazanini] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-13 (Wednesday – early!) [FB event]
Music By & For Ken Aldcroft XVIII (feat. Max McEachern & Friends [Chris Adriaanse/Max McEachern/Andrew Miller] / Andrew Furlong & Friends [Andrew Furlong/Colin Hinton/Ashley Urquhart]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-13 (Wednesday) [FB event]
J Blissette (Several Futures / Don't Bother / Vanity Phase [first show from solo electronic project of Century Palm/Zebrassieres frontman Andrew Payne]) / Monarch Tavern 2018-06-13 (Wednesday) [FB event]
The AMBiENT PiNG (feat. dreamSTATE / byte.observer / at dhé ju) / Handlebar 2018-06-13 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Colin Fisher's Patio Summer Series (feat. Conception Vessel [Harley Card/Jeff Luciani/Daniel Fortin/Colin Fisher]) / Pamenar 2018-06-13 (Wednesday) [FB event]
Feel Alright [Pleasence album release!] (Goosebump [f.k.a. Germaphobes] / Wares / Nutrients) / Owl's Club 2018-06-14 (Thursday) [FB event]
ContaQt: Many Faces - We Are All Marilyns [music by Eve Beglarian, Amnon Wolman and John Oswald, and choreography by Laurence Lemieux] (feat. Contact Contemporary Music) / Buddies In Bad Times 2018-06-14 (Thursday) [FB event]
Charbonneau/Amato (Simon Trottier) / Burdock Music Hall 2018-06-14 (Thursday) [FB event]
Hannah Epperson (Omhouse) / The Baby G 2018-06-14 (Thursday) [FB event]
June Records Block Party (feat. Eamon McGrath / Ocean Potion / The Future Primitive) / June Records 2018-06-15 (Friday – free! all ages!) [FB event]
Knowing River - Body Notes ["This intertwined practice will bring together music, painting, text, body gesture and projection to create new possibilities of mark-making through improvisation, randomness, and elements in time and space."] (feat. Ronley Teper/lo bil/Nava Waxman/David Jager/Tim Posgate) / Sheldon Rose Gallery 2018-06-16 (Saturday) [FB event]
Peach Kelli Pop (Tallies / Tange) / The Baby G 2018-06-16 (Saturday) [FB event]
Toronto Creative Music Lab & the Music Gallery present: TCML 2018 Showcase ["10 new works that have been developed... in the week leading up to the concert"] / The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2018-06-16 (Saturday) [FB event]
Nailbiter (Blue Light / Natural Violence / Esther Splett / Beard Closet) / The White House 2018-06-16 (Saturday) [FB event]
June Records Block Party (feat. Sam Nease / Isla Craig / Blind Matty Band / MIMICO) / June Records 2018-06-17 (Sunday – free! all ages! afternoon/evening event!) [FB event]
Glen Hall/Diane Roblin/Harry Vetro/Bruce Cassidy / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-17 (Sunday – early!) [FB event]
Najva Ensemble / Small World Music Centre 2018-06-17 (Sunday – early!) [FB event]
Chino Amobi (myst milano) / The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst St. 2018-06-17 (Sunday) [FB event]
Anthems & Icons (feat. The Queer Songbook Orchestra) / Buddies In Bad Times 2018-06-17 (Sunday) [FB event]
Somewhere There's Second Sunday Series (feat. Linsey Wellman/Phill Albert/Mark Zurawinski) / The Emmet Ray 2018-06-17 (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!
Living Fossil feat. Vivienne Wilder (Ronley Teper / Allin) / Burdock Music Hall 2018-06-19 (Tuesday) [FB event]
Bearrah Fawcett [Chris Pruden/Robert Grieve/Alex Fournier/Stefan Hegerat] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-07-20 (Wednesday – early!) [FB event]
Jessica Stuart presents! Ep. 5 (feat. Nick Teehan / Jessica Stuart Few) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-21 (Thursday – extra-early show, 5 to 7 p.m.!) [FB event]
Polyphonic Ground presents: Good Kind Productions + Batuki Music Society (feat. HAIBA + Maryem Tollar / Kamancello) / 918 Bathurst 2018-06-23 (Saturday) [FB event]
Baby Labour [Full Legal Stop release party!] (Luge / Bare Claws / Sea Beau) / Handlebar 2018-06-23 (Saturday) [FB event]
Stuck In The City & Not Dead Yet present (feat. Criminal Code / Tough Age / Prom Nite / LS & the Drips) / Faith/Void 2018-06-24 (Sunday – all ages!) [FB event]
Synaptic Circus presents (feat. Encounters With Monk In A Revolving Door [Tania Gill/Ryan Driver] / The Cluttertones) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-24 (Sunday) [FB event]
Ian Daniel Kehoe (Quaker Parents) / Burdock Music Hall 2018-06-29 (Friday – early show, 6 to 8 p.m.!) [FB event]
Gilliam, Milmine, Pottie / Heliconian Hall 2018-06-29 (Friday – free! early show @ 7 p.m.!) [FB event]
Mimico [EP release show!]) (WHIMM / ZONES) / The Drake Underground 2018-07-05 (Thursday) [FB event]
Feast in the East 69 (feat. The Highest Order / Eric Landry / Faun Fables) / Prairie Drive Park 2018-07-07 (Saturday – free, with free meal! all ages + family friendly! outdoors in a beautiful park setting!) [FB event]
Tough Customer (Puzzlehead / WLMRT / Hugh Man) / Faith/Void 2018-07-18 (Wednesday – all ages!) [FB event]
American Devices (Prom Nite / Protruders / Robert Dayton) / Owl's Club 2018-07-20 (Friday) [FB event]
Nhapitapi / Island Café 2018-08-24 (Friday – all ages! PWYC!) [FB event]
Ivy Mairi + Max Heineman / Island Café 2018-09-14 (Friday – PWYC!) [FB event]
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