Concert Listings Roundup #256

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:

Baby Cages [Bitter Melon album release!] (Pantayo / Phèdre with MC Lil Gay) / Owl's Club 2018-06-29 (Friday) [FB event]

Baby Cages celebrate their ambitious Bitter Melon visual album with a performance as well as a screening of videos of all six of its songs. A night at Owl's Club is usually an enjoyably-casual time and the environs will be glamourized by an installation and nail art from Diana Lynn VanderMeulen plus the Posi Vibez glitter station — to say nothing of musical enhancement from Pantayo and Phèdre.

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This week's noteworthy shows:

The Robert Diack Ensemble / The Rex Hotel 2018-06-25 (Monday – early set, 5 to 7 p.m.!) [FB event]

Joseph Shabason / Church of The Redeemer 2018-06-25 (Monday – free!) [more info]

DeiCont | Philips Collective / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-26 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Several Futures (Deathsticks / Stargoon) / The Garrison (front room) 2018-06-28 (Thursday) [FB event]

Josh Cole Quintet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-28 (Thursday) [FB event]

The Mean (Idle Tigers / Greydini) / The Piston 2018-06-28 (Thursday) [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]

Aurochs / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-29 (Friday – early!)

The Ryan Driver Quintet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-29 (Friday) [FB event]

Shooting Guns (Comet Control / B-17 / Familiars) / Monarch Tavern 2018-06-29 (Friday) [FB event]

Isaac Vallentin [Amateur LP release!] (LUKA / Alli Devenish) / Northern Contemporary 2018-06-29 (Friday) [FB event]

Otterville / Heliconian Hall 2018-06-30 (Saturday – early show @ 7 p.m.! free!) [http://torontojazz.com/concert/otterville]

Clara Engel (Joyful Joyful) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-06-30 (Saturday – early!) [FB event]

Invocation presents (feat. Marisa Anderson / Sarah Louise / Eiyn Sof) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2018-06-30 (Saturday) [FB event]

Buzz Presents (feat. Hit Bargain / Moul D / Damagers / MARY) / Handlebar 2018-06-30 (Saturday) [FB event]

The Holy Gasp [The Love Songs of Oedipus Rex release celebration] / 918 Bathurst 2018-06-30 (Saturday) [cancelled!]

ACT! [f.k.a. Egyptrixx] (Così e Così / Anna Modo / Cares) / The Baby G 2018-07-01 (Sunday) [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!

The Mike Smith Company / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-07-03 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

In Between Sounds #87 (feat. Lorde Awesome) / The Only Café 2018-07-05 (Thursday) [FB event]

Casting Shadows: An Analogue Moving Picture Show (feat. moving images by Kristine White / music by Tony Allen/Scott Prouty/Kathleen McDonnell/Danny Simmons/Kathleen Law/Michelangelo Iaffaldano/Catherine Crowe/Sean Donald) / Array Space 2018-07-07 (Saturday) [more info]

Ornate Presents (feat. The Manabu Kitada Quintet) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2018-07-10 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

Buck Gooter (Reaches / Doom Tickler / Shelly) / Faith/Void 2018-07-11 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Staycation [album release!] (POM [Robin Dann/Ben Gunning]) / The Piston 2018-07-12 (Thursday) [FB event]

Manabu Kitada Trio [Manabu Kitada/Andrew Downing/Alex Fournier] / The Emmet Ray 2018-07-15 (Sunday – early!) [FB event]

Minibeast [w/ Mission of Burma's Peter Prescott] (Insect Factory / Not Of) / The Baby G 2018-08-10 (Friday) [FB event]

Ancient Shapes (New Swears) / Lee's Palace 2018-08-25 (Saturday) [FB event]

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Bandcamp corner:

• Keep your Pride celebrations rolling with these selections from the QSO's songbook. All-star arrangements, championship-calibre musicians and some of the city's best singers (including Alanna Stuart, Alex Samaras, Thom Gill and Ghislain Aucoin) all come together to re-imagine these songs and their "historical and personal queer backstories".