Recording: Avrha

Artist: Avrha

Song: [2nd section]

Recorded at Yonge-Dundas Square (Intersection Day 3), August 31, 2019.

Avrha - [2nd section]

Once more, Tad Michalak's Burn Down the Capital brought a full day's worth of entertainment to the concrete canyon of Yonge-Dundas Square. Random passers-by would occasionally stop and regard the proceedings with curiosity, bemusement or disdain while in the background the thrum of the busker's amplification outside Eaton Centre seems to grow louder every year, sharing the sonic space with sirens and engine roars. Roaring back with percussive powerbursts and a multi-keyboard attack, this improvised sideline from Yamantaka//Sonic Titan's Alaska B and Brendan Swanson felt a little more determined than when I first saw 'em a couple years back, leaning hard into some zones that felt like a metal-leaning reconsideration of Bitches Brew.