Tuesday, December 31, 2019

2019 Gig List

Long Winter, Volume 7.3 (feat. SAUNA / Slurry / John Orpheus / Joyful Joyful / Johnny de Courcy / Katie Sketch / Hiroki Tanaka)
Gladstone Hotel 2019-01-04 (Friday)

Nite Comfort 63 (feat. Aaron Corbett / Undulation)
Handlebar 2019-01-06 (Sunday)

JAOIM x Track Could Bend #46 (feat. Lina Allemano's Titanium Riot / McEachern/West/Zurawinski)
Wenona Lodge 2019-01-08 (Tuesday)

Brodie West Quintet
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-01-09 (Wednesday)

Music By & For Ken Aldcroft XXV (feat. Irene Harrett / Laura Swankey & Friends
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-01-09 (Wednesday)

Invocation presents (feat. Joseph Shabason / Sandro Perri)
Array Space 2019-01-10 (Thursday)

Rat-drifting 4 (feat. See Through 4)
Array Space 2019-01-11 (Friday)

Picastro (Fresh Snow / Colin Fisher)
The Baby G 2019-01-12 (Saturday)

Somewhere There Presents: Paul Newman at 55 (feat. Paul Newman / Paul Newman/Brian Abbott/Kayla Milmine)
The Baby G 2019-01-12 (Sunday)

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Alle Meekingsmith / Dan Fortin)
Wenona Lodge 2019-01-15 (Tuesday)

Cluttertones (Kayla Milmine)
Burdock Music Hall 2019-01-16 (Wednesday)

Riparian Acoustics/CMC Presents (feat. Alex Samaras with Lara Dodds-Eden and Bram Gielen)
Canadian Music Centre 2019-01-17 (Thursday)

21C Music Festival: Live at 85! (feat. Terry Riley/Tracy Silverman/Gyan Riley)
Koerner Hall 2019-01-18 (Friday)

21C: AfterHours (feat. Wesley Shen and Continuum)
Mazzoleni Hall 2019-01-18 (Friday)

Emergents II (feat. April Aliermo / Sun Sun)
The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2019-01-19 (Saturday)

21C Festival (feat. The Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble)
Mazzoleni Hall 2019-01-20 (Sunday)

Music Minus 1 (feat. Victor Bateman/Germaine Liu/Brian Abbott/Mark Zuawinski/Leslie Ting/Heraclitus Akimbo/Karen Ng)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-01-20 (Sunday)

James Meger/Ted Crosby/Karen Ng/Michael Davidson
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-01-20 (Sunday)

Piano Fest (feat. Donald Quan / Rêves Sonores feat. Joseph Shabason)
Burdock Music Hall 2019-01-21 (Monday)

Kapali Carsi (Man Made Hill / Sour Pussy / Cruise)
Owl's Club (basement) 2019-01-25 (Friday)

SynapticCircusSundays (feat. The Nilan Perera Quartet / The Electro-Acoustic Orchestra)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-01-27 (Sunday)

Night Of The Living Night Shift (feat. Determinist? / R. Flex / Bliptor)
Wenona Lodge 2019-01-29 (Tuesday)

New Tendencies (naw / Invisible Out)
Handlebar 2019-01-31 (Thursday)

Defend the 11 Fundraiser (feat. Hooded Fang / Brigitte Bardon't / Moul. D / Green Day)
The Beguiling 2019-02-02 (Saturday)

Audiopollination 68 (feat. Del Stephen/Michael Ramey/Rod Campbell / Alex Fournier/Alexander Whyte/Heraclitus Akimbo / Ryan Kinney/James Bailey/mkl32 / Lîla Trio)
Array Space 2019-02-03 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #47 (feat. William Davison & Bob Vespaziani / Meg Remy's Last Tape / Freaky Boos)
Wenona Lodge 2019-02-05 (Tuesday)

Kurt Newman Presents: Cosmic Country for Communists (feat. Janet Macpherson/Kyle Kirkpatrick/Kurt Newman / Nick Flanagan [comedy] / The Nashville Minimalism Unit)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-06 (Wednesday)

Long Winter 7.4 (feat. Mortimer. / Jo Snyder / Donna Linklater / KOZA / Westelaken / Triples / Graham Van Pelt / Rapport / James Baley)
Workman Arts 2019-02-09 (Saturday)

Somewhere There Presents: Mechanical Forest Sound's 10th Anniversary Celebration (feat. Lender / The Knot / The Allison Cameron Band)
Array Space 2019-02-10 (Sunday)

Tranzac Sound For Silence II: Valentine's Day Edition (feat. Jazz United Band / Unclassic Classics / Hex / Polka Dogs)
The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2019-02-14 (Thursday)

Marker Starling (Sing Leaf)
Burdock Music Hall 2019-02-16 (Saturday)

The Music Gallery/Public Recordings present: To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their Desperation by Pauline Oliveros (feat. Anne Bourne/Allison Cameron/Victoria Cheong/Prices Easy/Ishan Davé/Ellen Furey/Thom Gill/Claire Harvie/Ame Henderson/Brendan Jensen/Germaine Liu/Kate Nankervis/Bee Pallomina/Liz Peterson/Brian Solomon/Heather Solomon/Anni Spadafora/Evan Webber/Christopher Willes)
City Council Chambers 2019-02-17 (Sunday)

Heraclitus Akimbo (Kayla Milmine + Paul Newman)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-20 (Wednesday)

Josh Cole/Lina Allemano/Michael Davidson
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-20 (Wednesday)

Doit! (Laura Swankey/Patrick O'Reilly)
The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-02-23 (Saturday)

Franche-Nolan/Ballyk (Joyful Joyful)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-23 (Saturday)

Music by Harry and Furlong S1E5 (feat. Andrew Furlong / The Search For Eternal Happiness Pt. 4 [Harry Vetro/Kristian Fourier/Nelson Moneo/Cheryl O])
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-02-27 (Wednesday)

Feast In The East 72 (feat. Fet.Nat / Absolutely Free / Badge Époque)
Jam Factory 2019-02-28 (Thursday)

Mechanical Forest Sound's 10th Anniversary Celebration: A Night of Rock Music! (feat. Triples / Matthew "Doc" Dunn + Friends / Hooded Fang / Man Made Hill)
The Baby G 2019-03-02 (Saturday)

Track Could Bend #48 (feat. DoVira3 / Rob Clutton / Joyful Joyful)
Wenona Lodge 2019-03-05 (Tuesday)

Somewhere There and Mechanical Forest Sound present (feat. Horseman, Pass By / Mira Martin-Gray/Mark Zurawinski)
The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-03-06 (Wednesday)

Women From Space Festival – Night 1 (feat. Kayla Milmine/Bea Labikova/Raphael Roter / Cheryl O/Meghan Cheng/Irene Harrett / Brian Abbott/Tomasz Krakowiak / Mingjia Jessica Chen/Claire Yunjin Lee)
Wenona Lodge 2019-03-08 (Friday)

Women From Space Festival – Night 2 (feat. Tova Kardonne/Kat Estacio/Kristian Fourier / Diane Roblin/Heather Saumer / Zoë Alexis-Abrams/Neal Retke/William Davison / Ashley Urquhart's Colour and Noise)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-03-09 (Saturday)

Somewhere There presents: Women From Space Festival (feat. Overleaf / Lîla Trio / Dawne Carleton/Rob Clutton / Tania Gill/Rebecca Hennessy)
Array Space 2019-03-09 (Sunday)

Women From Space Festival (feat. Happy Apple / Laura Swankey / Prices Easy & New Chance / Plastic Babies)
Burdock Music Hall 2019-03-11 (Monday)

Jazz and Otherwise Improvised Musics: Peter Brotzmann's Machine Gun (And Others) (feat. Nerve Gas)
Wenona Lodge 2019-03-12 (Tuesday)

Doug Tielli & Friends
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-03-16 (Saturday)

Cold Early Spring (feat. Dame Cook / Escote / Beard Closet / Hexzuul)
The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-03-16 (Saturday)

Kurt Newman/Mark Zurawinski
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-03-20 (Wednesday)

Gordon Grdina/Nick Fraser/Karen Ng (Gordon Grdina [solo])
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-03-20 (Wednesday)

Riparian Acoustics/CMC Presents (feat. R. Andrew Lee)
Canadian Music Centre 2019-03-21 (Thursday)

Elastic Recordings presents (feat. Michael Davidson & Dan Fortin / Chris Pruden)
Canadian Music Centre 2019-03-23 (Saturday)

Somewhere There presents (feat. Heraclitus Akimbo / Xiodjiha)
Array Space 2019-03-24 (Sunday)

Avant Garde Music/Avant Garde Birthday Party (feat. Rob Clutton [solo] / Brodie West [solo] / Helicopter Money)
Array Space 2019-03-25 (Monday)

Christine Duncan + The University of Toronto Vocal Jazz Ensemble feat. John Oswald
University of Toronto – Walter Hall 2019-03-27 (Wednesday)

Long Winter 7.5 (feat. Woodhands / The Rural Alberta Advantage / Mother Tongues / Respire / Kelly Fraser / Mamarudegyal MTHC / Bruised Years Choir / Laura Swankey)
Workman Arts 2019-03-29 (Friday)

Cosmic Homeostasis X (feat. Ron Blake/Matt Wells/Phil Hamilton/Rob Cruickshank/Randi Helmers/Aaron Dawson/Victor O/Dame Cook/Del Stephen/Marilyn Y/Paul Newman/Mira Martin-Grey/Patrick O'Reilly/Heraclitus Akimbo)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-03-31 (Sunday)

Eucalyptus
Hirut Ethiopian Restaurant 2019-03-31 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #49: Fourth Anniversary All-Star Spectacular! (feat. Andrew Finlay Stewart/Karen Ng/David Sait/ Jakob Rehlinger/Georgia Webber/Victor O/ Patrick O'Reilly/Dame Cook/Bryan Bray / Michael Franklin/Matt Nish-Lapidus/Danny Sheahan)
Array Space 2019-04-02 (Tuesday)

Teenanger (WLMRT / Perfect Blue)
The Boat 2019-04-04 (Thursday)

Brodie West Quintet
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-10 (Wednesday)

Music By & For Ken Aldcroft XXVIII (feat. Patrick Smith & Max Donaldson / Andrew Furlong/Solon Gee/Maxwell McEachern/David Riddel
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-10 (Wednesday)

Raven Chacon mini-fest, Night 2 (feat. Laura Ortman/Cheryl l'Hirondelle/Carmina Escobar/Suzanne Kite / c_RL feat. Raven Chacon)
The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2019-04-13 (Saturday)

Raven Chacon mini-fest, Night 3 (feat. Raven Chacon / Olivia Shortt)
The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2019-04-14 (Sunday)

MAW: A Community Celebration of the Vocal Arts (feat. Heather Whaley / Kalendar / tUkU / Kith & Kin / Ori Shalva & Co. / Donna Linklater / Peg Evans / Hussein Janmohamed)
Burdock Music Hall 2019-04-16 (Tuesday)

Two Ted Country Blues with Nick Storring
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-17 (Wednesday)

Daniel Pencer/Kurt Newman/Josh Cole
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-17 (Wednesday)

The Music Gallery's Departures Series (feat. Nadah El Shazly/ ZOË / Qarafa)
Burdock Music Hall 2019-04-18 (Thursday)

Service for Justin Haynes (feat. Kim Barlow / Myk Freedman / Ryan Driver / Thom Gill & Felicity Williams / Nick Fraser & Tania Gill / John Southworth / Rebecca Campbell / Barnyard Drama)
The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2019-04-19 (Friday)

Fiver (Dieufaite Charles)
Workman Arts 2019-04-20 (Saturday)

Furniture Music: Birthday Bash (feat. Laura Swankey & Elisa Thorn)
Wenona Lodge 2019-04-23 (Tuesday)

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Glands of External Secretion / Brian Ruryk / 6 Heads / Agar Agar)
Burdock Music Hall 2019-04-23 (Tuesday)

Joe Strutt's Birthday! (feat. Brian Abbott / Karen Ng / Ryan Driver / Joe Strutt)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-25 (Thursday)

All-Set! Editions Double Release Celebration (feat. The Mike Smith Company / Stranger Still)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-27 (Saturday)

Audiopollination 70.3: The Fifth Wheel (feat. Heraclitus Akimbo & mkl32 / Lîla Fragments / Brian Abbott & Leslie Ting)
Wenona Lodge 2019-04-30 (Tuesday)

The Cosmic Range (Man Made Hill)
The Garrison 2019-05-03 (Friday)

Audiopollination 71 (feat. Yumiko Yoshimoto / Elizabeth Millar & Mira Martin-Gray / Craig Pederson/styrofoamNosebleedPrincess/Kieran Maraj / Yumiko Yoshimoto/Allison Cameron/Elizabeth Lima)
Array Space 2019-05-05 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #50 (feat. Primate Pyramid / Reknee / Kerhachne)
Wenona Lodge 2019-05-07 (Tuesday)

RADIOfänik (feat. Continuum Contemporary Music)
The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2019-05-10 (Friday)

Allison Cameron Presents: (feat. Quintet)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-05-15 (Wednesday)

Josh Cole/Kurt Newman/Blake Howard
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-05-15 (Wednesday)

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. The Ex / New Fries / Eucalyptus / Abebe Fikade)
The Jam Factory 2019-05-17 (Friday)

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Holiday Rambler / Ruster Never Sleeps)
Wenona Lodge 2019-05-21 (Tuesday)

Jon Langford and His Sadies (Jon Langford & John Szymanski / Eamon McGrath / Jon Langford & The Skull Orchard Welsh Male Chorus)
The Horseshoe Tavern 2019-05-23 (Thursday)

Invocation presents (feat. Sarah Louise / Eiyn Sof / Kurt Newman's Nashville Minimalism Unit)
Array Space 2019-05-24 (Friday)

Blonde Elvis (No Frills / Your 33 Black Angels)
The Baby G 2019-05-27 (Monday)

Furniture Music (feat. The Lady and the Tramp / Queasy Weasel)
Wenona Lodge 2019-05-28 (Tuesday)

Audiopollination 72 (feat. mkl32/Anne-F Jacques/Elizabeth Millar / Craig Pedersen/Mira Martin-Gray/Mark Zurawinski / Tim Olive/Allison Cameron/William Davison)
The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-06-01 (Saturday)

Ayal Senior (Kurt Newman & Heraclitus Akimbo / Nick Flanagan [comedy])
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-06-02 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #51 (feat. Pete Johnston's Bog Standards / Ashley Urquhart and Friends/ Mike Barber)
Wenona Lodge 2019-06-04 (Tuesday)

The Music Gallery's Departures Series: TONE Festival (feat. Dwarfs of East Agouza / Fresh Snow / Omar Bongo)
The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2019-06-06 (Thursday)

Ornate Presents (feat. Bearrah Fawcett)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-06-11 (Tuesday)

TONE Festival & Cramzac Present (feat. Lotte Anker / Silvia Tarozzi/Dan Pencer/Phil Melanson/Germaine Liu)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-06-11 (Tuesday)

Invocation presents (feat. Lubomyr Melnyk)
St. Anne's Anglican Church 2019-06-18 (Tuesday)

Kristian Fourier/Nelson Moneo/Mark Zurawinski
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-06-19 (Wednesday)

KIND MIND (Yves Charuest)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-06-19 (Wednesday)

TONE Festival: Riparian Acoustics & Canadian Music Centre Present (feat. Kat Estacio / CVN / Koeosaeme / Korea Town Acid)
Burdock Music Hall 2019-06-24 (Monday)

Anunnaki (Harmony on Mars / Stargoon / Cola Wars)
Monarch Tavern 2019-06-26 (Wednesday)

TONE Festival: Peter Gough Presents (feat. Cactus Truck / Kaja Draksler/Andrew Furlong/Brodie West / Feecho)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-06-27 (Thursday)

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. Deliluh / New Fries / Eyeballs / Cares)
MOCA 2019-06-29 (Saturday)

Cosmic Homeostasis XI (feat. Ron Blake/mkl32/Niamh Girling/Abigail Trotsky/Chris Trotter/Paul Newman/Laura Swankey/Dame Cook/Mira Martin-Gray/Jordan Brown/Matt Wells/beard closet/Del Stephen/Heraclitus Akimbo)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-06-30 (Sunday)

Nuit Oliphantik! (feat. Chagall Sierra / Hoover Party / Fahmid Nibesh)
Array Space 2019-06-30 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #52 (feat. Orechin/Fraser / BLOOP / Khôra)
Wenona Lodge 2019-07-02 (Tuesday)

Jazz and Otherwise Improvised Musics (feat. American Standard Trio w/ Kayla Milmine and Mira Martin-Gray / Cory Harper-Latkovich)
Wenona Lodge 2019-07-09 (Tuesday)

Aus!Funkt (Stargoon / The New Shaker Sex Addicts)
The Painted Lady 2019-07-14 (Sunday)

Mark Hundevad/Daniel Pencer/Colin Fisher
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-07-28 (Sunday)

Alexei Orechin/Andrew Downing/Yunjin Claire Lee/Bryan Qu (Brandon Davis/Robert Grieve/Mark Ballyk)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-07-28 (Sunday)

Faster Presents (feat. Kieran Maraj / FASTER / Cheryl O & Bob Vespaziani)
Wenona Lodge 2019-07-30 (Tuesday)

Arts in the Park: Labyrinth Ontario (feat. Quraishi)
Flemingdon Park 2019-08-03 (Saturday)

Track Could Bend #53 (feat. Hiroki Tanaka / Del Stephen's Today Versions / Love Children of the Apocalypse)
Wenona Lodge 2019-08-06 (Tuesday)

Laura Barrett (Rainos 'Moyo' Mutamba / Robin Hatch)
Monarch Tavern 2019-08-08 (Thursday)

Arts in the Park: Labyrinth Ontario (feat. Tanjer Alam)
Flemingdon Park 2019-08-10 (Saturday)

Habari Africa Festival (feat. Adam Solomon / Olivier Tshimanga)
Harbourfront Centre – Concert Stage 2019-08-10 (Saturday)

Ayal Senior Presents (feat. Sandy Ewen / Stargoon)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-08-11 (Sunday)

Samantha Riott & Sandy Ewen (Helicopter Money)
Array Space 2019-08-12 (Monday)

Audiopollination (feat. Glitter Queens / Love Children of the Apocalypse)
Wenona Lodge 2019-08-13 (Tuesday)

Music at Tibet Kitchen (feat. Araz Salek / Karen Ng / Dusty / Dorothea Paas)
Tibet Kitchen 2019-08-18 (Sunday)

Grandma's Secret Spices 3: A Night Of Experimental Music (feat. The Databats / Xuan Ye + Brigitte Bardon't / Mike Barber / Sonja)
Handlebar 2019-08-28 (Wednesday)

Intersection Day 1: Music For Subways (feat. Sarah Hennies & Germaine Liu / Clarinet Panic / Mika Posen / Contact)
Sheppard West Station/Pioneer Village Station/Highway 407 Station / Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station 2019-08-29 (Thursday)

Intersection Day 3 (feat. Evan Ziporyn and Contact / Man Forever / Ava Mendoza's Unnatural Ways / Retired / Avrha / Null Point Ensemble / The Velvet Crystals / Lorde Awesome)
Yonge-Dundas Square 2019-08-31 (Saturday)

Intersection Day 4: Music Gallery's Departures Series (feat. Morton Subotnick / Leucrocuta)
Jam Factory 2019-09-01 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #54 (feat. Stephen Lyons / Brittany Craig Group / Michael Palumbo & Glen Hall)
Wenona Lodge 2019-09-03 (Tuesday)

Ghostlight & Colin Fisher
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-09-04 (Wednesday)

Dany Laj & The Looks (catl. / First Base / Secret Wars)
The Horseshoe Tavern 2019-09-06 (Friday)

Audiopollination 75: Self-Curating Project (feat. Rod Campbell/MJ Wright/Aaron Corbett / Curtis Whittaker/Esin Gunduz/Michael Palumbo / James Bailey/Ryan Kinney/Danielle Fernandes / Mark Zurawinski/Michael Lynn/Esin Gunduz/Germaine Liu)
Array Space 2019-09-14 (Saturday)

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Trevor Turple / Germaine Liu/Mira Martin-Gray/Karen Ng)
Wenona Lodge 2019-09-17 (Tuesday)

3M
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-09-18 (Wednesday)

NAIL (Kind Mind)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-09-18 (Wednesday)

The Side Eye (Stargoon / Mira Martin-Gray / Elizabeth Lima)
Array Space 2019-09-20 (Friday)

Ongaku (feat. Thin Edge New Music Collective with Ko Ishikawa, Ami Yamasaki + Akiko Nakayama)
918 Bathurst 2019-09-21 (Saturday)

Ongaku (feat. Thin Edge New Music Collective with Miyama McQueen-Tokita / Urbanvessel [Germaine Liu/Aki Takahashi/Sonja Rainey])
918 Bathurst 2019-09-22 (Sunday)

Music By Harry and Furlong Season 2 Spectacular! (feat. Andrew Furlong/Kayla Milmine/Kurt Newman / Harry Vetro's Search For Eternal Happiness Pt.7)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-09-25 (Wednesday)

Andrew Furlong/Karen Ng/Daniel Pencer/Mark Zurawinski
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-09-26 (Thursday)

Moor Mother (Jerusalem In My Heart)
The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2019-09-27 (Friday)

Marker Starling
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-09-29 (Sunday)

Cosmic Homeostasis XII
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-09-29 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #55 (feat. Infinite Monotremes / Bill Gilliam & Kayla Milmine / Matt Nish-Lapidus & Karen Ng)
Wenona Lodge 2019-10-01 (Tuesday – PWYC!)

Jazz and Otherwise Improvised Musics (feat. Khôra / Paul Newman)
Wenona Lodge 2019-10-08 (Tuesday)

Madeleine Ertel/Reknee Harrett/Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Joe Sorbara
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-10-09 (Wednesday)

The Pernice Brothers
The Dakota Tavern 2019-10-10 (Thursday)

Toronto Improvisors Orchestra
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-10-13 (Sunday)

Coin Operated Duo (Heraclitus Akimbo + Laura Swankey)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-10-13 (Sunday)

X AVANT XIV: Forward (feat. Syreeta Hector/Susanna Hood/Tia Kushniruk/Heather MacPhail/Sahara Morimoto/Germaine Liu / Rebecca Hennessy/Bea Labikova/Karen Ng/Heather Saumer)
The Music Gallery 2019-10-17 (Thursday)

X AVANT XIV: Forward (feat. Lido Pimienta / OKAN)
The Music Gallery 2019-10-18 (Friday)

X AVANT XIV: Forward (feat. Willi Williams and New Chance / Holy Hum)
The Music Gallery 2019-10-19 (Saturday)

X AVANT XIV: Forward (feat. Sarah Hennies / Sound Of The Mountain with Toshimaru Nakamura and Tetuzi Akiyama)
The Music Gallery 2019-10-20 (Sunday)

Furniture Music (feat. Tatsuya Nakatani / Dreamed Meat)
Wenona Lodge 2019-10-22 (Tuesday)

Stephen Parkinson and Friends
The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-10-28 (Monday)

Charlotte Cornfield (LUKA / Karen Ng)
house show 2019-11-02 (Saturday)

Track Could Bend #56 (feat. Naomi McCarroll-Butler with Patrick Smith / Sonja / Andrew Furlong/Bea Labikova/Chris Pruden/Joe Sorbara)
Wenona Lodge 2019-11-05 (Tuesday)

Del Stephen & The Concrete Canvas Group (Small Orbit / Vannessa Barnier / P)
The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-11-06 (Wednesday)

Robert Forster
The Drake Underground 2019-11-12 (Tuesday)

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Ryan Brouwer/Ben Dwyer/Karen Ng / Felicity Williams and Friends)
Wenona Lodge 2019-11-19 (Tuesday)

Riparian Acoustics/CMC Presents (feat. Chik White / Gayle Young)
Canadian Music Centre 2019-11-21 (Thursday)

Long Winter 8.1 (feat. Mingjia / Aaron Dolman / Annacetaminophen / Relly / Quezal / Roach / ZOE / Pretty Matty / Leucrocuta / R. Flex)
The Tranzac 2019-11-22 (Friday)

Emergents I (feat. Sarah Albu & Mári Mákó / Anoush Moazzeni)
The Music Gallery 2019-11-24 (Sunday)

Bea Labikova/Kathryn Merriam/Germaine Liu/Laura Swankey (Kathryn Merriam / Odradek)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-11-30 (Saturday)

Nite Comfort 74 (feat. C.R. Gillespie / Colin Fisher)
Handlebar 2019-12-01 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #57 (feat. Daniel Pencer / No Angels Dancing / Patrick O'Reilly)
Wenona Lodge 2019-12-03 (Tuesday)

Ghostlight
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-04 (Wednesday)

SynapticCircusSundays (feat. Mira Martin-Gray and Kieran Maraj / Craig Dunsmuir's Dun-Dun Band)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-08 (Sunday)

Tania Gill Quartet
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-08 (Sunday)

Colin Fisher/Ted Crosby/Evan Cartwright
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-13 (Friday)

Audiopollination 78 (feat. Mira Martin-Gray & Brian Abbott / Heraclitus Akimbo & Lapis Lion / Neil Wiernik & Cayce Fischer / Coin Operated Duo)
Array Space 2019-12-14 (Saturday)

No Octopus Dancing Holiday Bash (feat. Allison Cameron/Germaine Liu/Mark Zurawinski/Kurt Newman/Mike Smith/D. Alex Meeks/Daniel Pencer/Matti Pulkki)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-18 (Wednesday)

Josh Cole presents (feat. Lina Allemano/Rob Clutton/Blake Howard/Brodie West)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-18 (Wednesday)

Holiday Wassail (feat. Kith&Kin)
Glad Day Bookshop 2019-12-19 (Thursday)

Kurt Newman Yuletide Music Party (feat. Mark Zurawinski Out to Lunch Band / Helicopter Money / Kurt's Louvin Brothers Band)
Array Space 2019-12-20 (Friday)

Karen Ng Presents: The Boxing Day Special (feat. Neil Wiernik/Erin Corbett/Dame Cook / Kieran Maraj/Bob Vespaziani/Victor O)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-26 (Thursday)

Aurochs
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-27 (Friday)

The Ryan Driver Sextet
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-27 (Friday)

UR/Invocation Year End Spectacular! (feat. Sing Leaf)
The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-12-29 (Sunday)

Cosmic Homeostasis XIII (feat. Scott M2/Paul Newman/Matt Wells/Dame Cook/Victor O/Patrick O'Reilly/styrofoamNosebleedPrincess/Mickle32/Maggie Keogh/Del Stephen/Nilan x/Mira Martin-Gray/Stefan Powell/Heraclitus Akimbo)
The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-29 (Sunday)

Monday, December 30, 2019

Concert Listings Roundup #334

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.


This week's noteworthy shows:

The Sadies (The Minus 5) / The Horseshoe Tavern 2019-12-31 (Tuesday) [more info]

New Year's Eve Bash (feat. catl. / All Seeing Eyes) / The Dakota Tavern 2019-12-31 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Tranzac NYE (feat. Hot Garbage / Mother Tongues / Myst Milano / Rapport / Char Aragoza) / The Tranzac 2019-12-31 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Tania Gill Trio [Tania Gill/Nico Dann/Rob Clutton] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-01-03 (Friday – early!)

Winter's Drone (feat. Escote / Esther Splett / Cetacea/Cares / Hexzuul) / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2020-01-03 (Friday) [FB event]

Class Of 2020 (feat. Burner / WLMRT / Luge / Dish Pit / Piper Maru) / Monarch Tavern 2020-01-04 (Saturday) [FB event]

Trevor Giancola/Kelly Jefferson/Dan Fortin/Adam Arruda [Sonnet 18 album release show!] / Burdock Music Hall 2020-01-04 (Saturday) [FB event]

Team Building ["new songs, works in progress, thoughts in sound"] (feat. ZOË / Nick Dourado / Sean Donald / Carly Ogonek / Sarah Greene / Jake Roels / Luke Kuplowsky) / Burdock Music Hall 2020-01-05 (Sunday – early show @ 5:30 p.m.!) [FB event]

First Sunday Jam / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2020-01-05 (Sunday) [FB event]

Nite Comfort 75 (feat. Pursuit Grooves / Autotectonic) / Handlebar 2020-01-05 (Sunday) [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!

Piano Fest (feat. Colour and Noise [Tara Kannangara/Patrick O'Reilly/Aidan Sibley/Alex Fournier/Ashley Urquhart]) / Burdock Music Hall 2020-01-06 (Monday) [FB event]

Heraclitus Akimbo/Paul Newman / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-01-07 (Tuesday – extra-early set, 5 to 7 p.m.! PWYC!)

Audiopollination 79 (feat. Diane Roblin/Jeff Luciani/Jaime Redford / Emjay Wright/Curtis Whittaker/Lapis Lion / Arnd Jurgensen/Mark Michelli/Rebecca Gray / Brian Abbott/Leslie Ting/Tomasz Krakowiak) / Array Space 2020-01-11 (Saturday) [FB event]

Furniture Music Composition Workshop #13 ["bring in whatever you please (composition sketches, drawings, finished tunes, text pieces, leadsheet tunes) for us to play and discuss"] (feat. The Unknown Guitar Quartet (Brian Abbott/Luan Phung/Rob Grieve/Patrick O'Reilly]) / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2020-01-12 (Sunday – starts @ 5 p.m.!) [FB event]

BLOOP [Lina Allemano/Mike Smith] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-01-12 (Sunday) [FB event]

Golden Star Garden Trio [Brian Abbott/Colin Hinton/Tom Weeks] (Mute Swan Quartet [Andrew Furlong/Colin Hinton/Kayla Milmine/Chris Pruden]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-01-21 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Sessa (André Ethier) / The Baby G 2020-02-01 (Saturday) [FB event]

Monday, December 23, 2019

Concert Listings Roundup #333

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:

Karen Ng Presents: The Boxing Day Special (feat. Neil Wiernik/Erin Corbett/Kieran Maraj/Dame Cook/Bob Vespaziani/Victor O) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-26 (Thursday) [FB event]

UR/Invocation Year End Spectacular! (feat. Man Meets Bear/Oan Uanna/Sing Leaf/MOOONS/Eiyn Sof) / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-12-29 (Sunday – afternoon/evening event, 1 to 7 p.m.! All-ages and family-friendly!) [FB event]

Cosmic Homeostasis XIII [album recording fundraiser!] (feat. Paul Newman/Mike Lynn/Dame Cook/Nilan Perera/Mira Martin-Gray/Rob Cruickshank/Patrick O'Reilly/Heraclitus Akimbo + more TBA!) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-29 (Sunday – afternoon show, 3 to 5 p.m.! PWYC!) [FB event]

In a quiet holiday week, let's remember to give thanks for the always-reliable Tranzac, which will be keeping us entertained not only with regular residency nights (Friday's Aurochs/Ryan Driver double-header could easily be in this list as well!) but also special seasonal celebrations. The UR/Invocation annual year-end celebration is a quality, low-key hang (with some mellow drones from Cosmic Homeostasis occupying a parallel path) but the stealth gem here is a really cool Boxing Day night of strange electroacoustic sounds curated by Victor O.


This week's noteworthy shows:

Angela Morris + Friends [Alex Samaras/Nathaniel Morgan/Thom Gill/Angela Morris] (Quinsin Nachoff/Michael Davidson/Evan Cartwright) / The Emmet Ray 2019-12-23 (Monday) [FB event]

Aurochs / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-01-27 (Friday – early!)

The Ryan Driver Sextet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-01-27 (Friday)


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!

Winter's Drone (feat. Escote / Esther Splett / Cetacea/Cares / Hexzuul) / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2020-01-03 (Friday) [FB event]

Nite Comfort 75 (feat. Pursuit Grooves / Autotectonic) / Handlebar 2020-01-05 (Sunday) [FB event]

Piano Fest (feat. Mingjia & Strings) / Burdock Music Hall 2020-01-07 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Long Winter 8.3 (feat. Korea Town Acid / Boosie Fade / Kiwi Jr. / BBQ Pope / No Frills / Ian Daniel Kehoe / Nailbiter / Joseph Shabason / Robin Hatch / Ichi-Bons) / Gladstone Hotel 2020-01-11 (Saturday) [FB event]

Greydini (bBomit / Avant Kool) / The Cavern Bar 2020-01-11 (Saturday) [FB event]

SynapticCircusSundays (feat. Ryan Driver/Tania Gill/Ashley Urquhart [round robin Thelonious Monk musical chair thing] / Alex Fournier/Phil Melanson/Nilan Perera) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-01-12 (Sunday – early!) [FB event]

Ornate Presents (feat. Mingjia [solo] / Harry Bartlett's Sweetland [Harry Bartlett/Madeline Ertel/Mingjia Chen/Harry Vetro/Caleb Klager]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-01-14 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

Winter Matinee Residency (feat. Ronley Teper and The Lipliners) / The Dakota Tavern 2020-01-19 (Sunday – 3 to 5 p.m.! All ages, kids are free!) [FB event]

Remembering Arachnidiscs (Label Memorial and Album Launch) (feat. Heraclitus Akimbo & Beard Closet / Eiyn Sof & Dark Bird / M. Mucci/Khôra/Totenbaum Träger / The BABEL Ensemble [Jakob Rehlinger/Kayla Milmine/Matthew Fava/M. Mucci/Dominic Marion/Eiyn Sof/Roan Bateman]) / Array Space 2020-01-19 (Sunday – early show, doors @ 5:30! all ages + family-friendly!) [FB event]

What Now? We Wait. [debut performance, featuring "improv trashy funky dancey music"] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2020-01-22 (Wednesday – early!)

Riparian Acoustics presents (feat. Rebecca Bruton / Ways) / Canadian Music Centre 2020-01-23 (Thursday) [FB event]

Convergence Theory (feat. Xuan Ye / Adam Scime / Emilie LeBel) / Victory Social Club 2020-01-25 (Saturday) [FB event]

Triple Album Release! (feat. Völur [featuring a 12-tone string quartet] / Raphael Weinroth-Browne / Robin Hatch) / The Garrison 2020-01-31 (Friday) [FB event]

Winter Matinee Residency (feat. Ronley Teper and The Lipliners) / The Dakota Tavern 2020-02-16 (Sunday – 3 to 5 p.m.! All ages, kids are free!) [FB event]

Toronto Noise Fest & Untitled Zine Present: Winter Noise Fest (feat. Taskmaster / Crrotting / Bbmomit / CARES / Memorycarderror / Perpetual Cycle / Paulabulus / Cosmic Heart Crisis) / 254 Lansdowne 2020-02-16 (Sunday) [FB event]

Winter Matinee Residency (feat. Ronley Teper and The Lipliners) / The Dakota Tavern 2020-03-15 (Sunday – 3 to 5 p.m.! All ages, kids are free!) [FB event]

Winter Matinee Residency (feat. Ronley Teper and The Lipliners) / The Dakota Tavern 2020-04-19 (Sunday – 3 to 5 p.m.! All ages, kids are free!) [FB event]

Sunday, December 22, 2019

Recording: chik white

Artist: chik white

Songs: [two pieces]

Recorded at the Canadian Music Centre (Riparian Acoustics/CMC Presents), November 21, 2019.

Chik White - [second piece]

Chik White - [last piece]

This edition of the CMC's Nick Storring-curated concert series presented two musicians drawing inspiration from nature and applying that to very different sonic realms. Darcy Spidle (who performs as chik white) has been sharing the sounds of West Chezzetcook via his field recordings, and his relationship with the ocean at his front door also deeply informs his performance practice with the jaw harp. Unlike the last time I saw him, Spidle has shifted to a standing pose, adding a sense of coiled energy to his performance — and possibly a hint of stand-up comedy as well, as he embraces the ludicrous sounds that his throat and mouth can generate even as he deals with the physical damage his chosen instrument can cause.

This webstream of this full concert is still available to peruse in the CMC's archive:

You can also revisit the talk that Spidle gave about his artistic practice — as well as the history of the jaw harp — on the day before this concert:

[The Riparian Acoustics/CMC Presents season continues on Thursday, January 23rd, featuring Rebecca Bruton & the return of Brodie West and Evan Cartwright's duo Ways.]

Recording: Gayle Young

Artist: Gayle Young

Song: Citrina Lichen

Recorded at the Canadian Music Centre (Riparian Acoustics/CMC Presents), November 21, 2019.

Gayle Young - Citrina Lichen

This edition of the CMC's Nick Storring-curated concert series presented two musicians drawing inspiration from nature and applying that to very different sonic realms. Gayle Yong's microtonally-scaled stringed instruments shared space with some field recordings — on two of the pieces with water sounds recorded through tuned resonators, and here on a 96-tone octave piano — her bows, mallets and sticks on stings creating enveloping, aqueous zones.

This webstream of this full concert is still available to peruse in the CMC's archive:

[The Riparian Acoustics/CMC Presents season continues on Thursday, January 23rd, featuring Rebecca Bruton & the return of Brodie West and Evan Cartwright's duo Ways.]

Friday, December 20, 2019

Recording: Felicity Williams and Friends

Artist: Felicity Williams and Friends

Songs: Birds and Beasts [words by Al Purdy] + Arabesque

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Music Hosted by Karen Ng), November 19, 2019.

Felicity Williams and Friends - Birds and Beasts

Felicity Williams and Friends - Arabesque

A wonderful and too-rare opportunity to hear local treasure Felicity Williams — a champion support player with her vocal prowess — leading an ensemble. Joined by frequent harmonizer Robin Dann on vocals, they were backed by Bernice compadre Dan Fortin on double bass plus Daniel Pencer on sax and Yunjin Claire Lee on synth. Moving from abstract sound sculptures, choir pieces and formal compositions (Messiaen's "O Sacrum Convivium" was tackled), there were also a couple dips into Williams' Al Purdy songs and a couple new pieces. One of those glowing moments where the spirit of The Holy Oak felt alive and well.

Recording: Brouwer/Dwyer/Ng

Artist: Ryan Brouwer/Ben Dwyer/Karen Ng

Songs: [excerpt from first piece] + [excerpt from third piece] (feat. Anh Phung)

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Music Hosted by Karen Ng), November 19, 2019.

Ryan Brouwer/Ben Dwyer/Karen Ng/Anh Phung - [excerpt from third piece]

Ryan Brouwer/Ben Dwyer/Karen Ng - [excerpt from first piece]

Emerging from bassist Ben Dwyer's quiet flutters, the meditatively-dreamy intensity that this set launched itself with seemed to take the musicians by surprise, though Ryan Brouwer (on flugelhorn) and Karen Ng (on alto sax) drilled into the zone for a spell before letting things swell up. For the final piece in the set, they called up Anh Phung, whose flute added some nice little curls of sound to close things out.

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Recording: Robert Forster

Artist: Robert Forster

Songs: Clouds + Baby Stones + Spring Rain + Life Has Turned a Page + Demon Days + Surfing Magazines

Recorded at The Drake Underground, November 12, 2019.

Robert Forster - Clouds

Robert Forster - Baby Stones

Robert Forster - Spring Rain

Robert Forster - Life Has Turned a Page

Robert Forster - Demon Days

Robert Forster - Surfing Magazines

A rare chance to spend an evening with a top-notch songwriter saw Robert Forster taking to a bare stage at the Drake with only an acoustic guitar and a lifetime's supply of tunes. As hinted at by the selection of songs above, he essayed all eras of his career, from the ebullience of The Go-Betweens' heyday, to his first solo phase in the band's interregnum, to the group's turn-of-the-millenium reformation (with special attention paid to last album/late-era standout Oceans Apart), to the series of solo albums he has released following Grant McLennan's untimely passing.

At the end of a long tour and on the other side of the world from the infernos engulfing his native Australia, Forster was stoic but upbeat, sharing a few stories and some self-deprecating humour (including telegraphing a guitar solo with the warning that his guitar playing is normally "not a feature reviewers normally mention"). Equally capable at relating the breezy singalong joy of "Surfing Magazines" as the something's-gone-wrong melancholy of "Demon Days", McLennan's songs often pause to re-evaluate the past, so this wide-ranging retrospective suited things quite well.

Monday, December 16, 2019

Concert Listings Roundup #332

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:

No Octopus Dancing Holiday Bash (feat. Allison Cameron/Germaine Liu/Mark Zurawinski/Kurt Newman/Mike Smith/D. Alex Meeks/Daniel Pencer and more!) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-18 (Wednesday – early!) [FB event]

Josh Cole presents (feat. Lina Allemano/Rob Clutton/Blake Howard/Brodie West) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-18 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Once more it's a phenomenal double-header at The Tranzac on Wednesday, with great shows in both early and late slots mixing familiar collaborators into seasonally-new reconfigurations.


This week's noteworthy shows:

Deep Sea Movements [Yunjin Claire Lee/Hayden Farrar/Michael Davidson]) / La Rev 2019-12-16 (Monday) [FB event]

Jim Lewis/Frank Lozano/Michael Davidson/Mark Godfrey / The Emmet Ray 2019-12-16 (Monday) [FB event]

Holiday Wassail (feat. Kith&Kin) / Glad Day Bookshop 2019-12-19 (Thursday) [FB event]

Bidiniband (Woodchoppers' Orchestra) / The Dakota Tavern 2019-12-20 (Friday – early!) [FB event]

Kurt Newman Yuletide Music Party (feat. Mark Zurawinski Out to Lunch band / Helicopter Money) / Array Space 2019-12-20 (Friday) [FB event]

Jennifer Castle (New Chance) / Longboat Hall 2019-12-21 (Saturday) [FB event]

Becoming Song (feat. Araz Salek/Jonathan Kay/Andrew Kay) / Burdock Music Hall 2019-12-22 (Sunday – early!) [FB event]

The Tap Beat Bang Collective ["Exploring the art of tap dance with live music"] / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-12-22 (Sunday)

Cosmic Country For Communists Holiday Show / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-22 (Sunday – early!)

Pete Johnston’s Radio Silence / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-22 (Sunday)

Solstice Show (feat. Clara Engel) / Hirut Café 2019-12-22 (Sunday) [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!

Angela Morris + Friends [Alex Samaras/Nathaniel Morgan/Thom Gill/Angela Morris] (Quinsin Nachoff/Michael Davidson/Evan Cartwright) / The Emmet Ray 2019-12-23 (Monday) [FB event]

UR/Invocation Year End Spectacular! (feat. Man Meets Bear/Oan Uanna/Sing Leaf/MOOONS/Eiyn Sof) / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-12-29 (Sunday – afternoon/evening event, 1 to 7 p.m.! All-ages and family-friendly!) [FB event]

Keerat Kaur (Loom) / Hugh's Room 2020-01-09 (Thursday) [FB event]

New Music Concerts: The Mouths That Roar (feat. Gabriel Dharmoo / Janice Jackson) / The Music Gallery 2020-01-10 (Friday) [FB event]

Ziibiwan [Giizis album release!] (Phèdre / Melody McKiver) / The Music Gallery 2019-01-25 (Saturday) [FB event]

Jeremy Dutcher ["public rehearsal and research session... presenting new material for the first time"] / Aga Khan Museum 2002-02-08 (Saturday) [FB event]

Rumi Canada presents (feat. Hayiran Ensemble) / Aga Khan Museum 2002-02-15 (Saturday) [FB event]

U.S. Girls / Paradise Theatre 2020-02-15 (Saturday) [FB event]

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Recording: Del Stephen & The Concrete Canvas Group

Artist: Del Stephen & The Concrete Canvas Group

Song: In Drawing

Recorded at The Tranzac (Tiki Room), November 6, 2019.

Del Stephen & The Concrete Canvas Group - In Drawing

Definitely a fan of an autumnal gathering in the Tranzac's Tiki Room, Del Stephen brought together frequent collaborator Jeff Sinibaldi (on tabletop percussive electronic bricacbrac) with Liz Lima (clarinet) and Andrew Finlay Stewart (violin). The city is Stephen's concrete canvas, and between musical pieces he shared some poems, but the main thrust here was to provide some sonic inspiration for artist Misaki Shibuya, who live-painted while the group produced some warm grooves and deliberative droners like this one.

Recording: Small Orbit

Artist: Small Orbit

Song: unknown*

Recorded at The Tranzac (Tiki Room), November 6, 2019.

Small Orbit - unknown

Katherine Walker-Jones brought her song project to the Tranzac's Tiki Room, sharing some new tunes — bedroom strumming for heartaches, day-to-day joys, and other cosmic concerns. There are now a couple tunes up on her bandcamp for the listener's consideration, which gives a slightly-different flavour than the shared vulnerability of this first draft's raw directness.

* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Recording: Furlong/Labikova/Pruden/Sorbara

Artist: Andrew Furlong/Bea Labikova/Chris Pruden/Joe Sorbara

Songs: [excerpt 1] + [excerpt 2] (feat. Naomi McCarroll-Butler and Patrick Smith)

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #56), November 5, 2019.

Andrew Furlong/Bea Labikova/Chris Pruden/Joe Sorbara - [excerpt 1]

Andrew Furlong/Bea Labikova/Chris Pruden/Joe Sorbara with Naomi McCarroll-Butler and Patrick Smith - [excerpt 2]

Drummer Joe Sorbara decided to celebrate a birthday in one of the best ways possible — playing music with some friends. To that end, he brought along Bea Labikova (sax), Chris Pruden (piano) and Andrew Furlong (double bass) to launch into some galloping sprints and quieter meditations. To close things out, he waved up saxophonists Naomi McCarroll-Butler and Patrick Smith, who had opened up the night, to add some Trane/Pharoah uplift.

Recording: Sonja

Artist: Sonja

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #56), November 5, 2019.

Sonja - [excerpt]

I had first encountered Sofie Mikhaylova creating some live modular sounds at one of her Grandma's Secret Spices events and was quite pleased to have her mix in with some different sound-worlds at TCB. Like a space-cruise stopping to unwind at some beat-driven planets, there were some cool/crunchy asteroid belt encounters in the dividing zones as well.

[Sonja has posted her full recording of her set over on her soundcloud; my recording has some more "room" mixed into it so you can hear the low-end rattling the tin ceiling tiles a bit.]

Recording: Naomi McCarroll-Butler with Patrick Smith

Artist: Naomi McCarroll-Butler with Patrick Smith

Song: [first section]*

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #56), November 5, 2019.

Naomi McCarroll-Butler with Patrick Smith - [first section]

Beautiful work from Naomi McCarroll-Butler, joined by Patrick Smith in a duo for sax and infinity drones. Taking stock of the season, McCarroll-Butler had solicited some texts from friends and subjected them to a cut-up technique, reading randomly-drawn sentences at breakpoints between saxophone workouts.

* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Recording: Charlotte Cornfield

Artist: Charlotte Cornfield

Songs: Storm Clouds + Andrew

Recorded at a house party, November 2, 2019.

Charlotte Cornfield - Storm Clouds

Charlotte Cornfield - Andrew

Are house shows the Next Big Thing? Wooed by the glitz of app-enabled venture capital companies, there've been some thinkpieces on this topic lately, as if people gathering together with their friends and making music was an unconsidered possibility before there was a profiteering digital middleman on the scene. Still, as affordable spaces for intimate performances dwindle in our city, more folks do seem to be open to sharing their spaces for small-scale shows — which, on the one hand, creates wonderful opportunities to see great artists up close (and pay them money directly for their art!) but could also reinforce our music scenes as siloed, gated communities, where you have to "know someone" to even know that a cool show is happening.

Closing out the "show" portion of this particular birthday party, Charlotte Cornfield stripped back some of the songs from her The Shape of Your Name album, as well as testing out some new material — one song was even new to drummer Evan Cartwright (who was doing double-duty on the night).

Recording: LUKA

Artist: LUKA

Songs: Me for Real [Arthur Russell cover] + O, My Heart is Full

Recorded at a house party, November 2, 2019.

LUKA - Me for Real

LUKA - O, My Heart is Full

Are house shows the Next Big Thing? Wooed by the glitz of app-enabled venture capital companies, there've been some thinkpieces on this topic lately, as if people gathering together with their friends and making music was an unconsidered possibility before there was a profiteering digital middleman on the scene. Still, as affordable spaces for intimate performances dwindle in our city, more folks do seem to be open to sharing their spaces for small-scale shows — which, on the one hand, creates wonderful opportunities to see great artists up close (and pay them money directly for their art!) but could also reinforce our music scenes as siloed, gated communities, where you have to "know someone" to even know that a cool show is happening.

A house show like this is also a chance to play for a very on-side crowd, so Luke Kuplowsky and company (which was, on this night, Josh Cole on bass, Thom Gill on guit and Evan Cartwright on drums) were able not only to "rehearse" some new covers before taking them into the studio, but also to bring out some old faves for a hearty singalong. (Karen Ng, after playing a solo set to open up the night, is sitting in for the latter.)

Recording: Karen Ng

Artist: Karen Ng

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at a house party, November 2, 2019.

Karen Ng - [excerpt]

Are house shows the Next Big Thing? Wooed by the glitz of app-enabled venture capital companies, there've been some thinkpieces on this topic lately, as if people gathering together with their friends and making music was an unconsidered possibility before there was a profiteering digital middleman on the scene. Still, as affordable spaces for intimate performances dwindle in our city, more folks do seem to be open to sharing their spaces for small-scale shows — which, on the one hand, creates wonderful opportunities to see great artists up close (and pay them money directly for their art!) but could also reinforce our music scenes as siloed, gated communities, where you have to "know someone" to even know that a cool show is happening.

Eschewing even the basement's vaguely-defined "stage" zone, Karen Ng sat down among the crowd and started the night with a short set of solo sax sounds.

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Recording: Stephen Parkinson & Friends

Artist: Stephen Parkinson & Friends

Songs: [two edited excerpts]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Tiki Room), October 28, 2019.

Stephen Parkinson & Friends - [set 1, edited excerpt]

Stephen Parkinson & Friends - [set 2, edited excerpt]

Stephen Parkinson was back in town and visiting some old haunts, so Allison Cameron put this show together to give him a chance to make some sounds as well. Based around the No Angels Dancing axis, with D. Alex Meeks joining for the second set, the quartet was rounded out by one Heraclitus Akimbo, adding some garbled underwater-y sounds to go along with Parkinson's chittering guitar explorations.

Monday, December 9, 2019

Concert Listings Roundup #331

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.


This week's noteworthy shows:

Sdradnats [Michael Davidson/Lina Allemano/Dan Fortin]) / La Rev 2019-12-09 (Monday) [FB event]

Ornate Presents (feat. Tyrannick Love [Edwin Sheard/Patrick O’Reilly/Phil Albert/Stefan Hegerat]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-10 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

Furniture Music + JAOIM: Cobra (feat. Mingjia Jessica Chen / Bea Labikova / Naomi McCarroll-Butler / Rob Grieve / Ashley Urquhart / Andrew Furlong / Raphael Roter / Joe Sorbara / Alex Fournier) / Wenona Lodge 2019-12-10 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Broadway Brodie Andrews [Andrew Zukerman/Brodie West] (Smifty [Matt Smith]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-11 (Wednesday – early!) [FB event]

Most Popular Mic Touching Sounds (Formerly Cramzac) (feat. Christof Migone / Alicia Grant) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-10 (Tuesday)

Madeleine Ertel/Reknee Harrett/Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Joe Sorbara (Lina Allemano) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-11 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Riparian Acoustics/CMC Presents (feat. David Schotzko) / Canadian Music Centre 2019-12-12 (Thursday) [more info]

Double Album Release Show (feat. Badge Époque Ensemble / André Ethier) / Lula Lounge 2019-12-12 (Thursday) [FB event]

Winter Dance Party (feat. Beams / Suitcase Sam / Tequila Jay & Los Diablos) / Monarch Tavern 2019-12-12 (Thursday) [FB event]

Long Winter 8.2: Festival of Cool/The Arctic Night] (feat. Anamai / Joanne Pollock / Casey MQ / Boy Pussy / Group Hug / Dalia Dargazli / Allysin Chaynes / Alexandher Brandy / Tago Mago / Frosty Valentine / Memory Pearl / Small Time Giants / Elle Márjá / Digawolf) / Harbourfront Centre 2019-12-13 (Friday – all ages! PWYC!) [FB event]

Dustiny / Gladstone Melody Bar 2019-12-13 (Friday) [FB event]

2001: A Space Odyssey [with Original Live Score] (feat. RØISEN) / Paradise Theatre 2019-12-13 (Friday) [FB event]

Colin Fisher/Ted Crosby/Evan Cartwright / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-13 (Friday) [FB event]

Audiopollination 78 (feat. Mira Martin-Gray/Brian Abbott/Alex Whyte / Heraclitus Akimbo/Rory Hoy/Lapis Lion / Neil Wiernik/Matt Nish-Lapidus/Heidi Chan / Coin Operated Duo) / Array Space 2019-12-14 (Saturday) [FB event]

The Art of the Piano: Dreams and Reveries (feat. Marilyn Lerner) / Gallery 345 2019-12-14 (Saturday) [FB event]

Paul Linklater and friends / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-15 (Sunday – afternoon show @ 5 p.m.!) [FB event]

Pop. 1280 (WHIMM) / Monarch Tavern 2019-12-15 (Sunday) [FB event]

Somewhere There presents (feat. Meghan Gilhespy/Ben Frost/Patrick O'Reilly) / The Emmet Ray 2019-12-15 (Sunday – PWYC!) [FB event]

Underorder (Lake Versions / Cetacea) / Handlebar 2019-12-15 (Sunday) [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!

Deep Sea Movements [Yunjin Claire Lee/Hayden Farrar/Michael Davidson]) / La Rev 2019-12-16 (Monday) [FB event]

Track Could Bend #58 (feat. Dirty Inputs / Quartz Ibex [Kurt Newman/Mira Martin-Grey] / The Simpsons Live [Thom Gill + co.]) / Wenona Lodge 2020-01-07 (Tuesday – PWYC!) [FB event]

Hélène Barbier (Motorists / Elrichman) / The Boat 2020-01-23 (Thursday) [FB event]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. Mdou Moctar) / The Garrison 2020-03-15 (Sunday) [FB event]