Recording: Priest/Driver/Clutton

Artist: Eldritch Priest/Ryan Driver/Rob Clutton

Songs: Blue in Green [composers: Bill Evans/Miles Davis] + Nature Boy [composer: eden ahbez]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), April 22, 2022.

Eldritch Priest/Ryan Driver/Rob Clutton - Blue in Green

Eldritch Priest/Ryan Driver/Rob Clutton - Nature Boy

Unsurprisingly, given the musical/scholarly circles he circulated in when he lived in Toronto, the now-Vancouver-based guitarist Eldritch Priest attracted a crowd to the Southern Cross that could have been assembled into some rather interesteing bands (or academic panels). In town to celebrate the release of his Omphaloskepsis album (out on Halocline Trance), Priest brought the amorphous "navel gazing" tone that's heard on the album but also provided some structure by giving double bassist Rob Clutton and synthesist Ryan Driver some charts — a middle ground perhaps, between a standards set and some boring formless nonsense.

Monday Roundup #67

Someday this space might be mostly concert listings again, but for now Monday roundups might include a romp through the MFS archives, some bandcamp suggestions, nods to a few livestreams, and sundry community notes (email me if you have anything that needs broadcast in the latter category!).

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Community notes:

• As you'll see in the concert listings below, the centrepiece of this week is definitely the Women From Space festival. It's worth amplifying that, with the additional note that the experience will be enriched with a series of "Space Talks", pre-concert chats presented on Thursday through Saturday by Musicworks Magazine featuring a wide variety of the festival's performers (including Sara Constant, Aline Homzy, Susanna Hood, Nicole Rampersaud, Paramorph Collective, Lisa Conway, Lori Freedman, Grace Scheele, TUSH and Ronley Teper) digging deeper into their work. [nightly at 7.]

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Livestream nation:

• Exit Points #26 (on Wednesday night) sees two sets of electroacoustic free-improvisation, from Pouya Hamidi/Black Galaxie/Esin Gunduz and Ayako Kato/Aida Khorsandi/Thispatcher, plus the usual community-engaged partitipatory explorations.

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Concert announcements:

catl (The Barettas) / The Dakota Tavern 2022-05-07 (Saturday). $19.13 advance. [FB event]

Destroyer (Rosali) / The Phoenix Concert Theatre 2022-05-10 (Tuesday). $37.08 advance, 19+. [FB event]

TONE Presents (feat. CLCJ [Chris Pitsiokos/Luke Stewart/Chris Williams/Jason Nazary] / LUGE / Colin Fisher Trio [Colin Fisher/Andrew Furlong/Nick Fraser]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-05-13 (Friday – 8:30 p.m.!). $10 Adv / $12 Door. [FB event]

ALIVE (feat. Dorothea Paas / No Frills / Poolblood) / The Garrison 2022-05-18 (Wednesday). $5.00 Advance, 19+. [FB event]

Motorists (UV-TV / SAP) / The Baby G 2022-05-18 (Wednesday). $19.85 advance. [FB event]

Venus Fest presents (feat. Charlotte Cornfield / Poolblood) / Longboat Hall 2022-05-19 (Thursday). $$22.72 advance, 19+. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Joe's birthday show! (feat. Paul Newman & Heraclitus Akimbo / Wenderly Park [Fahmid Nibesh & Heraclitus Akimbo]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-25 (Monday – 6 to 8 p.m.!) [FB event]

Nick Fraser Presents (feat. Thom Gill) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-26 (Tuesday)

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. ---__--___ [Seth Graham/More Eaze] / Man Made Hill / Wolfgang Gray) / The Baby G 2022-04-27 (Wednesday). $17.70 advance, 19+. [more info]

Music By Harry and Furlong (feat. The Search For Eternal Happiness Part 2.0 [Harry Vetro/Caleb Klager/Patrick O'Reilly] / Andrew Furlong/Robert Grieve) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-27 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Women From Space Festival 2022 (feat. Nicole Rampersaud / Paramorph Collective / Racha Moukalled/Elizabeth Brown/Aline Homzy/Ilyse Krivel / Susanna Hood/Tania Gill/Kayla Milmine) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2022-04-28 (Thursday). Early bird tickets $12 (before April 1st)/Regular-priced tickets $15/Early bird festival passes $40 (before April 1st)/Regular-priced festival passes $50. [FB event]

Scott Hardware (Whimm) / Sneaky Dee's 2022-04-28 (Thursday). $15, 19+. [tickets + info]

Women From Space Festival 2022 (feat. Lisa Conway/Emma Ongman / Kristine White/Bee Pallomina/Germaine Liu / Neema Bickersteth/Jessica McMann/Dot Starkey / Sara Constant / Lori Freedman/Scott Thomson) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2022-04-29 (Friday). Early bird tickets $12 (before April 1st)/Regular-priced tickets $15/Early bird festival passes $40 (before April 1st)/Regular-priced festival passes $50. [FB event]

Aurochs / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-29 (Friday – early!)

The Ryan Driver Sextet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-29 (Friday)

Nocturnes: solo piano (feat. Cheryl Duvall) [World premiere performances by Anna Höstman and Sean Clarke, alongside other similarly dreamy contemporary works for solo piano by Linda Catlin Smith, Jonathan Bailey Holland and Yaz Lancaster.] / Annette Studios 2022-04-29 (Friday). $30 regular, $20 Arts Worker/Senior/Student, $10 livestream access. Limited seating, reservations suggested. [FB event]

CCMC with special guest Nilan Perera / Array Space 2022-04-29 (Friday). $pwyc / event will be livestreamed.

Women From Space Festival 2022 (feat. Aisha Sasha John/Brenda Joy Lem / Kayla Milmine/Geordie Haley/Peter Morin / Ronley Teper & The Lipliners / TUSH) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2022-04-30 (Saturday). Early bird tickets $12 (before April 1st)/Regular-priced tickets $15/Early bird festival passes $40 (before April 1st)/Regular-priced festival passes $50. [FB event]

Jesse Levine / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-30 (Saturday)

Women From Space Festival 2022 (feat. Kathryn Merriam/Isabelle Clermont/Grace Scheele/Elysha Vorstenbosch / Marilyn Lerner / PIQSIQ / Sook-Yin Lee) / 918 Bathurst 2022-05-01 (Sunday). Early bird tickets $12 (before April 1st)/Regular-priced tickets $15/Early bird festival passes $40 (before April 1st)/Regular-priced festival passes $50. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on April 29, 2015 at Array Space (The Music Gallery's Departures Series).

Barnyard Drama - Miss Otis Regrets

Brodie West & Fleshtone Aura - [third piece]

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Recording: A Josh Cole Quintet

Artist: A Josh Cole Quintet

Songs: [three excerpts]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), April 20, 2022.

A Josh Cole Quintet - [set 1, 2nd piece excerpt]

A Josh Cole Quintet - [set 2, 1st piece excerpt]

A Josh Cole Quintet - [set 2, 2nd piece excerpt]

I like it when musicians present a group with the indefinite article at the start of the name — an implication that the audience is witnessing just one of many possibilities that could have emerged on this occasion. This particular ad hoc quintet, convened for some improvisations while Kind Mind takes a month off in its usual slot in Josh Cole's Tranzac residency, took the rarely-seen step of inviting another bassist (Rob Clutton) along for the ride, and surrounded them with sounds from Jim Lewis (trumpet), Ryan Driver (analog synth) and Blake Howard (blanket filled with cymbals). Those ingredients combined for some fine squeak-clomp as sounds waxed and waned, those two basses working together underneath it all.

Recording: Never Was

Artist: Never Was

Song: Pebbles [composer: Madeleine Ertel]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), April 13, 2022.

Never Was - Pebbles

This group evolved from Joe Sorbara's musical and community building activites when he was presenting "Music By & For Ken Aldcroft", and has continued evolving as performances take shape around members' busy schedules. That means, for example, while Naomi McCarroll-Butler is occupied with other projects, Patrick O'Reilly has been brought in the fold to emboider the tunes with his guitar and effects. Here, you can hear him underpinning trumpeter Madeleine Ertel's piece with a calm bassline before heading off into the stratosphere. Look for the band in the Southern Cross on the second Wednesday of every month.

Monday Roundup #66

Someday this space might be mostly concert listings again, but for now Monday roundups might include a romp through the MFS archives, some bandcamp suggestions, nods to a few livestreams, and sundry community notes (email me if you have anything that needs broadcast in the latter category!).

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Video hits:

• Amazing visuals + beautiful sounds from Brandon Valdivia in this new Mas Aya performance:

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Livestream nation:

• The AMBiENT PiNG streams a free concert with Mikrosleep + PHOLDE [Knurl's Alan Bloor] live on Twitch on Sunday (April 24th) at 9pm ET. (The show will be archived at that url for two weeks after the event, as well.)

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Concert announcements:

Joe's birthday show! (feat. Paul Newman & Heraclitus Akimbo / Wenderly Park [Fahmid Nibesh & Heraclitus Akimbo]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-25 (Monday – 6 to 8 p.m.!) [FB event]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. ---__--___ [Seth Graham/More Eaze] / Man Made Hill / Wolfgang Gray) / The Baby G 2022-04-27 (Wednesday). $17.70 advance, 19+. [more info]

Music By Harry and Furlong (feat. The Search For Eternal Happiness Part 2.0 [Harry Vetro/Caleb Klager/Patrick O'Reilly] / Andrew Furlong/Robert Grieve) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-27 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Corpusse (Myke Adaptiv) / Sellers & Newel 2022-05-12 (Thursday)

Audiopollination 97 (feat. Diane Roblin/Curtis Whittaker/Kayla Milmine / David Story/Dan Pitt/Brittany Pit / Bill Gilliam/Bill McBirnie/Laura Gillis / Robbie Ahmed/Teneshia Samuel / Apollo Architect) / Array Space 2022-05-13 (Friday). $10 or PWYC, will also be livestreamed. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Dan Pitt Quintet [Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Patrick Smith/Dan Pitt/Alex Fournier/Nick Fraser] / The Rex 2022-04-18 (Monday) [FB event]

CMC Presents (feat. Allison Cameron / Hauptmeier-Recker Duo) / Canadian Music Centre 2022-04-19 (Tuesday). $20, $15 arts workers/ seniors, $10 students.

Ornate Presents: We're Back! (feat. Madeleine Ertel/Patrick O'Reilly/PT Sandberg/Alison Kerfoot/Special Mystery Guest / Jon Kay/Andrew Kay/Alex Fournier/Nick Fraser) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-19 (Tuesday) [FB event]

A Josh Cole Quintet [Jim Lewis/Ryan Driver/Rob Clutton/Josh Cole/Blake Howard] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-20 (Wednesday)

ALIVE (feat. Vallens / Praises / Kali Horse) / The Garrison 2022-04-21 (Thursday). $5.00 Advance, 19+. [FB event]

Eldritch Priest/Ryan Driver/Rob Clutton [Omphaloskepsis Halocline Trance double LP launch!]/ The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-22 (Friday) [FB event]

You In Mind: Sanctuary ~concert~ ["Enter a world where live instrumentation and freestyle vocal improvisation share a stream of consciousness."] (feat. Anh Phung/Christina Smith/Empara/Maxh/Pothound/Quezal/Savannah Taylor/Vixu) / The Music Gallery 2022-04-23 (Saturday). In-person capacity for this event is extremely limited/livestream available. [FB event]

Class of 2022 (feat. Breeze / PONY / Bliss Fields / Only God Forgives) / The Horseshoe 2022-04-23 (Saturday). $13 advance, 19+. [FB event]

Batuki Music Society presents (feat. Lorraine Klaasen) / Alliance Française – Spadina Theatre 2022-04-23 (Saturday). $28. [FB event]

HAPPY SUNDAYS (feat. Omhouse / Robin Hatch / Lydia Persaud) / The Baby G 2022-04-24 (Sunday). $free, 19+. [FB event]

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Bandcamp corner:

• Oh, just Doc Dunn on Sub Pop, with a guest appearance by J Mascis. No biggie.

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It happened this week...

• ...on April 21, 2011 at Sonic Boom Records.

Ron Sexsmith - The Reason Why

• ...on April 23, 2011 at Cameron House (back room).

RatTail - Soon Enough

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Reording: Alex Fournier

Artist: Alex Fournier

Song: Bicycle [composer: Nick Fraser]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (SynCirSundays), April 10, 2022.

Alex Fournier - Bicycle

Nilan Perera's Synaptic Circus Sundays (now abbrev.'d to SynCirSundays) has returned to the Tranzac on the second Sunday of the month, bringing a variety of boundary-pushing soundmakers together. The current State of Things calls for improvisation in the curation as well as performance, with some last-minute adjustments to the programme remixing the originally-programmed sets. Stepping in for Rob Clutton, Alex Fournier bravely undertook to stick to the originally-envisioned gameplan, playing a set of Nick Fraser's compositions. Having heard Clutton doing this a few times, it was interesting to see how Fournier brought a different sense of projection to the pieces, with a visceral physical commitment.

You can check out some video documentation from this set here:

[I will be guest-curating the next instalment of SynCirSundays on Sunday, May 8th and be presenting sets from David Parker (visiting from Kingston) as well LordAUK (new solo drones from Doomsquad's Jaclyn Blumas). The June show is already announced as well!]

Recording: Davison/Hansen/Fournier

Artist: William Davison/Mike Hansen/Alex Fournier - [excerpt from first piece]

Songs: [two excerpts]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (SynCirSundays), April 10, 2022.

William Davison/Mike Hansen/Alex Fournier - [excerpt from first piece]

William Davison/Mike Hansen/Alex Fournier - [excerpt from second piece]

Nilan Perera's Synaptic Circus Sundays (now abbrev.'d to SynCirSundays) has returned to the Tranzac on the second Sunday of the month, bringing a variety of boundary-pushing soundmakers together. The current State of Things calls for improvisation in the curation as well as performance, with some last-minute adjustments to the programme remixing the originally-programmed sets. Double bassist Alex Fournier stepped in as a sub for Rob Clutton to present some solo sounds, and also acted as the glue between William Davison's electroacoustic bricolage (including saw, knife, fidget spinner, musical box, fake eyeball, slinky, spike, etc.) and Mike Hansen's prepared turntables. The sort of set where two of the musicians were seen tuning forks as instruments, there was some fine sawin' and tumblin' in effect.

You can check out some video documentation from this set here:

[I will be guest-curating the next instalment of SynCirSundays on Sunday, May 8th and be presenting sets from David Parker (visiting from Kingston) as well LordAUK (new solo drones from Doomsquad's Jaclyn Blumas). The June show is already announced as well!]

Recording: Kurt Newman & Karsten Stryker

Artist: Kurt Newman & Karsten Stryker

Song: Cherokee Shuffle

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior's Monthly), April 10, 2022.

Kurt Newman & Karsten Stryker - Cherokee Shuffle

Ah, another pleasant and cozy moment, reminiscent of the beforetimes, as Ayal Senior's monthly Sunday afternoon showcase at The Tranzac made its return. Like a pastry stuffed with savory fillings, the slot included three musical performances as well as some comedy from Nick Flanagan. (Mark a note in your calendar to be there on the next second Sunday of the month!)

Frequent guest Kurt Newman brought a newer collaborator, guitarist Karsten Stryker, for a quick acoustic set of bluegrass-informed duets. It's instructive to listen here for a hint of how the collaboration and improvisation in this music works in the moment, with the first pass through being a tentative "here's what I'm doing" communication before it starts to build up steam.

Kurt Newman is now also hosting the participatory Saturday Bluegrass Casual at The Tranzac every weekend, from noon to two.

Recording: Living Water Assembly

Artist: Living Water Assembly

Song: The Living Waters

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior's Monthly), April 10, 2022.

Living Water Assembly - The Living Waters

Ah, another pleasant and cozy moment, reminiscent of the beforetimes, as Ayal Senior's monthly Sunday afternoon showcase at The Tranzac made its return. Like a pastry stuffed with savory fillings, the slot included three musical performances as well as some comedy from Nick Flanagan. (Mark a note in your calendar to be there on the next second Sunday of the month!)

This band was invented for the occasion of this show, but was just perhaps a good enough idea to pursue further. With a rock-solid rhythm section of Stargoon's Luca Capone on the skins and Justin Macri on bass, musical dabbler Joe Strutt (whose solo performance bandonym is Heraclitus Akimbo) worked to keep up on lap steel, adding some effects as well to a trio of open-ended cowpunk-gospel-groove compositions.

Photo by Andrika De Lanerolle.

Recording: Ayal Senior

Artist: Ayal Senior

Song: I Walked the Earth the Same Time as Dallas Good [Part 1]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior's Monthly), April 10, 2022.

Ayal Senior - I Walked the Earth the Same Time as Dallas Good [Part 1]

Ah, another pleasant and cozy moment, reminiscent of the beforetimes, as Ayal Senior's monthly Sunday afternoon showcase at The Tranzac made its return. Like a pastry stuffed with savory fillings, the slot included three musical performances as well as some comedy from Nick Flanagan. (Mark a note in your calendar to be there on the next second Sunday of the month!)

As usual the host led things off with a short leave-'em-wanting-more set composed of one longer new piece, a "blues" composed in dedication to someone called away too soon.

Monday Roundup #65

Someday this space might be mostly concert listings again, but for now Monday roundups might include a romp through the MFS archives, some bandcamp suggestions, nods to a few livestreams, and sundry community notes (email me if you have anything that needs broadcast in the latter category!).

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Concert announcements:

Dan Pitt Quintet [Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Patrick Smith/Dan Pitt/Alex Fournier/Nick Fraser] / The Rex 2022-04-18 (Monday) [FB event]

CMC Presents (feat. Allison Cameron / Hauptmeier-Recker Duo) / Canadian Music Centre 2022-04-19 (Tuesday). $20, $15 arts workers/ seniors, $10 students.

Ornate Presents: We're Back! (feat. Madeleine Ertel/Patrick O'Reilly/PT Sandberg/Alison Kerfoot/Special Mystery Guest / Jon Kay/Andrew Kay/Alex Fournier/Nick Fraser) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-19 (Tuesday) [FB event]

A Josh Cole Quintet [Jim Lewis/Ryan Driver/Rob Clutton/Josh Cole/Blake Howard] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-20 (Wednesday)

Eldritch Priest/Ryan Driver/Rob Clutton [Omphaloskepsis Halocline Trance double LP launch!]/ The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-22 (Friday) [FB event]

Batuki Music Society presents (feat. Lorraine Klaasen) / Alliance Française – Spadina Theatre 2022-04-23 (Saturday). $28. [FB event]

Nocturnes: solo piano (feat. Cheryl Duvall) [World premiere performances by Anna Höstman and Sean Clarke, alongside other similarly dreamy contemporary works for solo piano by Linda Catlin Smith, Jonathan Bailey Holland and Yaz Lancaster.] / Annette Studios 2022-04-29 (Friday). $30 regular, $20 Arts Worker/Senior/Student, $10 livestream access. Limited seating, reservations suggested. [FB event]

Jane Inc. [Faster Than I Can Take record release show!] (Slash Need) / The Garrison 2022-05-06 (Friday). $16.79 advance, 19+. [FB event]

A Royal Mountain Showcase – Night 2 (feat. Ducks Ltd. / "special guest" / Jasmyn / Sister Ray / Wyatt C. Louis) / The Garrison 2022-06-11 (Saturday). $12.15 advance, 19+. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Dan Pitt/Chris Banks/Pat Armstrong / The Emmet Ray 2022-04-11 (Monday). $10. [FB event]

Dun-Dun Man [Craig Dunsmuir solo] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-12 (Tuesday)

Bob Wiseman (Claudia Moore) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2022-04-13 (Wednesday). $pwyc

Brodie West/Reg Schwager/Mike Milligan/Nick Fraser / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-13 (Wednesday – early!)

Never Was [Joe Sorbara/Patrick O'Reilly/Madeleine Ertel] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-13 (Wednesday)

ZINNIA (Tryal) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2022-04-15 (Friday). $12.24. [FB event]

ALIVE (feat. Lee Paradise / Myst Milano) / The Garrison 2022-04-15 (Friday). $5.00 Advance, 19+. [FB event]

The Titillators / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-16 (Saturday – early!) [FB event]

You In Mind: The Robot Orchestra ["Tiny robots play a 1-hour meander from dreamy ambient & spooky arhythmic to ratchety hard driving fusion."] (feat. Danny Shaddick) / The Music Gallery 2022-04-16 (Saturday). In-person capacity for this event is extremely limited/livestream available. [FB event]

No Frills [LP Release!] (Louie Short / Nutrients) / The Monarch 2022-04-16 (Saturday). $11.50 advance tickets. [FB event]

Dan Pitt Trio [Dan Pitt/Alex Fournier/Nick Fraser] / The Rex 2022-04-17 (Sunday) [FB event]

Diane Roblin Presents (feat. Portage) [George Koller/Jeff LaRochelle/Bruce Cassidy/Diane Roblin] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-17 (Sunday – early!). $10/pwyc.

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It happened this week...

• ... on April 15, 2010 at The Horseshoe Tavern.

Daniel, Fred and Julie - Your Love

• ... also on April 15, 2010 at The Horseshoe Tavern. [Sidenote: Steven Lambke has a new solo album coming out in just a couple weeks!]

Baby Eagle - Man of My Time

[Do remember that you can click on the tags below to go back and find the original posts (and often, more stuff) from these artists.]

Monday Roundup #64

Someday this space might be mostly concert listings again, but for now Monday roundups might include a romp through the MFS archives, some bandcamp suggestions, nods to a few livestreams, and sundry community notes (email me if you have anything that needs broadcast in the latter category!).

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Community notes:

• Some good news for local music venues this week with the city making permanent a tax break program that dares to concede that the "highest purpose" of any given building in the city might not be a condo.

• Meanwhile, dark times at NOW, with an announcement that the paper would be cutting back to one print edition per month now followed by the announcement of its parent company's bankruptcy. The company is saying that the paper won't be affected in the immediate term, but the future is certainly not looking very promising. Even with the sense that it has slowly been losing vitality over the course of the pandemic (and before), it feels deeply sad to think about the loss of one of the few media outlets paying attention to local culture.

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Livestream nation:

• Track Could Bend is back tomorrow (April 5th) with solos and a duo set from from Montréal's Sarah Albu (voice/walkie talkies) and Matti Pulkki (accordion). After the youtube premiere, the sets will remain available on the TCB playlist.

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Concert announcements:

Dun-Dun Man [Craig Dunsmuir solo] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-12 (Tuesday)

ZINNIA (Tryal) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2022-04-15 (Friday). $12.24. [FB event]

The Titillators / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-16 (Saturday – early!) [FB event]

You In Mind: The Robot Orchestra ["Tiny robots play a 1-hour meander from dreamy ambient & spooky arhythmic to ratchety hard driving fusion."] (feat. Danny Shaddick) / The Music Gallery 2022-04-16 (Saturday). In-person capacity for this event is extremely limited/livestream available. [FB event]

You In Mind: Sanctuary ~concert~ ["Enter a world where live instrumentation and freestyle vocal improvisation share a stream of consciousness."] (feat. Anh Phung/Christina Smith/Empara/Maxh/Pothound/Quezal/Savannah Taylor/Vixu) / The Music Gallery 2022-04-23 (Saturday). In-person capacity for this event is extremely limited/livestream available. [FB event]

Mechanical Forest Sound@SynCirSundays (feat. David Parker / LordAUK) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-05-08 (Sunday – early!) [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Money House [Patrick O'Reilly/Stefan Hegerat/Alex Fournier] / The Emmet Ray 2022-04-06 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Audiopollination (feat. David Sait/ Diyonisos/Tiina Kiik / Ambrose Pottie/Del Stephen/HF / Ryan Kinney/Chibuzor Igwilo/Suzanne Farkas / The Killer Quartet [Emjay Wright/Kye Garant/Erin Corbett/Mickle32]) / Array Space 2022-04-08 (Friday). $10 or PWYC + live-stream. [FB event]

Hot Garbage (Gloin) / Monarch Tavern 2022-04-08 (Friday). $12 adv / $15 door, 19+, Proof of vaccine required. [FB event]

Brian Abbott/Paul Newman ["posthumous record release"] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-09 (Saturday – early!) [FB event]

Hot Garbage (Population II) / The Baby G 2022-04-09 (Saturday). $12 adv / $15 door, 19+, Proof of vaccine required. [FB event]

Ayal Senior's Monthly (feat. Ayal Senior / Kurt Newman / Nick Flanagan / Living Water Assembly) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-10 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m. show!) [FB event]

SynCirSundays (feat. Mira Martin-Gray/William Davison/Mike Hansen / Rob Clutton) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2022-04-10 (Sunday – early!). $10/PWYMust! [FB event]

Madeleine Ertel Quartet [Madeleine Ertel/Michael Davidson/Dan Fortin/Nick Fraser] / The Emmet Ray 2022-04-10 (Sunday) [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on April 4, 2019 at The Boat.

Teenanger - Straight To Computer

[Do remember that you can click on the tags below to go back and find the original posts (and often, more stuff) from these artists.]

Recording: Del Stephen

Artist: Del Stephen

Song: unknown^*

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (a song, a sound, a birthday), March 30, 2022.

Del Stephen - unknown

Taking the opportunity to gather with friends for the first time in a couple years (as well as celebrating the release of a pair of EP's), Del Stephen played and listened to a variety of carefully-selected groupings (and took a break for cake). The night closed with this solo piano selection, leavening the celebration with a thought for those now gone and not gathering with us.

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

Recording: Del Stephen & Friends

Artist: Del Stephen & Friends

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (a song, a sound, a birthday), March 30, 2022.

Del Stephen & Friends - [excerpt]

Taking the opportunity to gather with friends for the first time in a couple years (as well as celebrating the release of a pair of EP's), Del Stephen played and listened to a variety of carefully-selected groupings (and took a break for cake). Inviting everyone who had played in different combinations in the night's first set (as well as one bonus tape manipulator), this sextet wandered through a short series of sonic abstractions.

Recording: Del Stephen & Yunjin Claire Lee

Artist: Del Stephen & Yunjin Claire Lee

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (a song, a sound, a birthday), March 30, 2022.

Del Stephen & Yunjin Claire Lee - [excerpt]

Taking the opportunity to gather with friends for the first time in a couple years (as well as celebrating the release of a pair of EP's), Del Stephen played and listened to a variety of carefully-selected groupings (and took a break for cake). This duo had originally planned some shows in the Spring of 2020 that didn't happen, belatedly now meeting head-to-head in a spirit of fun and playful exploration.

Recording: Lima/Sinibaldi/Finlay Stewart

Artist: Liz Lima/Jeff Sinibaldi/Andrew Finlay Stewart

Song: [improvisation]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (a song, a sound, a birthday), March 30, 2022.

Liz Lima/Jeff Sinibaldi/Andrew Finlay Stewart - [improvisation]

Taking the opportunity to gather with friends for the first time in a couple years (as well as celebrating the release of a pair of EP's), Del Stephen played and listened to a variety of carefully-selected groupings (and took a break for cake). After a short solo set, he called up this trio of musicians, all of whom have helped embellish his songs and poems in the past.