Monday Roundup #187

Community notes:

• Newsletter alert! Local music writer Stuart Berman has joined substack with stübermania!. "Each week, stübermania will feature a complete transcript of a conversation I had back in the ‘90s and 2000s with a notable alt/indie/rock semi-star, complemented by my current observations on how the interview went, and what I maybe shoulda-woulda-coulda done better. I like to think of this newsletter as my 30th-anniversary box set of greatest hits, complete with updated liner notes... In addition to the main interview, each newsletter will feature an opening act of sorts—i.e., a brief introductory section featuring links to my current writing, other clickable curiosities, and notes on the latest updates to my ever-evolving Best of 2024 playlist."
• Do note that the calendar on The Tranzac's website is suffering from some technical problems, so my t'zac listings for this week are somewhat deficient. Do keep an eye put on their social media for updated info — they tend to get a "This week in the Southern Cross" update on facebook Mondays after this has gone to press.

---

Concert announcements:

The AMBiENT PiNG's 25th Anniversary (feat. Wally Jericho / Planet of the Loops / dreamSTATE with Kurt Swinghammer) / Handlebar 2024-08-19 (Monday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Exit Points #52 (feat. Keisha Bell/Janel Jones/Ryan Kinney/Lex Feathers/Ambrose Pottie / MAYSUN/Sihwa Park/Danika Lorèn/Michael Palumbo / Switchemups!) / Array Space 2024-08-30 (Friday). $25 ($20 advance). [FB event]

Ghostlight Residency: Fall Equinox (feat. Ghostlight) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-04 (Wednesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Venus Fest & Not Dead Yet present (feat. Claire Rousay / rEmPiT g0dDe$$ / Karen Ng) / Monarch Tavern 2024-09-27 (Thursday). $25.26, 19+. [more info]

Venus Fest presents (feat. evicshen / Ahya Simone / Kat Estacio) / It’s OK* Studios 2024-09-28 (Friday). $20-$30 sliding scale, all ages. [more info]

Is your show missing from this list? Submit it via this form!

---

Shows this week:

Cowbird Composer Collective Residency: Improv Night! (feat. Paul Newman/Sara Constant/Brian Abbott/Chris Adriaanse/Patrick Smith/Manuel Morales) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-08-12 (Monday) [FB event]

Never Was [Brandon Davis/Racha Moukalled/Patrick O’Reilly/Joe Sorbara] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-08-14 (Wednesday). $pwyc.

Sloan / CNE Bandshell 2024-08-16 (Friday). $free with admission to The Ex, all-ages, family-friendly, outdoors. [more info]

Theo Vandenhoff (Amery / Bingo Day) / Monarch Tavern 2024-08-16 (Friday). $14.50, 19+. [FB event]

Forró on Sundays (feat. Maria and The Band) / Drom Taberna 2024-08-18 (Sunday – 2 p.m.). $10. [FB event]

---

It happened this week...

• ...on August 18, 2019 at Tibet Kitchen's back patio (Music at Tibet Kitchen).

Karen Ng - [solo sax improvisation]

Dorothea Paas - Anything Can't Happen

[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.]