Monday, October 14, 2024

Monday Roundup #196

Community notes:

  • The big event this week, of course, is the Music Gallery's annual X Avant festival. Shows are listed below, but you are urged to go to the MG website and get some deeper background on the newcomers and familiar faces that will be performing. Shows have pay-what-you-can-afford ticket options, so it's a friendly way to take a step into the unfamiliar.
  • Meanwhile, in other Music Gallery news, they have announced that applications are open for next year's residency program, which is very open-ended and approachable to performers of many styles/skill-sets. Claim your space!

Concert announcements:

Solo Flights: A Night Of Solo-Instrumental Music (feat. Lennox Campbell-Berzins / Vixu / James Atin-Godden) / Burdock Music Hall 2024-10-23 (Wednesday). $15 adv/$20 at the door. [FB event]

All-Set presents (feat. Molehill [Mike Smith/Jake Oelrichs/Pete Johnston] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-25 (Friday – early). $pwyc

Exit Points #54 (feat. Chris Pruden/Yeonggi Baik/Nano Valverde/Belinda Corpus/Mania Moné Mania / Anda Zeng/Donald Quan/Yaz Lancaster/George Koller/Michael Palumbo / Switchemups!) / Array Space 2024-10-25 (Friday). $15-$25. [FB event]

Odd Shaped Rhythms: Macedonian Village Music (feat. Nicolo Ouroumov/Brenna MacCrimmon/Chris Aston/Ben Grossman) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-27 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

TRAITRS (Bonnie Trash / Dermabrasion) / The Garrison 2024-10-30 (Wednesday). $29.98, 19+. [FB event]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat.S.H.I.T. [For A Better World record release] / Slash Need / Stigmatism / Hogtied) / Cafeteria 2024-11-02 (Saturday). $21.41-$28.52, 19+. [more info]

Track Could Bend #97 (feat. Marilyn + Apple / Darren Williams / Rebecca Bruton) / Wenona Lodge 2024-11-05 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. Flora Yin-Wong / Colin Fisher) / Standard Time 2024-11-06 (Wednesday). $25.26, 19+. [more info]

Sub-Sessions #7 (feat. Leona Hell / godsgreenearth / Shallow Waves / FORMING) / BSMT 254 2024-11-07 (Thursday). $14.64. [FB event]

Ratboys (Ducks Ltd.) / Lee's Palace 2024-11-08 (Friday). $35.92, 19+. [FB event]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. Paul Collins Beat / Dany Laj and the Looks) / The Garrison 2024-11-10 (Sunday). $30.74, 19+. [more info]

Graham Nicholas & Shawn William Clarke with Mike T. Kerr / Sellers & Newel 2024-11-16 (Saturday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Dean Drouillard & Christine Bougie / Sellers & Newel 2024-11-28 (Thursday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Corpusse with Mike Milligan / Sellers & Newel 2024-11-29 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Dan Pitt [solo guitar] / Sellers & Newel 2024-12-02 (Monday). $15 minimum donation. [more info]

Not Dead Yet + Sacred Bones present (feat. Uniform / Pharmakon / True Body) / Monarch Tavern 2024-12-07 (Saturday). $31.56, 19+. [FB event]

The Cluttertones [Lina Allemano/Ryan Driver/Tim Posgate/Rob Clutton] / Sellers & Newel 2025-01-10 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Laura Swankey / Sellers & Newel 2025-01-25 (Saturday). $15 minimum donation. [more info]

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


Shows this week:

TEMOM: Toronto Electronic Music Open Mic / Handlebar 2024-10-14 (Monday)

Soundstreams' Encounters: Letters to God: P.S. I (don’t) believe in you (feat. Chris Pruden/Ky Brooks/Tara Kannangara) / Hugh’s Room 2024-10-15 (Tuesday). $free with RSVP. [more info]

X Avant XIX: Texture: Synthesis (feat. Phew / C.G. De Minico / Charles Spearin) / Allan Gardens Children's Conservatory 2024-10-15 (Tuesday). $10 (MG Members), $15/$20/$25 PWYCA. [more info]

X Avant XIX: Texture: Diffuse [Exit Points takeover, You Are The Right Length release celebration and listening party with 12-channel surround sound listening experience] (feat. Michael Palumbo/Gayle Young/Zoma) / The Music Gallery 2024-10-16 (Wednesday). $10 (MG Members), $15/$20/$25 PWYCA. [more info]

X Avant XIX: Texture: Weave / Part 1 ["gestures of dance and performance"] (feat. Mossbelly) / The Music Gallery 2024-10-17 (Thursday – 6 p.m.). $free/pwyc. [more info]

Fortunato Durutti Marinetti (Action Forever / Granny Smith) / BSMT 254 2024-10-17 (Thursday). $15, 19+. [tickets/more info]

X Avant XIX: Texture: Weave / Part 2 (feat. Rafael Toral / Nyda Kwasowsky) / The Music Gallery 2024-10-17 (Thursday). $10 (MG Members), $15/$20/$25 PWYCA. [more info]

Sandro Perri + Friends (feat. Sandro Perri/Blake Howard/Josh Cole/Thomas Hammerton/Nick Zubeck/Ryan Driver / Black Schwartz) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-18 (Friday – early). $20/pwyc

X Avant XIX: Texture: Unravel (feat. Hieroglyphic Being / Juanito / Lj's Geen Galena) / The Bridge 2024-10-18 (Friday). $10 (MG Members), $15/$20/$25 PWYCA. [more info]

Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Stefan Hegerat / Sellers & Newel 2024-10-18 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

X Avant XIX: Texture: Refraction (feat. The Glass Orchestra / future proof / Michael Fawcett) / The Music Gallery 2024-10-19 (Saturday). $10 (MG Members), $15/$20/$25 PWYCA. [more info]

Small World Music presents (feat. Saami Brothers Qawwali) / The Creative School Chrysalis (Toronto Metropolitan University Theatre) 2024-05-18 2024-10-19 (Saturday) [rescheduled!]. $33.28-$86.53. [FB event]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. Xiu Xiu / Picastro) / The Velvet Underground 2024-10-19 (Saturday). $35.78, 19+. [more info]

Stranger Still [Pete Johnston/Rob Clutton/Mim Adams/Randi Helmers] / Sellers & Newel 2024-10-20 (Sunday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]


It happened this week...

  • ...on October 16, 2014 at The Music Gallery (X Avant IX).

Laraaji - [solo excerpt]

  • ...on October 17, 2014 at The Music Gallery (X Avant IX).

Drums & Drones - unknown

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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Recording: No Octopus Dancing

Artist: No Octopus Dancing

Songs: [two excerpts]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), September 10, 2024.

No Octopus Dancing - [set 1 excerpt]

No Octopus Dancing - [set 2 excerpt]

Because it's been such a long time since seeing this merger-band in action, it's worth re-stating that it exists as a joint effort of No Angels Dancing (Allison Cameron and Stephen Parkinson) and Octopus (Germaine Liu and Mark Zurawinski). With the former's bric-a-brac flanked by the latter's floor-based percussion, the group offers spontaneously-ornate arrangements in small gestures transformed into quiet noise.

You can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Recording: Everly Lux

Artist: Everly Lux

Song: Is It True?

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), September 8, 2024.

Everly Lux - Is It True?

This Montréal singer-songwriter (joined by cellist Audréanne Fillion) managed to sneak in a surprise set while in town for another gig, sharing songs from their Selfhood album, perfectly-timed for the encroaching autumn.

[Ayal Senior & Friends is back at The Tranzac this Sunday afternoon (October 13th) with sets from Senior & Newman, Nick Flanagan, Nocturnes, and M.D.N.R.]

Recording: Greydini

Artist: Greydini

Song: unknown*

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), September 8, 2024.

Greydini - unknown

Making his return to the Ayal & Friends residency, Greydini brought some old standbys (like a VCR + projector to dig deep into the video nasties vault) and new tools (a GAIA synth plus a disembodied hand to trigger its motion sensor). And once more, the sounds in this setting were more exploring moods/zones than banging out pop nuggets — although this second of two longer pieces still qualifies as a banger.

You can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

[Ayal Senior & Friends is back at The Tranzac this Sunday afternoon (October 13th) with sets from Senior & Newman, Nick Flanagan, Nocturnes, and M.D.N.R.]

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

Monday, October 7, 2024

Monday Roundup #195

Community notes:

  • The Tranzac's Annual General Meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday, October 8th). It's hard to get much information about it because the Tranzac website is still in disarray. You should probably remember to renew your membership anyway.

Concert announcements:

TEMOM: Toronto Electronic Music Open Mic / Handlebar 2024-10-14 (Monday)

Fortunato Durutti Marinetti (Action Forever / Granny Smith) / BSMT 254 2024-10-17 (Thursday). $15, 19+. [tickets/more info]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. Xiu Xiu / Picastro) / The Velvet Underground 2024-10-19 (Saturday). $35.78, 19+. [more info]

Behaviours: Into (feat. Zerone Duo / Kristina Guison) / Array Space 2024-10-24 (Thursday). $20.00 (or Pay What You Wish) / Livestream: $10.00 (or Pay What You Wish). [more info]

Batuki Music Society presents: Acoustic Africa (feat. Mis Blandine / IZimba Arts / Kofi Ackah / Fethi Nadjem / Maryem Tollar / Melat Mengesha / Donné Roberts / Tichaona Maredza / Abu Gebre / Nii Osabu / Ruth Mathiang / David John / Fasika / Tofik) / It’s OK* Studios 2024-10-25 (Friday). $pwyc. [more info]

The Atom Chasers [Michael Kaler/Loren Davie/Chris Cawthray] / The Emmet Ray 2024-11-03 (Sunday – 4:30 p.m.). $10 with reservation/$15 without. [FB event]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Ava Mendoza / Fresh Snow) / Collective Arts 2024-11-03 (Sunday). $17.52, 19+. [FB event]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Extra Life / Oil Giant / Output 1:1:1) / The Baby G 2024-11-09 (Saturday). $19.78, 19+. [FB event]

Tkaronto Music Festival (feat. Tanya Tagaq / Evan Redsky / Kristi Lane Sinclair) / [corporate bank] Music Hall 2024-11-09 (Saturday). $30. [more info]

Perhaps Bells: New Piano Music by Bruce A. Russell (feat. junctQín keyboard collective) / Array Space 2024-11-16 (Saturday). $20.00 (or Pay What You Wish) / Livestream: $10.00 (or Pay What You Wish). [more info]

Playscape Emporium: Of dances and dreams (feat. Angela Blumberg Dance / Teething / Adrian Berry) / Array Space 2024-12-19 (Thursday). $20.00 (or Pay What You Wish) / Livestream: $10.00 (or Pay What You Wish). [more info]

New Encounters ["new works and arrangements by Maria-Eduarda Mendez Martins, Pouya Hamidi, Morgan-Paige Melbourne, and Eldritch Priest"] (feat. Array Ensemble) / Array Space 2025-02-01 (Saturday). $20.00 (or Pay What You Wish) / Livestream: $10.00 (or Pay What You Wish). [more info]

Behaviours: Data (feat. Anando Gabo / Marelena Pellegrino / Technology of Creative Consciousness) / Array Space 2025-03-13 (Thursday). $20.00 (or Pay What You Wish) / Livestream: $10.00 (or Pay What You Wish). [more info]

Playscape Emporium: Arcade-palooza (feat. Render File / Jason Leaver PuzzSoft) / Array Space 2024-05-15 (Saturday). $20.00 (or Pay What You Wish) / Livestream: $10.00 (or Pay What You Wish). [more info]

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Shows this week:

Duo Cichorium's People Soup: Witch's Brew (feat. Andrew Noseworthy / Trevor Flemings / Duo Cichorium) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-08 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [more info]

Mdou Moctar (The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis) / The Concert Hall 2024-10-09 (Wednesday). $42.24, 19+. [FB event]

Reverie [Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Caleb Klager/Stefan Hegerat] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-09 (Wednesday)

Public Display of Affliction + More Noise Please present (feat. Reaching Needles / Death Glaze / Medical Fart / Inchoate / Twin Mask / Hinder) / Spadina Baby 2024-10-10 (Thursday) [more info]

bikebike (Yound / Mesh System [Stefan Hegerat/Caleb Klager]) / Tapestry 2024-10-10 (Thursday). $10/pwyc

Audiopollination (feat. Jamie Eriksen/Dave Nelson/Jenna Geen aka moonwatcher / yasmine/marilyn /sxrej / Janel/Holger School/Dame Cook) / Array Space 2024-10-11 (Friday). $10 (cash or card) or PWYC. [FB event]

Quivers (Curtis Bowman / Triples) / Monarch Tavern 2024-10-11 (Friday). $22.70, 19+. [FB event]

undercommons collective 1.2 (feat. Jake Parker Scott / Anita Katakkar/Kayla Milmine/Jonathan Kay / Bill Gilliam/Bill McBirnie) / Annette Studios 2024-10-11 (Friday). $15 or pwyc. [FB event]

Second Fridays (feat. Allison Cameron Band [Allison Cameron/Thom Gill/Kurt Newman] / C’est la Fete [Mateos Labbe-Phelan/William Hunt/Adrian Russouw] / French Onion Soup [Leah Reavie/Omar Yazaw/Ian Mergelas/Amiel Ang]) / Chalmers Performance Space @ Canadian Music Centre 2024-10-11 (Friday). $15/$10 students. [more info]

Musica Universalis (feat. Diane Roblin/Jeff Luciani/Colin Fisher) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-11 (Friday). $pwyc, suggested $10

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Senior & Newman / Nick Flanagan / Nocturnes [Michelle Breslin & Ayal Senior] / M.D.N.R.) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-13 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]


It happened this week...

  • ... on September 7, 2012 at The Music Gallery.

Kite Hill - Picton Trip

  • ... on September 9, 2012, at The Music Gallery (Afro-European Soundscapes).

Evelyn Mukwedeya & Memory Makuri - unknown

[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.]