Recording: Ava Mendoza

Artist: Ava Mendoza

Song: The Shadow Song

Recorded at Collective Arts (Burn Down The Capital presents), November 3, 2024.

Ava Mendoza - The Shadow Song

The autumn has brought a welcome cluster of shows from Tad Michalak's Burn Down The Capital promotional arm, mixing touring artists (many with a long relationship with BDtC) with local legends and emerging artists, many of them taking place in the cozy basement space at Collective Arts' taproom. (Important note: there's one last show in this burst coming up this Saturday.)

Guitarist Ava Mendoza was in town for a Tad Show earlier this year, backing trumpeter Nate Wooley in his Columbia Icefield project. This return saw her in a stripped-down solo performance, pulling out a mic stand and her pedalboards (including an expertly-deployed Red Panda Particle) out in front of the stage to engage directly with the crowd. Focusing on the brand-new The Circular Train album, this showed off both her songwriting depths as well as her guitar skills, bringing avant slice-and-dicing to bluesy forms, and stretching out the instrumentals without ever feeling uninterestingly chopsy.

Recording: Fresh Snow

Artist: Fresh Snow

Song: Agnostic Font^*

Recorded at Collective Arts (Burn Down The Capital presents), November 3, 2024.

Fresh Snow - Agnostic Font

The autumn has brought a welcome cluster of shows from Tad Michalak's Burn Down The Capital promotional arm, mixing touring artists (many with a long relationship with BDtC) with local legends and emerging artists, many of them taking place in the cozy basement space at Collective Arts' taproom. (Important note: there's one last show in this burst coming up this Saturday.)

Playing their first show in over five years, Fresh Snow still pulled in the headliner-sized crowd for this night — there's obviously a lotta folks who still hold the band in fond regard. Filling the stage with gear and cranking up the amps, the set started and ended with familiar numbers ("BMX Based Tactics" and "Flat White") but moved into new territory for the whole stretch in between, as far as I could tell. If there's possibly a bit more postrock sweep and a bit less krautrock chaos that doesn't mean that band's alchemy has changed all that much. Nice to see 'em back in action, and the new material hopefully points towards this not being a one-off.

^* Thanks to Tim for passing along the title!

Recording: Not The Wind, Not The Flag

Artist: Not The Wind, Not The Flag

Song: [part 3]

Recorded at Collective Arts (Burn Down The Capital presents), November 3, 2024.

Not The Wind, Not The Flag - [part 3]

The autumn has brought a welcome cluster of shows from Tad Michalak's Burn Down The Capital promotional arm, mixing touring artists (many with a long relationship with BDtC) with local legends and emerging artists, many of them taking place in the cozy basement space at Collective Arts' taproom. (Important note: there's one last show in this burst coming up this Saturday.)

So it was no surprise to see a (these days somewhat-rare) appearance from Not The Wind, Not The Flag to open up this night, giving Brandon Valdivia and Colin Fisher a slightly-abbreviated slot to enable their musical mindmeld, sharing a pulse with the former's percussion and the latter moving from guitar to saxophone (as heard in this extract). Fully satisfying to hear these friends palying together, still fully in sync even when playing less together.

Monday Roundup #202

Community notes:

• Modular synth documentary I Dream of Wires receives a 10th Anniversary screening at the Revue Cinema cinema this week (Wednesday, November 27th) with a special live performance by Aida Khorsandi (who was seen at Track Could bend a few months ago).

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Concert announcements:

Ghostlight / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-12-04 (Wednesday). $pwyc, $10 suggested. [FB event]

No Frills (Packs) / Ted's Collision 2024-12-05 (Thursday). $pwyc. [more info]

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / The Sympathetic String Band / Nick Flanagan / Way Bad Stone) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-12-08 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

Lostworldsounds [Heartbroken Yesterdays Fleeting Tomorrows album release celebration!] (Man Meets Bear / guests from Ghostlight) / The Sun Room at 918 Bathurst 2024-12-08 (Sunday). $15/PWYC (no one turned away for lack of funds). [FB event]

fuzZfest 2.0 (feat. Ben Bennett/Raphaël Foisy/Karen Ng / Eric Laska / Battle Milk) ["home-cooked vegetarian meal included"] / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2024-12-12 (Thursday). $15 (cash/card) or pwyc. [FB event]

Not a Band [Secrets EP Release Party!] (feat. Wilderness Adventure Ride / Triage Eclair) / Collective Arts 2024-12-12 (Thursday). $15/PWYC. [FB event]

Henri Fabergé Crashes The Creskins Ball ["A festive night of comedy,music & mayhem"] (feat. Gwynne Phillips / Briana Templeton / Kayla Lorette / Roger Bainbridge / Miguel Rivas / Alex Tindal / Clare McConnell / Adam Niebergall / Sharjil Rasool / Johnny Spence / Steve Foster / Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll / Sarah Bennett / Juliann Wilding / Nicole Passmore / Jackie Pirico / Sarah Ruba / New Chance / Anh Phung) / 918 Bathurst 2024-12-19 (Thursday – early show @ 6 p.m., late show @ 8:30). $27.96. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Brittany Pitt's Reverie [Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Caleb Klager/Jon Catanus] / The Rex 2024-11-26 (Tuesday – 5:30 p.m.). $10. [more info]

Clue Note: Trivia and Creative Music (Vol. 2) (feat. Socks and Sandals (and Friends) [Germaine Liu/Mira Martin-Gray/Nick Storring/Mark Zurawinski) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-26 (Tuesday – early) [FB event]

Dan Pitt Quintet [Horizontal Depths album release]/ The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-26 (Tuesday) [more info]

Dimming Pool [1st gig!] (Prancing Like Zebras / FORMING / Romeo Romeo) / The Cameron House 2024-11-27 (Wednesday). $15. [FB event]

Ronley Teper & the Lipliners / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-27 (Wednesday) [more info]

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

Zoobombs (Pretty / Scooter Jay) / Monarch Tavern 2024-11-28 (Thursday). $18.50, 19+. [FB event]

Tara Kannangara (Hiroki & The DenSan Band / Emily Steinwall) / Burdock Music Hall 2024-11-28 (Thursday). $16.95. [more info]

Halocline Trance Presents (feat. Eldritch Priest [album release] / Karen Ng & David Psutka) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-28 (Thursday). $15 / pwyc. [more info]

All-Set presents (feat. Molehill [Mike Smith/Jake Oelrichs/Pete Johnston] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-29 (Friday – early). $pwyc

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

Exit Points 55 (feat. Zoma/Sarah Peebles/halfdecentheart/Jaeyoung Chong/Andrew Finlay Stewart/Kimute/WEI EN/Zoë Ëoz/kat estacio/Jonathan Huard/Michael Palumbo) / Array Space 2024-11-29 (Friday). $17.52 (early bird)/$22.89 (advance)/$28.27 (general). [FB event]

The Ryan Driver Sextet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-29 (Friday). $pwyw. [FB event]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. V. Vecker / Death Kneel / Cetacea / Aida Khorsandi) / Collective Arts 2024-11-30 (Saturday). $17.52. [FB event]

CORDS [new project from Jesse Levine, Face The Sun! album release celebration] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-30 (Saturday – early) [more info]

Cannon Album Release (feat. Dan Fortin/Michael Davidson/Thom Gill/Phil Melanson/Karen Ng/David Occhipinti / You Can Can [Felicity Williams & Andrew Zukerman]) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-12-01 (Sunday). $20. [FB event]

Labyrinth Ensemble presents (feat. Marta Solek / Roa Lee / Sasan Salaseli) / Drom Taberna 2024-12-01 (Sunday). $pwyc. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on November 30, 2013 at Double Double Land (Punchclock Showcase).

New Fries - Plexiglass

• ...on December 1, 2013 at Creatures Creating Gallery (Wavelength 583: The Bass Piano).

Ryan Driver/Justin Haynes/Michael Davidson - First Improvization for Bass Piano [excerpt]

[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: Labyrinth Ensemble with Maliheh Moradi

Artist: Labyrinth Ensemble with Maliheh Moradi

Song: Dar deyr-e moghan [composer: Arshad Tahmasebi]

Recorded at the Aga Khan Museum, November 2, 2024.

Labyrinth Ensemble with Maliheh Moradi - Dar deyr-e moghan

The latest in the Labyrinth Ensemble's series of group intensives/public concerts saw them working with Iranian vocalist Maliheh Moradi and exploring a mix of classic makam pieces and new sounds that emerged during the workshop process. And as usual, in between the graniose sweep of the full ensemble, some of the most striking moments came when that pulled back to duos and solos, showing off the diverse array of sounds that the ensemble contains.

[Labyrinth's Makam Nights series will not have a November edition, but will return on December 19th to the Tranzac's Living Room — and before that, some members of the ensemble (Roa Lee, Marta Solek and Sasan Salaseli) will be performing at Drom Taberna on Sunday, December 1st.]

Recording: Trivial Musical Pursuits

Artist: Trivial Musical Pursuits

Songs: Eiffel Tower + 1939

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Friends of Clue Note present) October 29, 2024.

Trivial Musical Pursuits - Eiffel Tower

Trivial Musical Pursuits - 1939

This one requires a brief explanation. Given the opportunity to pull together something as a fill-in for a Tranzac late set, this took inspiration from the show that was immediately before it, namely the debut of the new Clue Note residency for trivia and experimental music. Idea: why not combine them? So: this set offered the musicians a series of trivia questions, and their goal was to "answer" them through brief performances (timed to a five-minute hourglass).

The first set (as heard in these pieces posted here) was performed as a trio with Patrick O'Reilly (circuit-bent Casio), Sara Constant (flute) and Heraclitus Akimbo (Kaossilator mini, tapes), while the second (as seen in the video below) saw them augmented by Marilyn Yogarajah (piano, trumpet) and Raph-o-tron 3000 (keytar).

You can check out that aforementioned set over on youtube:

Recording: Cameron/Girling/Martin-Gray/Shortt

Artist: Allison Cameron/Niamh Girling/Mira Martin-Gray/Olivia Shortt

Song: ii-V-I ∞ [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Clue Note), October 29, 2024.

Allison Cameron/Niamh Girling/Mira Martin-Gray/Olivia Shortt - ii-V-I ∞ [excerpt]

A delightful evening at The Tranzac with the debut of Clue Note, a new residency hosted by Mira Martin-Gray and Niamh Girling. The night started with a classic pub quiz, drawing friends and strangers together into impromptu teams, before switching over to some creative music. This night saw the premiere of Martin-Gray's "ii-V-I ∞", a "freaky drone jazz composition" tackled by the composer (laptop, kazoo) plus Allison Cameron (organ, synth, laptop), Niamh Girling (tanpura) and Olivia Shortt (saxophone). The piece moved from an undifferentiated dronefield, pulling apart and allowing specifics (such as Short's "Lonely Woman"-ish moan-cries) to slip in — very existential.

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

[Clue Note returns to The Tranzac on Tuesday, November 26th with trivia on the theme of theme is "What's in a name?" and music performed by Socks and Sandals (and Friends), a.k.a. Germaine Liu, Mira Martin-Gray, Nick Storring, and Mark Zurawinski.]

Recording: Glass Orchestra

Artist: Glass Orchestra

Song: unknown [part 2]^*

Recorded at The Music Gallery (X Avant XIX – Night 5), October 19, 2024.

Glass Orchestra - unknown [part 2]

Celebratring their 46^th season as an ensemble, the Glass Orchestra helped close out this year's X Avant Festival at the Music Gallery. (The group has a long association with the MG, including through the membership of longtime live sound engineer Paul Hodge.) That extended tenure has helped the group in their accumulation of unique glass-based instruments, which are a striking spectacle to see on stage. Incorporating gamelan rhythms (though we were assured that the group draws most from the musical culture of Silconasia) there was also some glass horn squawking as well as some classic fingers-on-wine-glass-rim drones. (Bonus! you can watch the whole set on the archive of the MG's livestream over on youtube!)

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

Monday Roundup #201

Community notes:

• Like many folks, I've found it weird to navigate the contradictions of participating on twitter for the past while. So with a new consensus forming around Bluesky, I'm going to try posting updates there instead. You can find me as @mfs-toronto.bsky.social. (And remember, of course: for an algorithm-free experience, this aged platform does offer you an RSS feed!)

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Video hits:

• Luka Kuplowsky and The Ryōkan Band's album release show is now preserved as the concert film "An Evening at the Tranzac" available on youtube. Beautuful stuff, go and fill your heart!

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Concert announcements:

Exit Points 55 (feat. Zoma/Sarah Peebles/halfdecentheart/Jaeyoung Chong/Andrew Finlay Stewart/Kimute/WEI EN/Zoë Ëoz/kat estacio/Jonathan Huard/Michael Palumbo) / Array Space 2024-11-29 (Friday). $17.52 (early bird)/$22.89 (advance)/$28.27 (general). [FB event]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. V. Vecker / Death Kneel / Cetacea / Aida Khorsandi) / Collective Arts 2024-11-30 (Saturday). $17.52. [FB event]

Cannon Album Release (feat. Dan Fortin/Michael Davidson/Thom Gill/Phil Melanson/Karen Ng/David Occhipinti / You Can Can [Felicity Williams & Andrew Zukerman]) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-12-01 (Sunday). $20. [FB event]

Track Could Bend #98 (feat. Dept. of Loss [Fan Wu / Phil Hamilton] / Pigeon Dance) / Wenona Lodge 2024-12-03 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

The Ocean Sleeps (Das Rad / Camo Kimono / Sabio) / Junction Underground 2024-12-06 (Friday). $10. [FB event]

Audiopollination (feat. Jake/Tomasz Krakowiak/Julie Lassonde / David Sait/James Bailey/Daniel Ramjattan / Adriana Monti/Gabe Girard/Nilan Perera / Brie Clarke/Jenna Geen/Adrian Russouw/Abby Silvera) / Array Space 2024-12-13 (Friday). $10 (cash or card). [FB event]

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Shows this week:

California Transformation [featuring works by Edgard Varèse, Juri Seo, Ivan Trevino, Michael Oesterle, Carlos Chávez, Lukas Ligeti] (feat. U of T Percussion Ensemble) / The Rex 2024-11-18 (Monday). $free. [FB event]

Dan Pitt Quintet [Naomi McCarroll-Butler/Patrick Smith/Dan Pitt/Alex Fournier/Nick Fraser] / The Rex 2024-11-18 (Monday). $20. [FB event]

Brittany Pitt's Reverie [Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Tristan Schultz/Aaron Blewett] / The Rex 2024-11-19 (Tuesday – 5:30 p.m.). $10. [more info]

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Karen Ng & Allison Cameron [debuting a new piece by Stephen Parkinson] / Karen Ng & Ted Crosby / Philippe Melanson [solo]) / Wenona Lodge 2024-11-19 (Tuesday – 8:30 p.m.)

Andy Haas & Mike Milligan (Max Donaldson) / Sellers & Newel 2024-11-24 (Sunday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]

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In the mix:

• New ambient mix! New age hits, classic 80's synth sounds (classic 70's too!), a Stargate and a Dragon Gate, some Doctor Who incidental music (not Gate-related!), possibly Ennio Morricone's cheesiest theme, and that one piece of hold music that kept haunting me. Tracks by: Constance Demby, Steve Hillage, Colin Currie Group & Synergy Vocals (playing Steve Reich), Suzanne Ciani, Emerald Web, Jonathan Gibbs, Anthéne & Simon Mccorry, Circa Alto, and DreamQuest.

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It happened this week...

• ...on November 19, 2017 at The Dupe Shop (Arachnidiscs Dual Release Show).

Stargoon - [excerpt]

• Recorded on November 22, 2017 at Array Space (Spirit Of The Inner Child: Spontaneous Group Explorations).

Del Stephen/Paul Newman/Jeff Sinibaldi/David Parker - [excerpt]

[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: Spectrum Soundbath

Artist: Spectrum Soundbath

Songs: [two excerpts]

Recorded at Trinity–St. Paul's Centre (Sanctuary Drone), October 5, 2024.

Spectrum Soundbath - [excerpt 1]

Spectrum Soundbath - [excerpt 2]

Taking place in a variety of hang-out-able environments, Spectrum Soundbath is a rigourously-participatory exercise in community drone-making, with the organizers towing along a wagonload of percussive tools and other items to spread out for folks to make sounds with. Taking over the stage after Cosmic Homeostasis' balcony performance, the soundbath crew greeted the pre-dawn, starting with a small crew but gaining in strength as friends dropped in to end their own Nuit Blanche explorations. This is a sort of sonic experience that makes the most sense when you're in the middle of it, but for documentary purposes, here's a couple scenes from the proceedings.

Recording: Cosmic Homeostasis

Artist: Cosmic Homeostasis

Songs: Sanctuary Drone [four excerpts]

Recorded at Trinity–St. Paul's Centre (Sanctuary Drone), October 5, 2024.

Cosmic Homeostasis - Sanctuary Drone [excerpt 1]

Cosmic Homeostasis - Sanctuary Drone [excerpt 2]

Cosmic Homeostasis - Sanctuary Drone [excerpt 3]

Cosmic Homeostasis - Sanctuary Drone [excerpt 4]

After a couple expansive outdoor performances, the Cosmic Homeostasis crew were ready to make some further explorations into durational drone-making. Holding down the middle stretch of this all-night unofficial Nuit Blanche event, the musicians took over the Sanctuary's balcony, spreading out to give a spacialized mix to the audience down on the floor. Nearly twenty musicans came and went over the course of the night, adding some additional variety to the sonic textures. There was also a nice mix of acoustic and electronic sounds — the former especially blooming with the room's beautiful acoustics.

The participants in the Sanctuary Drone were:

• Blash Belmar - erhu, flutes
• Dan Friedman - Korg NTS-1, harmonica, whistling
• Eric Cinnesealach - clarinet
• Ian McPhedran - guitar
• Janel Jones - trumpet, voice
• Magick - Magick
• Matt Collins - guitar
• Maxim Gontcharenko- singing bowls
• Michelle Breslin - guitar
• Mickle32 - effects
• Paul Newman - tenor saxophone
• Phil Johnston - tape loops, effects, 1-string guitar
• Rosalind Saunders - violin
• Ron Blake - apps, etc.
• Ryan Kinney - electronics
• Sonia Leung - violin, windchimes
• Heraclitus Akimbo - synths, effects, accordion

If you want to hear (a lot) more of this, I have archived the bulk of the performance over on bandcamp:

Recording: DRONE:KLUB

Artist: DRONE:KLUB

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Trinity–St. Paul's Centre (Sanctuary Drone), October 5, 2024.

DRONE:KLUB - [excerpt]

A community-based initiative from the AMBiENT PiNG crew, DRONE:KLUB is a mind-meld/meet-up for electronic musicians to share a clock signal and collaborate. Familiar with TSP from a Drone Day event earlier this year, the crew held down the primetime evening slot of this unofficial Nuit Blanche event, playing for a couple hours (plus overlap time as Cosmic Homeostasic eased in after them) and bringing some planetarium vibes to the church's beautiful space.

Monday Roundup #200

Community notes:

• Looks like data is still being added, but thankfully the Tranzac's new calendar is finally online!

• Meanwhile, I note that this week's listings has a nice round number! The number is somewhat arbitrary, especially if you consider the 361 weeks of the old listings series that took a break during lockdown before re-launching in this slightly-streamlined format, but it's still nice to see. Like all of us, I wish it were easier to hear about what's happening and where!

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Concert announcements:

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Karen Ng & Allison Cameron [debuting a new piece by Stephen Parkinson] / Karen Ng & Ted Crosby / Philippe Melanson [solo]) / Wenona Lodge 2024-11-19 (Tuesday – 8:30 p.m.)

Clue Note: Trivia and Creative Music (Vol. 2) (feat. Socks and Sandals (and Friends) [Germaine Liu/Mira Martin-Gray/Nick Storring/Mark Zurawinski) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-26 (Tuesday – early) [FB event]

All-Set presents (feat. Molehill [Mike Smith/Jake Oelrichs/Pete Johnston] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-29 (Friday – early). $pwyc

Okavango African Orchestra [with special guests Lorraine Klaasen, Diely Mori Tounkara, Pape Ndiaye, Mis Blandine and Dally Dominic] / Redwood Theatre 2024-12-20 (Friday). $20 (advance tickets), $25 (door). [more info + tickets]

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

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Shows this week:

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Haley Fohr [a.k.a.Circuit Des Yeux] & Bill Nace / Völur) / Standard Time 2024-11-11 (Monday). $22.89, all ages. [FB event]

Brittany Pitt's Reverie [Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Tristan Schultz/Jon Catanus] / The Rex 2024-11-12 (Tuesday – 5:30 p.m.). $10. [more info]

The Brodie West Quintet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-13 (Wednesday – early)

Slipstreams (feat. Grace Scheele / Arie Verheul Van De Ven / Ben Rositsan / Finn Pender Chapman ) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-13 (Wednesday). $pwyc. [more info]

Cheryl Duvall [world premiere performance of "The Plains", written by Linda Catlin Smith] / Canadian Music Centre 2024-11-13&14 (Wednesday & Thursday). $15/20. [FB event]

More Noise Please Presents: An Evening of Harsh Noise & Experimental Sights and Sounds (feat. Panties [tape release party!] / Shameful / Shelf / Nwodtlem / Shemona ) / Spadina Baby 2024-11-14 (Thursday). $PWYC, BYOB. [FB event]

Confluent Motion [Bill Gilliam/Kayla Milmine/Rob Clutton/Joe Sorbara] / The Emmet Ray 2024-11-15 (Friday – 6:30 p.m.). $10 (advance)/$15 (walk-ins)

Magpie [Concessions album release celebration] (Geordie Gordon) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-15 (Friday – early). $15. [FB event]

The Max Donaldson Trio [Max Donaldson/Ian Afif/Mateos Labbe-Phelan] / Sellers & Newel 2024-11-15 (Friday). $15 minimum donation. [more info]

Freesound Presents: Music for Piano Quartet II [works by Georgia Denham, Michael Oesterle, Laure M. Hiendl] (feat. Aysel Taghi-Zada/Matthew Antal/Amahl Arulanandam/Wesley Shen) / Array Space 2024-11-15 (Friday). $22.63. [more info]

Blunt Object ["performing the weird and wonderful music of Carla Bley", with Jay Hay/Ben Dietschi/Gordon Hyland/Jesse Malone/Teppei Kamei/Heather Saumer/Robin Jessome/Josh Bird/Chris Bruder/Phil Albert/Nico Dann] / The Rex 2024-11-16 (Saturday – 2:00 p.m.). $10. [FB event]

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]

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

Brian Ruryk (Garlic Jr. / Toller / Lawngir) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2024-11-16 (Saturday). $PWYC. [more info]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Wendy Eisenberg's Viewfinder / Bernice / Pete Johnston's Stranger Still) / Collective Arts 2024-11-17 (Sunday). $22.89 advance, $25 door, 19+. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on November 13, 2010 at St. Stephen-In-The-Fields Church.

Flowers of Hell - O [excerpt]

• ...on November 18, 2010 at The Great Hall.

Henri Fabergé and his Naval Academy Marching Band - Please Yourself

[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 #199

Community notes:

• Cheers to Audiopollination, celebrating their 12th anniversary at Friday's show! (I also note that the self-curation signup sheet for January to June is now open as well!)

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Concert announcements:

Cheryl Duvall [world premiere performance of "The Plains", written by Linda Catlin Smith] / Canadian Music Centre 2024-11-13&14 (Wednesday & Thursday). $15/20. [FB event]

C'est la fête (Cellsync / bikebike / A.JFM) / Tapestry 2024-11-21 (Thursday). $10/pwyc+. [more info]

Jazz Piano Meets Kurdish Kamanche (feat. Diane Roblin & Shahriyar Jamshidi) / Canadian Music Centre 2024-12-06 (Friday). $27.96. [more info/tickets]

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

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Shows this week:

Mike DeiCont Trio [Mike DeiCont/Eric West/Leland Whitty] / The Rex 2024-11-03&04 (Sunday & Monday). $20. [FB event]

Brittany Pitt's Reverie [Brittany Pitt/Colin Story/Caleb Klager/Jon Catanus] / The Rex 2024-11-05 (Tuesday – 5:30 p.m.). $10. [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]

undercommons collective 1.3 (feat. K2 (Kayla Milmine & Jonathan Kay) / Pigeon People (Kayla Milmine/Jonathan Kay/Germaine Liu/Mark Zurawinski]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-06 (Wednesday). $15 / pwyc. [FB event]

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

Finom (meg elsier / Beams) / The Baby G 2024-11-07 (Thursday). $23.57, 19+. [FB event]

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

Audiopollination (feat. Mira Riselli/eric cinnsealach/marilyn yogarajah / Martin van de Ven/Arie vvdv/Grace Scheele / Ryan Kinney/Bill Gilliam/Sara constant / Shima/Mkl32/%%30%30) / Array Space 2024-11-08 (Friday). $10 (cash or card) or PWYC. [FB event]

Second Fridays (feat. Dan Fortin [Cannons album launch!] / Max Donaldson Trio [Max Donaldson/Ian Afif/Matteos Labbe-Phelan] / Stick Figures [Regan Mowery/Ezra Schell/Aidan McConnell]) / Canadian Music Centre 2024-11-08 (Friday). $15 / $10 (students). [more info]

Music Gallery presents (feat. Joëlle Léandre & Rémy Bélanger de Beauport / Masahiro Takahashi/Joseph Shabason/Bram Gielen) / Allan Gardens Children's Conservatory 2024-11-09 (Saturday). $15/$20/$25 PWYCA [pay what you can afford]. [more info]

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]

Liquid Architecture (feat. Jamie Eriksen / Saba Yazdanpanah / Brian Abbott / Ryan Kinney) / Mischief Makers 2024-11-09 (Saturday). $10 adv. tickets/cash at door; $12 card at door. [FB event]

The Sarah Greene Preservation Society [Sarah Greene/Paul Kolinski/Tania Gill/Michael Herring/Conny Nowe] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-09 (Saturday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / Marilyn Yogarajah / Nick Flanagan / Triple Bad Acid) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-10 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.). [FB event]

Paul Collins Beat (Dany Laj & The Looks) / The Garrison 2024-11-10 (Sunday). $30.74, 19+. – CANCELLED [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on November 5, 2009 at The Horseshoe Tavern.

Dog Day - Neighbours

• ...on November 6, 2009 at Rancho Relaxo.

Volcano - No Signal In the Valley

[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: Swankey/Pitt/Pitt

Artist: Laura Swankey/Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt

Song: [excerpt from first piece]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #96), October 1, 2024.

Laura Swankey/Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt - [excerpt from first piece]

There were pedals all around for this trio, with Dann Pitt (electric guitar) flanked by Brittany Pitt (baritone sax) and Laura Swankey (vox). There were some nice swirling sounds here and some outward-pushing adventures that, with the addition of a rhythm section, could turn this into a particularly cosmic psych band.

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

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona on Tuesday (November 5th) with solo sets from visitors Darren Williams and Rebecca Bruton and an introductory duo from Marilyn + Apple. Meanwhile, Brittany Pitt, with her Reverie ensemble, will be holding down a November residency at The Rex, with shows every Tuesday in November from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.]

Recording: Josh Cole & Mira Martin-Gray

Artist: Josh Cole & Mira Martin-Gray

Song: [first piece]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #96), October 1, 2024.

Josh Cole & Mira Martin-Gray - [first piece]

A fabulous blend of techniques and technology, with Josh Cole's double bass operating in acoustic space and triggering samplesplosions from Mira Martin-Gray's reactive laptop manipulations, resulting in some truly futuristic jazz.

I managed not to get video for this track posted here, but you can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona on Tuesday (November 5th) with solo sets from visitors Darren Williams and Rebecca Bruton and an introductory duo from Marilyn + Apple.]