Monday Roundup #251

Contest reminder:

• Don't forget! If you're reading this before noon on Tuesday, you still have a chance to win a pair of tickets to Saturday night's Labyrinth Ensemble concert with special guests Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma at the Aga Khan. Head over to the post for full details!

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Concert announcements:

The Harry Vetro Quartet [Harry Vetro/Harrison Argatoff/Maxwell Stover/Andrew Furlong] / The Emmet Ray 2025-11-10 (Monday). $12. [more info]

Ariane Morin's Residency Concert Series: Turkish Trio (feat. Ariane Morin/Ferhan Dogmusoz/Naghmeh Farahmand) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-13 (Thursday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Surface Topographies [music for harpsichord and electronics, works by Linda Catlin Smith, Christina Volpini, Boris Bezemer, Tristan Perich and a world premiere by Bekah Simms] (feat. Wesley Shen) / St George's Grange Park 2025-11-18 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

No Octopus Dancing [Allison Cameron/Germaine Liu/Stephen Parkinson/Mark Zurawinski] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-04 (Tuesday – early) [more info]

Track Could Bend #110 (feat. anthéne / Fossils) / Wenona Lodge 2025-11-04 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Holy Oak Family Singers present: The Songs of The Spice Girls (feat. Thom Gill/Robin Dann/Caitlin Woelfe-O'Brien/Luka Kuplowsky/Stefna Fratila/Carlyn Bezic/Ivy Mairi/Fez Gilen/Danika Vandersteen/Mira Martin-Gray/Heather Saumer/Josh Cole/Fan Wu/Madelyn Kirby/Steven Foster) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-05 (Wednesday – early) [more info]

DYAN (Shawn William Clarke) / Burdock Music Hall 2025-11-05 (Wednesday). $16.95 advance/$20 door. [tickets + more info]

Sonomadic Improv presents (feat. SOMA [Anita Katakkar/Kayla Milmine/Jonathan Kay] / Reagan Mitchell/Brandon Davis/Stefan Hegerat) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-05 (Wednesday) [more info]

The Max Donaldson Trio [record release!] [Max Donaldson/Ian Afif/Mateos Labbe-Phelan] / Sellers & Newel 2025-11-06 (Thursday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]

Tania Gill Quartet [Tania Gill/Brodie West/Rob Clutton/Nico Dann] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-07 (Friday – early)

The Patrick Smith Words Trio [Patrick Smith/Lowell Whitty/Dan Pitt] / Sellers & Newel 2024-11-07 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Living Hour (Cootie Catcher / Westelaken) / The Baby G 2025-11-07 (Friday). $24.98, 19+. [FB event]

More Noise Please! Presents: Nightmare in November! (feat. God of Gaps / Colby Richardson / DJ Plague / Esther Splett / The Great Octopus / Esssena) / BSMT 254 2025-11-07 (Friday). $15/PWYC. [FB event]

Doug Tielli and ... (feat. Doug Tielli/Chris Adriaanse/Bea Labikova/Raphael Roter/Heather Saumer) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-07 (Friday)

Prince Nifty/Colin Fisher / Le Monde 2025-11-07 (Friday). $20. [more info]

Labyrinth Ontario presents (feat. Labyrinth Ensemble with Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma) / Aga Khan Museum 2025-11-08 (Saturday). $50. [FB event]

Hiroki Tanaka (Cutsleeve / Jo Passed) / The Dance Cave 2025-11-08 (Saturday). $27.16, 19+. [FB event]

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / James M. Creed / Nick Flanagan / Tea Time) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-09 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

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In the mix:

• New ambient mix! Starting with some mellow moments from some local faves, into some piano excursions and then drifting outward from there. Featuring sounds by Karen Ng, Bram Gielen, Thom Gill & Christopher Willes, Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas, A L M A, Cheryl Duvall, Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe, Maps and Diagrams, Marina Džukljev+Michael Thieke, Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith.

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It happened this week...

• ...on November 8, 2012 at The Silver Dollar Room (Psych-Pop Toronto Release Party – Night 1).

The Auras - The Peacock

• ... on November 9, 2012 at The Silver Dollar Room (Psych-Pop Toronto Release Party – Night 2).

The BB Guns - Queen of the World

[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.]