Monday Roundup #117

Concert announcements:

Roy (The Bobby Tenderloin Universe) / Grossman's Tavern 2023-04-17 (Monday) [FB event]

Array@50: Concert V: Four New Works ["world premiere performances of works by Seung-Won Oh, Rose Bolton, Cheldon Paterson aka SlowPitchSound and Array's new Composer-in-Residence Bruce A. Russell"] (feat. Array Ensemble) / Array Space 2023-04-20+22 (Thursday + Saturday). $20 or Pay What You Want, livestream available. [more info]

Ox (Fembots / Kyle Stephens) / The Baby G 2023-04-27 (Thursday). $18.35, 19+. [FB event]

What Is: The Future of Water (feat. Bergsonist / Acote/Fezz Stenton) / The Music Gallery 2023-05-11 (Thursday). $17.03, all ages. [FB event]

What Is: The Future Resonates (feat. Obuxum / Masayuki Tomita / tUkU / Francois Dillinger / Racine / Mue / ACE / bjsphantasyclub / Felice / Harriet Fran / Light Bender / Ashely Worden / Matilda) / The Music Gallery 2023-05-13 (Saturday). $17.03, all ages. [FB event]

Experimental Link (feat. Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi / Matti Pulkki) / Small World Centre 2023-05-13 (Saturday). $31.59. [FB event]

Lumo Records Weekend Festival (feat. Lina Allemano Four [Pipe Dream CD release!]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-05-13 (Saturday) [FB event]

Lumo Records Weekend Festival (feat. BLOOP / Titanium Riot) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-05-14 (Sunday) [FB event]

TONE Festival (feat. RAWL [Jack Wright/Ben Bennett/Evan Lipson/Zach Darrup] / Naomi McCarroll-Butler / Unguent) / Tibet Street Records 2023-06-02 (Friday). $14.29, all ages. [FB event]

TONE Festival (feat. Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog / Andy Moor / Adversarial Networks) / The Great Hall 2023-06-07 (Wednesday). $28.27, 19+. [FB event]

TONE Festival: Telephone Explosion x International Anthem Records Showcase (feat. Badge Époque Ensemble / Ben Lamar Gay / Masahiro Takahashi) / Nineteen Seventy Eight 2023-06-09 (Friday). $22.89, all ages. [FB event]

TONE Festival (feat. New York Review of Cocksucking / Laura Swankey / Del Stephen) / Bar Orwell 2023-06-13 (Tuesday). $14.29, 19+. [FB event]

TONE Festival (feat. Jason Doell [becoming in shadows ~ of being touched LP Release!] / New Hermitage) / Array Space 2023-06-18 (Sunday). $14.29, all ages. [FB event]

TONE Festival (feat. Zoh Amba & Chris Corsano / Farida Amadou / Ways [Brodie West/Evan Cartwright]) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2023-06-21 (Wednesday). $17.52, 19+. [FB event]

TONE Festival (feat. White People Killed Them [Raven Chacon/John Dieterich/Marshall Trammell] / Animatist / not a band) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2023-06-24 (Saturday). $17.52, 19+. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Jelly Ear [Yang Chen/Josh Cole/Cory Harper-Latkovich/Naomi McCarroll-Butler] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-04-10 (Monday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Dun-Dun Land: Night 6 (feat. Dun-Dun Man / Cetacea) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-04-11 (Tuesday – early!). $pwyc.

The Brodie West Quintet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-04-12 (Wednesday – early!)

CMC Presents (feat. Pursuit Grooves / Masahiro Takahashi) / Canadian Music Centre 2023-04-12 (Wednesday). $15 Advance / $20 at the door. [FB event]

Bodywash (Tallies / Sahara) / The Baby G 2023-04-12 (Wednesday). $20.05, 19+. [FB event]

Array@50: Concert IV ["works from the last 20 years, including music by former Array Artistic Directors Allison Cameron and Martin Arnold, along with commissioned works from Michael Oesterle and Raven Chacon"] (feat. Array Ensemble) / Array Space 2023-04-13+14 (Thursday + Friday). $20 or Pay What You Want, livestream available. [more info]

Musica Universalis (feat. Colin Fisher/Naomi McCarroll-Butler / SonoRa [Glen Hall/Alan Mackie/Tilman Lewis/Andrew Furlong]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-04-14 (Friday). $10 suggested donation. [FB event]

%%30%30 presents ["fully acoustic, fully outdoors, all proceeds going to the West Lodge tenant-run food bank"] (feat. Output 1:1:1 / FEURA / Mark Ballyk / Kurt Newman / FuZzy / Psychosics) / Parkdale Provincial Park 2023-04-15 (Saturday). $PWYW, entry by donation, NOTAFLOF.

Labyrinth Ensemble with Evgenios Voulgaris / Aga Khan Museum 2023-04-15 (Saturday). $40 Regular, $36 Friends, $30 Students and Seniors [tickets include same-day Museum admission]. [FB event]

The Ossingtones [Glen Hall/Diane Roblin/Bruce Cassidy/Andrew Furlong/Lowell Whitty] / La Rev 2023-04-15 (Saturday)

Thanya Iyer (Merah & Thom / Tara Kannangara) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2023-04-15 (Saturday). $pwyc, suggested $20.

Stranger Still [The Songs Which Are release show! With special guests Andrew Killawee and Mike Smith] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-04-15 (Saturday)

Sundays in April Residency (feat. Eucalyptus) / Hirut Cafe and Restaurant 2023-04-16 (Sunday). Suggested $15 per person.

Ancient Egypt [Holger Schoorl/Scott Thomson/Pete Johnston] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-04-16 (Sunday)

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It happened this week...

• ...on April 10, 2015 at The Dakota Tavern.

Laura Stein, Jennifer Pierce, Mike Belitisky, Michael McKenzie - All Ready

• ...on April 12, 2015 at Double Double Land.

Black Spirituals - unknown

• ...on April 14, 2015 at Smiling Buddha.

Lee Paradise - Langel

[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: Lee Paradise

Artist: Lee Paradise

Song: Langel^*

Recorded at Smiling Buddha, April 14, 2015.

Lee Paradise - Langel

Nearly a year on from the release of his fabulous album, this Daniel Lee side project shows signs of continued vitality, sneaking on stage under cover of near-total darkness. After some downtime while Lee was touring the world (and/or the West Coast) with Hooded Fang/Phèdre this highly-effective live unit is sounding rather focused in delivering the lean grooves these songs rely on. Hopefully this is a sign of more to come.

^* Thanks to a tipster for passing along the true meaning of this song's name.

Recording: Lee Paradise

Artist: Lee Paradise

Song: Paradise

Recorded at The Great Hall (Long Winter – Year Three, Volume One), November 14, 2014.

Lee Paradise - Paradise

Dan Lee (of Hooded Fang and Phèdre) dropped his solo album with just a single gig before decamping to Europe for several months. It was therefore nice to see the project (and its corresponding live band) resurrected for a few more gigs on the other side of the year, with some bass-led dark grooves surging out from an unlit stage.

Recording: Lee Paradise

Artist: Lee Paradise

Songs: Breaker + Non Helper

Recorded at The Silver Dollar Room, April 25, 2014.

Lee Paradise - Breaker

Lee Paradise - Non Helper

Full review to follow. As if his work in Hooded Fang and Phèdre (to say nothing of side-project dabblings in Hut and Tonkapuma) wasn't enough, Dan Lee has snuck out a solo album under the nom de guerre Lee Paradise. With the songs mostly based around simple, repeating basslines, there's some similarities to Dirty Beaches here, but this also brings a bit more of a hi-hat disco groove.

Eager to launch this to the world before heading off to tour the world with Phèdre, this was billed as a début — and possibly final — gig. With Lee seizing a chance for full-on frontman duties, the music came from a purpose-built band with members borrowed from Blonde Elvis and featuring HF guitarist Lane Halley providing some monster bass grooves. They had just the right balance of raw and rehearsed to give the set a vital feel, so I'm really hoping that we get another chance to hear these tunes from the stage.