Monday Roundup #185

Concert announcements:

Labyrinth presents Modal Music (feat. Labyrinth Ensemble) / Toronto Railway Museum 2024-08-05 (Monday – 12:30 p.m. & 2:00 p.m.). $free, outdoors, family-friendly. [FB event]

Habari Africa Festival (feat. Hassan El Hadi / Sia Tolno / Emmanuel Jal) / Harbourfront Centre 2024-08-09 (Friday). $free, outdoors, all-ages + family-friendly. [more info]

Musica Universalis (feat. I Have Eaten The City [Colin Fisher/Nick Storring/Brandon Valdivia]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-08-09 (Friday). $pwyc, suggested donation $10

Blunt Object ["performing the weird and wonderful music of Carla Bley"] [Jay Hay/Ben Dietschi/Gordon Hyland/Jesse Malone/Teppei Kamei/Heather Saumer/Robin Jessome/Josh Bird/Tania Gill/Phil Albert/Nico Dann) / The Rex 2024-08-10 (Saturday – 2 p.m.). $10/$15. [FB event]

Habari Africa Festival (feat. Kalimba Village with Njacko Backo / Mzee Watmon Amone & MC Ojegele / Balafon Village with Adama Daou / Melat Mengesha / Gye Nyame / Empress Nyiringango / Teranga Senegal) / Harbourfront Centre 2024-08-10 (Saturday). $free, outdoors, all-ages + family-friendly. [more info]

Audiopollination presents (feat. The Side Eye [Kayla Milmine/Mike Lynn/Em] / Unihorn [Andrew & Jonathan Kay] / %%30%30/Rod Campbell/Gladys) / Annette Studios 2024-08-10 (Saturday). $15/pwyc. [FB event]

Habari Africa Festival (feat. Balafon Village with Adama Daou / Mabinty Sylla & Lanaya / Les Frères Cissoko: Noumoucounda, Sadio & Fa / Kunle / Rumba: Soul of Congo / Sadaka) / Harbourfront Centre 2024-08-11 (Sunday). $free, outdoors, all-ages + family-friendly. [more info]

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

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Shows this week:

The Nilan Perera Sextet [Ian de Souza/Alex Fournier/Jason Massey/Nilan Perera/Matt Poon/Rick Sacks] / Array Space 2024-07-30 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Lina Allemano Four / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-07-30 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Morten Larsen/Doug Tielli/Florian Fischer/Nicola Miller feat. Karen Ng / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-07-31 (Wednesday – early) [more info]

Brittany Pitt presents (feat. Reverie [Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Caleb Klager/Stefan Hegerat]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-07-31 (Wednesday) [more info]

ZONES / Monarch Tavern 2024-08-01 (Thursday). $18.92, 19+. [FB event]

Banananananana (Free Play Angel / jaL / Tommy Tone) / Ted's Collision 2024-08-01 (Thursday). $pwyc, 19+

Beams (Summer Like The Season / Essie Watts) / Monarch Tavern 2024-08-02 (Friday). $15, 19+. [FB event]

Aniqa Dear (Joyshape / Snake of Rhyme) / Allan Gardens Children's Conservatory 2024-08-03 (Saturday – 1 p.m.). $12 advance/$15 door, all-ages sober event. [more info]

BLOOP! / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-08-03 (Saturday) [FB event]

Forró on Sundays (feat. Maria and The Band) / Drom Taberna 2024-08-04 (Sunday – 2 p.m.). $10. [FB event]

Modern Roots Jazz Americana Summer Series (feat. Utopia Ontario [Andrew Downing/Kevin Turcotte/Justin Orock/Ian McGimsey/Maggie Keogh]) / Hirut Café 2024-08-04 (Sunday). $20, dining available. [more info]

Joseph Allred (Hieronymus Harry / Marilyn Yogarajah) / Annette Studios 2024-08-04 (Sunday). $15. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on July 31, 2013 at Clinton's Tavern.

The Magic - There You Are

• ...on August 2, 2013 at Izakaya Sushi House.

Tess Parks - Life Is But A Dream

• ...on August 3, 2013 at The Silver Dollar Room.

Cartoons - Bug Eyed

[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: Tess Parks and Friends

Artist: Tess Parks and Friends

Song: Cigarettes & Alcohol [Oasis cover]

Recorded at The Silver Dollar Room ("Death to T.O. 3"), October 31, 2013.

Tess Parks and Friends - Cigarettes & Alcohol

Full review to follow. Now in its third year (perhaps long enough to call it a Hallowe'en tradition!) Death to T.O. filled the Silver Dollar and Comfort Zone with a non-stop night of music — no less than thirteen bands doing mini cover sets in full costume. Many of the bands chose to pay tribute to artists they felt a close artistic kinship with, and that was no exception here. But beyond fandom, it also places Parks in rock'n'roll's ongoing spectrum — her debut album will be coming out this month on 359 Music, a new venture from Alan McGee, who just happened, of course, to sign Oasis once upon a time.

Sunday Playlist #41

Sunday Playlist #41: Milk The Milkers

At the start of this week, all my feeds practically blew up with the release of Milkin' It, a tribute to Nirvana's In Utero put together by Hand Drawn Dracula. The tracklisting elicited a cheer from me 'cause these are bands that I love to go see all the time. In fact, it occurred to me once I did some poking around that I have live recordings from everyone involved in the project. So in case you wanted to hear what these bands sound like on stage doing their own material, here's a track-for-track answer playlist.

Breeze - unknown

Recorded at The Drake Underground ("What's in the Box" – Night 5), December 30, 2012.

Greys - Rennie + Carjack

Recorded at 159 Manning ("Don't Trust Anyone Under 30 – Manning BBQ 2013"), June 14, 2013.

Beliefs - Catch My Breath

Recorded at Sonic Boom ("Record Store Day 2013"), April 20, 2013.

Ostrich Tuning - Keep You Through the Night

Recorded at The Silver Dollar Room ("MINOR Fundraiser"), October 4, 2013.

Fresh Snow - Nautical Smoke

Recorded at The Shop under Parts & Labour ("Wavelength THIRTEEN – Night 1"), February 14, 2013.

Julie Fader - 723

Recorded at The Dakota Tavern ("Jason Collett's Basement Revue"), December 7, 2010.

Great Bloomers - Dark Horse

Recorded at Artscape Gibraltar Point (ALL CAPS! Island Show), October 17, 2009.

Teenanger - Psychic Sonya

Recorded at Parts + Labour ("Mattyfest Summerslam BBQ 2013"), August 18, 2013.

Absolutely Free - Clothed Woman Sitting

Recorded at Artscape Gibraltar Point (ALL CAPS! Festival), August 12, 2012.

The Weather Station - unknown

Recorded at Holy Oak Café, August 20, 2013.

Odonis Odonis - Wipeout Beat

Recorded at Polyhaus ("Feast in the East 20"), December 14, 2012.

Hooded Fang - Ode To Subterrania

Recorded at Lula Lounge, April 4, 2013.

The Wooden Sky - Baby It's No Secret

Recorded BLK BOX ("The Wooden Sky Travelling Adventure Show"), August 16, 2013.

Doom Squad - Born from the Marriage of the Moon and a Crocodile + Eternal Return

Recorded at The Music Gallery ("Exclaim! Magazine Destination Out Showcase"), November 17, 2012.

Milk Lines - unknown

Recorded at The Horseshoe Tavern, May 4, 2013.

Hussy [now known as HSY] - Ladies Nite

Recorded at Steam Whistle Brewery ("Steam Whistle UNSIGNED"), May 24, 2013.

Tess Parks - Life Is But A Dream

Recorded at Izakaya Sushi House, August 2, 2013.

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Sunday Playlist is a semi-regular feature that brings back some of this blog's previously-posted original live recordings for an encore. You can always click the tags below to see what I originally wrote about the shows these songs came from.

Recording: Tess Parks

Artist: Tess Parks

Song: Life Is But A Dream

Recorded at Izakaya Sushi House, August 2, 2013.

Tess Parks - Life Is But A Dream

Full review to follow. It's been good news for good people since I last saw Tess Parks and co. playing, with Parks being among the first wave of artists aigned to Alan McGee's new 359 Music label. Expect the momentum to keep building, with the band's album due in November.

Recording: Tess Parks

Artist: Tess Parks

Song: Anemone [Brian Jonestown Massacre cover]^*

Recorded at Sonic Boom ("Record Store Day 2013"), April 20, 2013.

Tess Parks - Anemone

Full review to follow. Anyone that was still sleepy as the full day's worth of live music began at Sonic Boom had a chance to be nudged towards consciousness with Parks' hazy, drowsy stylings. Parks, a noted photographer whose Take Care of Your Soul exhibit just closed at Oz Studios, showed off a well-crafted group sound that fills in some of the spareness of the demos that appeared online a few months ago. I'm looking forward to hearing more of this.

^* Thanks to Ami for passing along the title to this one!