Recording: Rapallo

Artist: Rapallo

Song: Daryll's On The News

Recorded at Dina's Tavern, February 21, 2026.

Rapallo - Daryll's On The News

This Montréal group (nominally a duo of co-frontpersons Nick Lanyon and Kyla Jolene, but appearing live as a quintet) might have been making their Toronto debut with this show, but they had obviously been cultivating a vibrant online presence, as the packed-in, youthful crowd in attendance would attest to. The band's live presentation might have been a little slick (and older heads might have shaken their heads a little ruefully, thinking that The Magic were a decade and half ahead of their time) but there's no arguing with the enthusiasm their yacht rock-hewing jams (worthy, like this one, of a spot on an 80's movie soundtrack) brought out in the crowd.

Recording: Marker Starling

Artist: Marker Starling

Song: Diamond Violence

Recorded at Dina's Tavern, February 21, 2026.

Marker Starling - Diamond Violence

Some (such as myself) might have been attracted to this evening as a chance to see Chris Cummings perform some "melancholy party jams" backed by his full band, though as the night's opener, he was happy enough to act (in his words) as entertainment for the filling-in crowd while they perused the headliner's merch table. There was definitely an affinity with Rapallo's headlining yacht rock set, and the group presumably made some new converts. The only thing to be sad about for longtime Mantler-heards is that the catalogue is so deep now that there's no time to reach back and dust off the "classics" — with a couple new ones in the setlist, tracks like this from the group's next-to-most-recent album are already being given a retrospective cast.

Monday Roundup #270

Concert announcements:

bangs!bangs!bangs! (Woolworm, Ontario / Mammalian Body Plan) / Houndstooth 2026-03-23 (Monday). $PWYC ($10 suggested/NOTAFLOF). [more info]

No Octopus Dancing [Allison Cameron/Germaine Liu/Stephen Parkinson/Mark Zurawinski] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-24 (Tuesday – early) [more info]

Samantha Richter [Samantha Richter/Pat Lefler/Andrew O’brien/Ben Rositsan] (Elrichman [solo piano]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-24 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [more info]

Brandon Davis's Stations Quartet [Brandon Davis/Patrick O'Reilly/Luan Phung/Germaine Liu] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-25 (Wednesday) [more info]

Karen Ng Presents: Lucky Vicky (feat. Kate Nankervis and Vic Cheong Create a Breathable Space / Nifty) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-26 (Thursday) [more info]

Sympathetic String Band (ARTU) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-29 (Sunday – early). $pwyc. [more info]

Minta & The Brook Trout (Sarah Greene & Paul Kolinski / Justin Orok) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-30 (Monday) [FB event]

Batuki Music Society and Small World Music present (feat. Kimi Djabaté / Daby Touré) / Small World Centre 2026-04-03 (Friday). $31.31, all-ages. [more info]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents (feat. The Specky Blokes / Toanche Dwelling) / The Jama 2026-04-03 (Friday). $15/$20. [tickets + more info]

Track Could Bend #115 (feat. Brian Abbott & Paul Newman / Ben Mike & Owen Kurtz) / Wenona Lodge 2025-04-07 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Riverrun [Tom Richards/Peter Lutek/Scott Peterson/Jake Oelrichs] / Reid's Distillery 2026-04-08 (Wednesday). $23.73 (advance)/$25 door. [FB event]

Labyrinth Ontario 2026 Fundraiser (feat. Iranian Folios of Dastgāh / Yahya Geylan & Canan Sezgin Geylan) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2026-04-09 (Thursday). $25 (or more with donation!), under 18 free. [FB event]

Jo Passed (Gift Idea / Sad Francis) / Dina's Tavern 2026-04-24 (Friday). $17.62 advance, $20 door. [tickets + more info]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. One Leg One Eye / Efrim Menuck) / St. Stephen-In-The-Fields 2025-05-13 (Wednesday). $26.67, all-ages. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Bill Harris (William Hunt) / Sellers & Newel 2026-03-16 (Monday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Thin Edge New Music Collective: Solitudes [15th anniversary celebration! 2026 season launch! Works for solo performer and electronics by Kaija Saariaho, Rebekah Cummings, Chiyoko Slavnics, Gayle Young, and Paolo Griffin] (feat. Amahl Arulanandam / Cheryl Duvall / Nathan Petitpas / Justin Massey) / Array Space 2026-03-17 (Tuesday). $20 (arts/seniors/students), $25 (regular). [more info]

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Bill Harris/Colin Fisher/Karen Ng/Raf Wilcot / fossa/Bibibi) / Wenona Lodge 2025-03-17 (Tuesday). $15/pwyc. [more info]

Agnes [Rob Clutton/Bea Labikova/Mira Martin-Gray/Doug Tielli/Kevin Turcotte/Mark Zurawinski] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-17 (Tuesday). [more info]

Motorists [album release!] (Deadbeat Beat / Automania) / Dina's Tavern 2025-03-18 (Wednesday). $20, 19+. [more info]

The Daniel Easty Quartet [Daniel Easty/Brodie West/Harley Card/Chris Banks] / The Emmet Ray 2026-03-18 (Wednesday). $15. [more info]

Sub-Sessions #14 (feat. Nozma / Por Flavor / Shel Khan) / BSMT 254 2025-03-18 (Wednesday). $PWYC/$15 recommended. [FB event]

Labyrinth Musical Workshop Ontario presents Makam Nights (feat. Mariam Shakaa) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2025-03-19 (Thursday). $pwyc. [FB event]

More Noise Please! presents: Lose Yourself To Noise (feat. Jabe LeDoux / Woolworm / Bucket With Hole / NewTel / Brian Fog / Smoqeh / Mo:delic Arts) / BSMT 254 2026-03-19 (Thursday). $17.31/pwyc. [tickets + more info]

Mehdi Rostami / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-03-20 (Friday – early) [more info]

David Occhipinti & Christine Bougie / Sellers & Newel 2026-03-20 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

BPM (Big Percussion Meeting): Residency Finale (feat. Colby Richardson / Colin Fisher / Jabe Ledoux / Philippe Melanson / Rick Sacks / Stella Tago) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-20 (Friday). $pwyc. [more info]

LAL & Unit 2 Present: A Practice of Love [album preview, single release, and film screening] (feat. LAL / Folke [EP launch]) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2026-03-21 (Saturday). $12 to $25 sliding scale at door, $17.31 advance [more info]

Story Time with Myk Freedman ["explor[ing] a long lost manuscript written by Myk's Romanian grandmother. [...] Excerpts from the manuscript will be read accompanied by an adventurous musical explorations of klezmer tunes from places where she lived"] (feat. Myk Freedman/Dave Clark/Rebecca Applebaum) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-21 (Saturday) [more info]

Cacophony: The Finale (feat. Dsouziate × cellsync / Erin Corbett × dorraa) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-22 (Sunday). $pwyc. [more info]

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It happened this week...

• ...on March 21, 2014 at The Imperial Pub.

Astral Gunk - I'm Tryin' + Scrotum City

• ... on March 22, 2014 at The Tranzac (Main Hall) – "Continuous Events (clapping optional)".

Musica Reflecta - Arbitrage II [fragment recombination edit]

[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: Stover/Labbé-Phelan/Furlong/Ng

Artist: Max Stover/Mateos Labbé-Phelan/Andrew Furlong/Karen Ng

Song: [1st set, last section]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Music Hosted by Karen Ng), February 17, 2026.

Max Stover/Mateos Labbé-Phelan/Andrew Furlong/Karen Ng - [1st set, last section]

Excellent two-sax action here from Karen Ng and Max Stover, moving from a frenzied gallop to some quiet exchanges with Mateos Labbé-Phelan (drums) and Andrew Furlong (double bass) pushing/pulling along the way.

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

[Karen Ng will be hosting more music at Wenona on Tuesday (March 17th) where she'll be joined by visitor Bill Harris plus locals Colin Fisher and Raf Wilcot — plus an opening duo from fossa/Bibibi.]

Recording: Bad Baby and Mayme Joach

Artist: Bad Baby and Mayme Joach

Songs: That Musician That's Dead + The Highway Only Stretched its Violent Arm

Recorded at Burdock Music Hall, February 8, 2026.

Bad Baby and Mayme Joach - That Musician That's Dead

Bad Baby and Mayme Joach - The Highway Only Stretched its Violent Arm

Sometimes an alligator and sometimes a bad baby, the last time I saw Alex Lukashevsky playing his own songs, he was testing out some of the promising new material that ended up on last year's excellent OOOOH!, which saw his balladry take a jagged turn into the sort of forceful rock (or, "rock") that he hadn't surveyed as much since his Deep Dark United days.

Anyone expecting that sort of Beefheartian scatter at this show would be fully satisfied... but that didn't mean that there wasn't also room for some smoother textures, like the Joni Mitchell/Larry Klien vibes of the latter selection here. Both of those angles were tremendously supported by Charliecello Lukashevsky's bass work, flipping from postpunk jaggedness to faux-fretless languidity as required. (Aidan McConnell on the drumkit rounded out the trio, which sometimes appears in a more expansive lineup, as heard on the album.)

[Alex Lukashevsky and Mayme Joach are playing tonight (Wednesday, March 11th) at Drom.]

Recording: Colleen Coco Collins

Artist: Colleen Coco Collins

Song: unknown^*

Recorded at Burdock Music Hall, February 8, 2026.

Colleen Coco Collins - unknown

This Nova Scotia-based poet's songs had a wordy chattiness that occasionally hinted at John K. Samson or the McGarrigle sisters, but were also tied more directly to the earth and the tides. Her keyboard was was enhanced by some rock flourishes from Will Kidman on electric guitar, keeping things lively.

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

Recording: Fan Wu

Artist: Fan Wu

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Burdock Music Hall, February 8, 2026.

Fan Wu - [excerpt]

Fan Wu's performance art can be music-based but that's often just one container for an ongoing series of explorations that encompass both pop glam and weltvernichtungsdenken (or, perhaps, ego-indulgence and ego-death), delivered with a veneer of gleeful homoeroticism. The arc of this set saw him crawling (blindly and robe-covered) to the stage to reveal himself like a plague-fearing penitent, uncloaking and turning his back to the crowd to self-flagellate with a string of bells jingling merrily to each meaty thud against flesh. With whatever sins or fears thusly released, the set closed with a dance party (or fetish party) with some air-violin playing. The whole thing was excellently abetted by Kieran Adams, sitting behind a table of electronics and closely-mic'ed percussion implements.

Monday Roundup #269

Concert announcements:

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Bill Harris/Colin Fisher/Karen Ng/Raf Wilcot / fossa/Bibibi) / Wenona Lodge 2025-03-17 (Tuesday). $15/pwyc. [more info]

Agnes [Rob Clutton/Bea Labikova/Mira Martin-Gray/Doug Tielli/Kevin Turcotte/Mark Zurawinski] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-17 (Tuesday). [more info]

Sub-Sessions #14 (feat. Nozma / Por Flavor / Shel Khan) / BSMT 254 2025-03-18 (Wednesday). $PWYC/$15 recommended. [FB event]

More Noise Please! presents: Lose Yourself To Noise (feat. Jabe LeDoux / Woolworm / Bucket With Hole / NewTel / Brian Fog / Smoqeh / Mo:delic Arts) / BSMT 254 2026-03-19 (Thursday). $17.31/pwyc. [tickets + more info]

BPM (Big Percussion Meeting): Residency Finale (feat. Colby Richardson / Colin Fisher / Jabe Ledoux / Philippe Melanson / Rick Sacks / Stella Tago) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-20 (Friday). $pwyc. [more info]

Charlotte Cornfield / Sonic Boom 2026-03-25 (Wednesday). $free, all-ages. [more info]

GOON (Shaaane / Battle Milk) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2026-03-27 (Friday). $10. [more info]

Imaginary North and The AMBiENT PiNG present Ambient Afternoon (feat. Ben McCarthy / Inchoate / Erica Whyte) / Society Clubhouse 2025-03-29 (Sunday – 2 p.m.). $10 at the door, NOTAFLOF. fully accessible and family friendly. [FB event]

Cosmic Homeostasis XXXI / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-29 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.). $pwyc, all-ages/family-friendly. [FB event]

Fembots (Wayne Petti) / The Brockton 2026-05-02 (Saturday). $22.89, all-ages. [tickets + more info]

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Shows this week:

Toronto Electronic Music Open Mic (feat. Giant Floating Head / A finished person is a boring person / Robin Heisey / Alex Wang / mylesofdude / Caspar Project / Broken Pink Umbrella / Plastic Heart Surgery / Little Vanity / dreamSTATE / subtoniq / dnj beats / Patrick Perez / Antibes / Gruve Collective) / Handlebar 2026-03-09 (Monday) [more info]

Mike DeiCont presents: an evening of all ballads (feat. Mike DeiCont/Karen Ng/Mateos Labbé-Phelan/Patrick O'Reilly) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-09 (Monday)

Caylie Staples & Matt Brubeck / Sellers & Newel 2025-03-10 (Tuesday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Brodie West presents (feat. Brodie West Double Basses Quintet [Brodie West/Rob Clutton/Josh Cole/Patrick O'Reilly/Bjorn Kriel]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-11 (Wednesday – early) [more info]

The Adjacence [Lina Allemano/Karen Ng/Nick Fraser/Ryan Driver] / Sellers & Newel 2026-03-11 (Wednesday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Alex Lukashevsky with Mayme Joach / Drom Taberna 2025-03-11 (Wednesday) [more info]

mdbm [Michael White/Maggie Keogh/Don Rooke/Blake Howard] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-11 (Wednesday) [more info]

Thursdays at Noon (feat. Eve Egoyan) / Walter Hall 2026-03-12 (Thursday – noon). $free. [more info]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents (feat. Xu Shaoyang / Owen Kurtz & Karen Ng / Mira Martin-Gray ["songs old and new", with her backing band of Josh Cole & Mark Zurawinski) / Agenda Cafe + Bar 2026-03-12 (Thursday). $pwyc. [more info]

Nash the Slash Rises Again! + Concert ["...a one night only event featuring the theatrical premiere of Nash the Slash Rises Again!, an in-person Q&A with the filmmakers and collaborators, plus a live musical performance with special guests!"] (feat. Ian Blurton/Christine Duncan/Rebecca Hennessy/Rob Higgins/Friendly Rich Marsella/Andrew Noseworthy/Frank Pahl/Eiyn Sof with house band: Kevin Breit/Dave Clark/Rebecca Hennessy/Michael Herring/Elena Kapeleris) / Hot Docs Cinema 2026-03-13 (Friday). $20 (general)/$15 (members). [FB event]

Max Donaldson [solo piano record launch!] / Sellers & Newel 2026-03-13 (Friday). $15 minimum donation. [more info]

The Music Gallery presents (feat. Brahja [Sam Shalabi/Daniel Gélinas/Damon Handoff/Georgia Wartel Collins/Devin Brahja Waldman] / High Alpine Hut Network) / Annette Studios 2026-03-13 (Friday). $PWYCA ($22.14/$27.29/$33.47). [tickets + more info]

Friends of Allan Gardens present: Water is a Shifting Mirror album release (feat. Eejungmi / Emissive) / Allan Gardens Conservatory 2026-03-13 (Friday). $22.60, 19+. [tickets + more info]

Audiopollination (feat. Danny Alexander/Meryem Alaoui/Tarran Massey-Singh / Neal Armstrong/Roshanak A/Zan Redcrow / Bill Gilliam/Meena Rizwan/Margaret Maria / The Not Michael Lynn's with Kat Mcgouran) / Array Space 2026-03-13 (Friday). $10/PWYC/NOTAFLOF. [FB event]

Musica Universalis (feat. Body Help with Hugh Marsh [Kieran Adams/Josh Cole/Colin Fisher]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-13 (Friday) [more info]

Improvised Live Scoring [live score of Princess Mononoke] (feat. Mifune Moods) / Bampot House 2026-03-14 (Saturday – 6 p.m.) [more info]

Ladyfinger [Diane Roblin & Kayla Milmine] / Sellers & Newel 2025-03-14 (Saturday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Liquid Architecture (feat. Michael Palumbo / destroya / Ryan Kinney / Adele Desmarais) / St Matthew's Clubhouse 2026-03-14 (Saturday). $10 (cash or e-transfer). [FB event]

Ben Mike & The Beatles ["large ensemble improvisation featuring guitars, saxophone, clarinet, violin, bass clarinet, percussion, voice and alternatively tuned keyboard"] (Down Town [Maxwell Stover & Ian Afif]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-03-14 (Saturday). $pwyc ($20 recommended). [more info]

Stranger Still [Rob Clutton/Mim Adams/Randi Helmers/Pete Johnston] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-15 (Sunday – 2 p.m.)

Recording: OOOP

Artist: OOOP

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), February 8, 2026.

OOOP - [excerpt]

Frequent guests at the Ayal Senior residency often get pulled into recombinant and frequently-mutating instant bands — this one saw him joined by Marilyn Yogarajah and Roya Biazar.

[Ayal Senior & Friends is back at the Tranzac tomorrow (March 8th) with sets from Senior & Newman, Lostworldsounds, Nick Flanagan and Nocturnes]

Recording: destroya

Artist: destroya

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), February 8, 2026.

destroya - [excerpt]

With an elegant use of reverse delay, destroya unfurled some solo considerations, all enlaced with grace.

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

[Ayal Senior & Friends is back at the Tranzac tomorrow (March 8th) with sets from Senior & Newman, Lostworldsounds, Nick Flanagan and Nocturnes]

Recording: Ayal Senior

Artist: Ayal Senior

Song: What’s in Fahey’s Trunk?

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), February 8, 2026.

Ayal Senior - What’s in Fahey’s Trunk?

Ayal Senior started off this instalment of his residency with a quick solo set, with the electric 12-string and the trusty ol' DL4 at hand.

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

[Ayal Senior & Friends is back at the Tranzac tomorrow (March 8th) with sets from Senior & Newman, Lostworldsounds, Nick Flanagan and Nocturnes]

Monday Roundup #268

Concert announcements:

Mike DeiCont presents: an evening of all ballads (feat. Mike DeiCont/Karen Ng/Mateos Labbé-Phelan/Patrick O'Reilly) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-09 (Monday)

The Adjacence [Lina Allemano/Karen Ng/Nick Fraser/Ryan Driver] / Sellers & Newel 2026-03-11 (Wednesday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Alex Lukashevsky with Mayme Joach / Drom Taberna 2025-03-11 (Wednesday) [more info]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents (feat. Xu Shaoyang / Owen Kurtz & Karen Ng / Mira Martin-Gray ["songs old and new", with her backing band of Josh Cole & Mark Zurawinski) / Agenda Cafe + Bar 2026-03-12 (Thursday). $pwyc. [more info]

The Music Gallery presents (feat. Brahja [Sam Shalabi/Daniel Gélinas/Damon Handoff/Georgia Wartel Collins/Devin Brahja Waldman] / High Alpine Hut Network) / Annette Studios 2026-03-13 (Friday). $PWYCA ($22.14/$27.29/$33.47). [tickets + more info]

Max Donaldson [solo piano record launch!] / Sellers & Newel 2026-03-13 (Friday). $15 minimum donation. [more info]

Friends of Allan Gardens present: Water is a Shifting Mirror album release (feat. Eejungmi / Emissive) / Allan Gardens Conservatory 2026-03-13 (Friday). $22.60, 19+. [tickets + more info]

Liquid Architecture (feat. Michael Palumbo / destroya / Ryan Kinney / Adele Desmarais) / St Matthew's Clubhouse 2026-03-14 (Saturday). $10 (cash or e-transfer). [FB event]

Stranger Still [Rob Clutton/Mim Adams/Randi Helmers/Pete Johnston] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-15 (Sunday – 2 p.m.)

Bill Harris (William Hunt) / Sellers & Newel 2026-03-16 (Monday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Thin Edge New Music Collective: Solitudes [15th anniversary celebration! 2026 season launch! Works for solo performer and electronics by Kaija Saariaho, Rebekah Cummings, Chiyoko Slavnics, Gayle Young, and Paolo Griffin] (feat. Amahl Arulanandam / Cheryl Duvall / Nathan Petitpas / Justin Massey) / Array Space 2026-03-17 (Tuesday). $20 (arts/seniors/students), $25 (regular). [more info]

Motorists [album release!] (Deadbeat Beat / Automania) / Dina's Tavern 2025-03-18 (Wednesday). $20, 19+. [more info]

Labyrinth Musical Workshop Ontario presents Makam Nights (feat. Mariam Shakaa) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2025-03-19 (Thursday). $pwyc. [FB event]

David Occhipinti & Christine Bougie / Sellers & Newel 2026-03-20 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Bloop! [Lina Allemano & Mike Smith] / Sellers & Newel 2026-04-05 (Sunday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Debt Dreams [Jessica Deutsch/Tyler Emond/Kevin Breit/Rosendo ‘Chendy’ Leon] / Sellers & Newel 2026-04-12 (Sunday). $25 minimum donation. [more info]

Jen Lo/Julien Bradley-Combs/Ben Dwyer / Sellers & Newel 2026-04-14 (Tuesday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

The Evan Miles Trio [Evan Miles/Norbert Botos/Max Simpson] / Sellers & Newel 2026-04-15 (Wednesday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Andrea Scala & Tania Gill / Sellers & Newel 2026-04-18 (Saturday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Art of Improv (feat. Mark Gane/Eugene Martynec/Bill Gilliam / Bob Wiseman/John Oswald/Jesse Levine) / Annette Studios 2026-04-19 (Sunday). $20 / PWYC. [FB event]

The Max Donaldson Quartet [Max Donaldson/Matteos Labbe-Phelan/Ian Afif/Max Stover] / Sellers & Newel 2026-04-19 (Sunday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

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Shows this week:

Track Could Bend #114 (feat. Bill Gilliam / Scallions [Holger Schoorl & Mark Zurawinski] / Tap slap wind and light) / Wenona Lodge 2026-03-03 (Tuesday – early start @ 8:30 p.m.). $pwyc. [FB event]

WORM “BLOOD” MOON [works for piano by Anna Höstman, Harry Somers and Alison Yun-Fei Jiang] (feat. Cheryll Duvall / Adam Sherkin) / The nanoSTAGE 2026-03-03 (Tuesday). $33.90. [tickets + more info]

Equinox and Solstice Residency (feat. Ghostlight) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-04 (Wednesday). $pwyc, sugg. $10. [FB event]

Drones Over Dufferin / The Emmet Ray 2026-03-05 (Thursday – 6:30 p.m). $15. [more info]

saucering [Tilman Lewis/Nilan Perera/Laura Swankey] [Where Things Are When album launch] / Sellers & Newel 2025-03-05 (Thursday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]

Merival (Picastro) / Dina's Tavern 2026-03-05 (Thursday). $10. [FB event]

stef.in (not a band / Animatist) / Handlebar 2026-03-05 (Thursday). $20 or pwyc

Tania Gill Presents (feat. The Titillators with Alex Samaras [Ryan Driver/Alex Samaras/Tania Gill/Germaine Liu/Nick Fraser/Colin Cudmore]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-06 (Friday – early)

More Noise Please! presents: More Women in Noise Please! [Superjen's birthday bash! & celebration of international women's day!] (feat. Xicada × Iowyth Ulthiin / U9 × Water Stains / Autofeeder × Xodkaar / Kristina Guison / Esssena / Cellsync) / BSMT 254 2025-03-06 (Friday). $15/pwyc. [tickets + more info]

Doug Tielli and... (feat. Doug Tielli/Karen Ng/Rob Clutton/Nick Fraser) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-06 (Friday) [more info]

Long Winter @ Geary Art Crawl (feat. Kazdoura / cutsleeve / Kristina Guison / Dingani / TJ TRAXX) / Geary Factory Lofts x The Fueling Station 2026-03-07 (Saturday – all day, 2 p.m. 'til late). $pwyc (skip-the-line $25 day passes, $40 weekend passes available), all-ages/licensed. [tickets + more info]

Songs of Sorrow (feat. The Tallis Choir) / St. Patrick's Church 2026-03-07 (Saturday). $35 ($30 seniors). [FB event]

Dorothea Paas (Potions [Aidan McConnell/Ben Rositsan/Josh Sparks/Steven Noronha]) / St.Stephen-In-The-Fields Church 2025-03-07 (Saturday). $17.31, all ages/dry event. [tickets + more info]

Toronto Improvisers Orchestra / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-03-08 (Sunday – noon)

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Senior & Newman / Lostworldsounds / Nick Flanagan / Nocturnes [Ayal Senior & Michelle Breslin]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-03-08 (Sunday – 2 p.m.) [FB event]

Long Winter @ Geary Art Crawl (feat. dogwhistle / GUTMACHINE / Bobby Gadda / Aliyah Aziz / SCRAPE / 358Narada & Asphalt Tomb) / Geary Factory Lofts x The Fueling Station 2026-03-08 (Sunday – all day, 2 p.m. 'til late). $pwyc (skip-the-line $25 day passes, $40 weekend passes available), all-ages/licensed. [tickets + more info]

International Women's Day (feat. Tania Gill/Aline Homzy/Karen Ng/Brittany Pitt/Mira Riselli) / Sellers & Newel 2026-03-08 (Sunday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Titanium Riot [Lina Allemano/Ryan Driver/Rob Clutton/Nick Fraser] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-08 (Sunday). $pwyc

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Bandcamp corner:

• There's another Bandcamp Friday this week! Support the musicians you love! Here's a couple things I'll be grabbing:

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It happened this week...

• ...on March 2, 2010 at Christ Church Deer Park.

Lewis, Downing & Martin - an improvisation

• ...on March 3, 2010 at Sonic Boom Records.

Tinariwen - 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.]

Recording: Toronto Improvisers Orchestra

Artist: Toronto Improvisers Orchestra

Songs: Non-pitched sounds/Rod's conduction

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), February 8, 2026.

Toronto Improvisers Orchestra - Non-pitched sounds

Toronto Improvisers Orchestra - Rod's conduction

February's version of the TIO required the wide-angle lens to capture, with a circle of seven musicians sharing sounds. These selections (which run directly one into another) show a couple of the techniques at play in their performances. At a suggestion from the group, the first part is an exploration of non-pitched sounds on everyone's instrument. Once that idea was poked at from all the different angles, Rod Campbell stood up to conduct a piece, nicely pulling all the sounds back together.

[The TIO are back in action in the Southern Cross at noon next Sunday (March 8th).]

Recording: OH GEE

Artist: OH GEE

Song: [1st piece, excerpt]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #113), February 3, 2026.

OH GEE - [1st piece, excerpt]

This duo has only performed in public once previously, but there were meshing vibes aplenty from friends Marilyn Yogarajah and Rod Campbell. The partnership was deepened by the shared instrumentation, wth both bringing trumpet and a Yamaha CP Reface. That gave some shared sonic zones to start from, though Campbell also added some gentle feedback from a resonator unit. Often dreamy, sometimes chatty, and pausing along the way to consider what a strange turn of phrase "to hell in a handbasket" is.

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

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona on Tuesday (March 3rd) with sets from Bill Gilliam, Scallions (Holger Schoorl + Mark Zurawinski) and Tap slap wind and light. Early start! Doors around 8:00, music at 8:30.]

Recording: Ryan Kinney

Artist: Ryan Kinney

Songs: Saints/Witches and Devils/Love Cry [composer: Albert Ayler]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #113), February 3, 2026.

Ryan Kinney - Saints/Witches and Devils/Love Cry

Busy as a teacher, shredder, curator and improvisor, Ryan Kinney took a rare solo turn for TCB. There was a nice mix of material here, from some Marc Ribot-inspired Ayler interpretations, a couple John Zorn pieces, and some technological investigations with pedals and a mint tin mini-amp.

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

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona on Tuesday (March 3rd) with sets from Bill Gilliam, Scallions (Holger Schoorl + Mark Zurawinski) and Tap slap wind and light. Early start! Doors around 8:00, music at 8:30.]