Artist: Twist
Song: Too Much Trouble*
Recorded at 159 Manning ("NXNE: M for 159 Manning"), June 20, 2014.
Twist - Too Much TroubleYou can read my quick notes for this set here.
* Thanks to Amanda for passing along the title to this one.
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Lipliners Residency (feat. Ronley Teper & The Lipliners) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-27 (Tuesday – early) [FB event]
Nick Fraser presents (feat. Nick Fraser's Special Topics [Nick Fraser/Kae Murphy/Max Stover/Josh Cole] / Kae Murphy [solo]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-27 (Tuesday) [more info]
Brandon Davis's Stations Quartet [Brandon Davis/Patrick O'Reilly/Luan Phung/Germaine Liu] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-01-28 (Wednesday) [more info]
Discoveries Vol.8 with Musical Host Batuki Music (feat. Nii Osabu / Dipo / Sintayehu “Mimi” Zenebe & Abebe Fikade / David J. / Ruth Mathiang / Ṣẹwà) / Hugh's Room 2026-01-29 (Thursday). $21.82. [FB event]
Karen Ng presents (feat. Double Teams [Ryan Driver/Karen Ng/Aidan McConnell/Philippe Melanson) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-29 (Thursday)
All-Set! Presents (feat. Molehill) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-01-30 (Friday – early) [more info]
Josh Cole + Strings [featuring the premiere of "Concerto for Bass Drum"] [Josh Cole/Aline Homzy/Nick Storring/John Oswald/Blake Howard] / Sellers & Newel 2025-01-30 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]
Exit Points #67 (feat. cheryl o/Annie Elgie/Shaunt Raffi/Casey Sokol/Michael Palumbo / W L C/Sonia Leung/Danielle Sum/Alexia Monize/Angelica Zavala) / Array Space 2026-01-30 (Friday). $22.89 advance, $28.27 general admission. [tickets + more info]
The Ryan Driver Sextet [Moon CD release] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-30 (Friday) [FB event]
Exhibition & Sound Performance: S, M, L & other sizes (feat. Sarah Peebles & Mira Martin-Gray) / PIX FILM Gallery 2026-01-31 (Saturday). $free. [FB event]
University of Toronto New Music Festival (feat. DOG Ensemble and Jazz Faculty) / Walter Hall 2025-02-01 (Sunday – 2:00 p.m.). $free. [more info]
More Noise Please! presents: An Evening of Deconstructed Sounds (feat. SlowPitchSound / Property Violator / o0yu x rOrU / System78 / The Eyes, The Mouth / dsouziate) / BSMT 254 2026-02-05 (Thursday). $17.31/pwyc. [teickets/more info]
Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / Destroya / Nick Flanagan / OOP) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-02-08 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]
Axiomatic Heresy [Jonathan Kay/Nick Fraser/Alex Fournier with special guests Kayla Milmine/Andrew Kay/Reagan Mitchell] / The Emmet Ray 2026-02-01 (Sunday – 5 p.m.). $15. [more info]
University of Toronto New Music Festival: Vis a Vis [music of Vivian Fung and Morton Feldman] (feat. U of T Percussion Ensemble) / Walter Hall 2025-02-02 (Monday). $free. [more info]
Harry Vetro and Friends [Kae Murphy/Harrison Argatoff/Ben Isenstein/Andrew Furlong/Harry Vetro] / The Emmet Ray 2026-02-02 (Monday). $15
Track Could Bend #113 (feat. OH GEE [Marilyn Yogarajah/Rob Campbell] / Ryan Kinney) / Wenona Lodge 2026-02-03 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]
Dan Pitt/Jen Lo/Kae Murphy/Stefan Hegarat / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-02-04 (Wednesday)
The Eric West Quintet [Eric West/Kae Murphy/Leland Whitty/Julian Anderson-Bowes/Chris Pruden] / Sellers & Newel 2025-02-06 (Friday). $25 minimum donation. [FB event]
Toronto Improvisers Orchestra / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-02-08 (Sunday – noon)
Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / Destroya / Nick Flanagan / OOP) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-02-08 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]
Bad Baby and Mayme Joach [Aidan McConnell/Jack Johnston/Evan Cartwright/Charliecello Lukashevsky/Alex Lukashevsky] (Fan Wu / Colleen Coco Collins) / Burdock Music Hall 2026-02-08 (Sunday). $22.13. [tickets + more info]
Soundstreams Encounters: Arvo Pärt at 90 (feat. Erika Raum/Oskar Daniel-Raum/Xin Wang) / Hugh's Room 2026-02-09 (Monday). $free with reservation. [more info]
Mike DeiCont Trio [Mike DeiCont/Eric West/Leland Whitty] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-02-09 (Monday) [more info]
Max Donaldson [solo piano record launch] / Sellers & Newel 2025-02-13 (Friday). $15 minimum donation. [FB event]
Soundstreams presents: Arvo Pärt at 90 (feat. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir) / Yorkminster Park Baptist Chuch 2026-02-14 (Saturday). $33.25 to $89.75. [more info]
Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Maz Stover/Mateos Labbé-Phelan/Andrew Furlong/Karen Ng) / Wenona Lodge 2026-02-17 (Tuesday). $pwyc
Ellwood Epps Trio [Ellwood Epps/Andrew Furlong/Blake Howard] / Sellers & Newel 2025-02-18 (Wednesday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]
Behaviours:Data (feat. Anando Gabo / Marelena Pellegrino / Technology of Creative Consciousness) / Array Space 2026-02-19 (Thursday). $25 (or Pay What You Want), livestream: $12.00 (or Pay What You Want). [more info]
CMC Presents: Solo Works (feat. Wesley Shen / Roan Ma) / Canadian Music Centre 2026-02-19 (Thursday). $15 Advance / $20 at the door (General Admission), $12 Advance / $15 at the door (CMC Members and Arts Workers), $10 (students). [more info]
Ellwood Epps Quartet [Ellwood Epps/Jonny Luke/Rob Clutton/Blake Howard] / The Emmet Ray 2026-02-20 (Friday – 6:30 p.m.). $15. [more info]
The Cross Sea [album release] (Praises / Isla Craig / Catholic Wilt) / The Baby G 2026-02-20 (Friday). $21.53, 19+. [FB event]
Lipliners Residency (feat. Ronley Teper & The Lipliners) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-02-24 (Tuesday – early) [FB event]
Aline Homzy's Manouche Trio [Aline Homzy/Jonathan Meyer/Julien Bradley-Combs] / Sellers & Newel 2025-02-27 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]
Westelaken (Eliza Niemi / Shep Treasure) / Dina's Tavern 2026-03-01 (Sunday) [more info]
Drones Over Dufferin / The Emmet Ray 2026-03-05 (Thursday – 6:30 p.m). $15. [more info]
Caylie Staples & Matt Brubeck / Sellers & Newel 2025-03-10 (Tuesday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]
Thursdays at Noon (feat. Eve Egoyan) / Walter Hall 2026-03-12 (Thursday – noon). $free. [more info]
Ladyfinger [Diane Roblin & Kayla Milmine] / Sellers & Newel 2025-03-14 (Saturday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]
Rob Clutton & Josh Cole / Sellers & Newel 2025-03-25 (Wednesday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]
Lipliners Residency (feat. Ronley Teper & The Lipliners) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-31 (Tuesday – early) [FB event]
Not Dead Yet presents (feat. Milkweed) / BSMT254 2026-03-31 (Tuesday). $24.94, 19+. [tickets + more info]
Not Dead Yet presents (feat. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis) / 918 Bathurst 2026-05-02 (Saturday). $37.10. [tickets + more info]
Playscape Emporium: Paint, Play (feat. Duo Cichorium / Constant Yen / Rowan Campbell / Charli/Fahmid/Joe/Mira) / Array Space 2026-05-21 (Thursday). $25 (or Pay What You Want), livestream: $12.00 (or Pay What You Want). [more info]
2026 Gigs
Tania Gill presents (feat. Victor Bateman/Brodie West/Nico Dann) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-02 (Friday)
The Silt / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-02 (Friday)
Track Could Bend #112 (feat. Duo BEAK / Vividness Trio) / Wenona Lodge 2026-01-06 (Tuesday)
Toronto Improvisors Orchestra / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-11 (Sunday)
Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Senior & Newman / Nick Flanagan / Aaron Knight / Azaria / Charter of the Forest) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-11 (Sunday)
ur audio visual presents (feat. Heraclitus Akimbo / Charter of the Forest) / The Sun Room @ 918 Bathurst 2026-01-18 (Sunday)
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