Concert Listings Roundup #126

You can read more about why I'm doing listings here. Long story short: This curated and decidedly non-comprehensive list contains nothin' but shows that I am going to/would go to if I had more time.

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Gig of the week:

Hoover Party [Another Bankrupt Hapsburg Legacy digital album release] (Karen Ng & Brodie West / Matthew A. Dunn / Amelia Ehrhardt / Victoria Cheong) / Array Space 2015-12-09 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Jonathan Adjemian has been making drones (not drones) as Hoover Party for a while now, and is celebrating the release of the new Another Bankrupt Hapsburg Legacy with a series of "extended and reinvented collaborative versions of tracks from the album" with a fab series of special guests. The night also promises a dance by Alicia Grant, and the album will be available as a "download code / limited-edition baked good combo".

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This week's noteworthy shows:

Array Session #35 (feat. Cheryl Ockrant/Rick Sacks/David Story/David Woodhead) / Array Space 2015-12-07 (Monday) [more info]

Soundstreams: Electric Messiah ["a stripped down, surround sound electro-improv Messiah for today's Toronto"] (feat. Christine Duncan/Carla Huhtanen/Gabriel Dharmoo/Jeremy Dutcher/John Gzowski/Doug Van Nort/Electroacoustic Orchestra of York University/SlowPitchSound) / The Drake Underground 2015-12-07 + 2015-12-08 (Monday + Tuesday) [more info]

The Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble: Strange Luminescence / Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, F--- S------ Centre 2015-12-08 (Tuesday – free noon-hour concert!)

Aurochs / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-12-08 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

bedroom / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-12-08 (Tuesday)

Audiopollination #37.1: Self-Curation Project (feat. Wendalyn Bartley/Martin van de Ven/ Adele Armin / Cathy Campbell/Darlene Cuevas / Matt Miller/Nathan Petitpas/Nicolas Buligan / John Creson/Ted Philips/Adam Rosen) / Array Space 2015-12-08 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Perfect Pussy (Fielded / Foxmoulder / Casper Skulls / Mollot) / Smiling Buddha 2015-12-08 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Lai de Bisclaveret (feat. Pneuma Ensemble) [12th century werewolf poem!] / Toronto Public Library – Fairview Branch 2015-12-09 (Wednesday – free! early!) [FB event]

Sorry About My Friend [Justin Haynes/Ryan Driver/Evan Cartwright] / La Revolucion 2015-12-09 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Ken Aldcroft/Karen Ng/Emily Denison/Scott Thomson/Wes Neal/Joe Sorbara / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-12-09 (Wednesday)

Transcendental Rodeo [Kanata box set release party] / Grasshopper Records 2015-12-10 (Thursday – free! early!)

Emergents I: Collideoscope [curated by Germaine Liu] ("a showcase of new works where composition and movement work together without hierarchy" choreographed, composed and performed by David Baldry / Aline Homzy / Chris Pruden / Raphael Roter / Sully Malaeb-Proulx / Paige Kobe / Nicholas Rusica) / The Music Gallery 2015-12-10 (Thursday) [FB event]

U.S. Girls (Animalia / Bad Channels / Elliott Vincent Jones)] / The Hoxton 2015-12-10 (Thursday – $3 with RSVP) [FB event]

Chastity [tape release!] (Spells of Vertigo / Praises / Venus Tramps) / Double Double Land 2015-12-10 (Thursday) [FB event]

Shining Wizard (Not The Wind, Not The Flag / Brahja Waldman / Keep Them Alive) / Ratio 2015-12-11 (Friday) [FB event]

Diane Roblin/Nick Fraser/Rob Clutton/Kyle Brenders / Musideum 2015-12-11 (Friday) [FB event]

Audiopollination #37.2 (feat. Craig Pederson, solo trumpet, plus trios with Michael Lynn/Tania Gill / Karen Ng/Bennett Bedoukian) / Array Space 2015-12-11 (Friday) [FB event]

Aluminum Origami [Avesta Nakhaei/Chris Weatherstone] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-12-11 (Friday) [FB event]

Maylee Todd's Virtual Womb ["a multi medium/media experience including projections, dancers, installation and music."] / The Great Hall 2015-12-11 (Friday) [FB event]

Long Winter, Volume 4.2 (feat. Lydia Ainsworth / Isla Craig / Allie / New Chance / LUKA / Nailbiter / Petra Glynt / Mitchell Akiyama / Great Death / LAL / Blunt Chunks / Egyptrixx) / The Great Hall 2015-12-12 (Saturday – all ages!) [FB event]

Mexican Knives (Beach Fox / Dirty Safes / Cupcake Ductape) / Handlebar 2015-12-12 (Saturday) [FB event]

Drew McDowall (Coarse Language / Brigitte Bardon't) / 8-Eleven 2015-12-12 (Saturday) [FB event]

Kith & Kin's Holiday Wassail / The Music Gallery 2015-12-13 (Sunday – all ages! family friendly!) [FB event]

Byron Westbrook (Dirty Inputs / Fleshtone Aura / Germaine Liu) / Ratio 2015-12-13 (Sunday) [FB event]

Fresh Flesh (CHOBO / Cirroo / Ghost People) / Handlebar 2015-12-13 (Sunday) [FB event]

Somewhere There's Second Sunday Series (feat. COBRA / Temporary Ensembles) / Array Space 2015-12-13 (Sunday) [FB event]

Hannah Epperson (Omhouse) / Holy Oak Café 2015-12-13 (Sunday) [FB event]

Lina Allemano Four / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-12-13 (Sunday)

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Add these to your calendar:

Reminder: This post only contains this week's updates — the full listings can always be found over on the right-hand sidebar!

Ken Aldcroft/Mike Gennaro (Nicolas Bulligan) / Musideum 2015-12-15 (Tuesday)

Songs For Syria: A Holiday Benefit Show (feat. Prince Innocence / Ice Cream / Whimm / E Adi / The Seams) / The Silver Dollar Room 2015-12-17 (Thursday) [FB event]

Sistering Fundraiser (feat. New Fries / Mick Futures / Teenanger / Tonkapuma) / Monarch Tavern 2015-12-18 (Friday) [FB event]

This Ryan Driver Band (Fiver [solo]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2015-12-19 (Saturday) [FB event]

First Base (Mother's Children / Century Palm) / Handlebar 2015-12-19 (Saturday) [FB event]

HSY (Germaphobes / Bile Sister) / 8-Eleven 2015-12-20 (Sunday) [FB event]

Jennifer Castle (Fiver / Damian Rogers) / The Horseshoe Tavern 2015-12-21 (Monday) [more info]

Wintergrace: A seasonal tribute to Jean Ritchie and Leadbelly (feat. Kith & Kin with Sean Donald, Max Kelly, Frank Griggs and other special guests) / Burdock Music Hall 2015-12-22 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Simply Saucer (Poppyseed & The Love Explosion / Laughing Apples) / The Garrison 2015-12-30 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Wavelength 685: New Year's Eve (feat. MATROX / Maylee Todd / The Holy Gasp / Delta Will / Man Made Hill) / Markham House City Building Lab 2015-12-31 (Thursday) [FB event]

The Big Sound: 2nd Annual New Year's Celebration / Mod Club Theatre 2015-12-31 (Thursday) [FB event]

Class of 2016 #2 (feat. PONY / Bueller / Bond Girls / GIRLonGIRL) / The Silver Dollar Room 2016-01-08 (Friday) [FB event]

Class of 2016 #3 (feat. Fake Palms / Smokes / Kurt Marble / Casper Skulls / Pins & Needles) / The Silver Dollar Room 2016-01-09 (Saturday) [FB event]

Darlene Shrugg (Comet Control / Century Palm) / The Silver Dollar Room 2016-01-15 (Friday) [FB event]

Class of 2016 #4 (feat. GABI / ANAMAI / Taste / Rolemodel / Wild Rivers) / The Silver Dollar Room 2016-01-16 (Saturday) [FB event]

Wavelength 686: Class of 2016 #5 (feat. Elliott Vincent Jones / Nailbiter / Germaphobes / Scott Hardware / West Nile) / The Silver Dollar Room 2016-01-22 (Friday) [FB event]