Concert Listings Roundup #219

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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Gigs of the week:

Tough Age [Shame LP release!] (Future Punx / Eyeballs / New Chance) / The Baby G 2017-10-06 (Friday) [FB event]

Jock Tears (Protruders / Tough Age [Shame tape release!]) / The Dupe Shop 2017-10-07 (Saturday – afternoon show @ 1 p.m.! all-ages! PWYC!) [FB event]

Punky poppers Tough Age are celebrating their new album with a pair of format-specific release shows, giving you two chances to catch 'em in action — your choice of daytime or night, and awesome bands along for the ride on both bills.

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This week's noteworthy shows:

Wand (Darto / Century Palm) / The Baby G 2017-10-02 (Monday) [FB event]

Jim Lewis/Jean Martin / The Emmet Ray 2017-10-02 (Monday) [more info]

Track Could Bend #31 (feat. Nur Michael Keith / New Tendencies & Priya Thomas / iderdown + abigail trotsky) / The Steady Café 2017-10-03 (Tuesday – PWYC!) [FB event]

Songhoy Blues / Mod Club Theatre 2017-10-03 (Tuesday) [more info]

Beams [October Tuesdays residency!] (Brother Amos) / The Dakota Tavern 2017-10-03 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Riverrun (The Lowlighters) / Burdock Music Hall 2017-10-04 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Ghostlight / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-10-04 (Wednesday) [FB event]

In Between Sounds #78 (feat. Lorde Awesome II) / The Only Café 2017-10-05 (Thursday – free!) [FB event]

Arkose [Alex Kotyk/Rob MacDonald/Michael Rosenthal/Erik Ross/Torrie Seager] [first live show!] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-10-06 (Friday) [FB event]

Tone Deaf Culture presents T.O. NOISE #9 (feat. Goth Girl x Noah Gadke / Paulabulus / P0St3Rb0Y / Deathsticks) / Belljar Café 2017-10-07 (Saturday) [FB event]

Faster Presents: Audio Speculations on the Godhead (feat. Bachelard / Brian Abbott/Tomasz Krakowiak / Kayla Milmine / Brian Abbott/Avesta Nakheai) / Gerrard Art Space 2017-10-07 (Saturday) [FB event]

Quiet Concerts (feat. Anne Bourne) / Toronto Public Library - Scarborough Civic Centre Branch 2017-10-07 (Sunday – free! all ages! family friendly! afternoon event @ 3 p.m.!) [FB event]

Unknown Guitar Quartet [Brian Abbott/Nilan Perera/Patrick O'Reilly/Luan Phung – debut performance!] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-10-08 (Sunday – afternoon show, 3 to 5 p.m.!) [FB event]

Afternoon Hootenanny (feat. Carolyn Mark & Corin Raymond The New Best Friends) / The Horseshoe Tavern 2017-10-08 (Sunday – afternoon show @ 4 p.m.!) [FB event]

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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!

Ornate Ornette (feat. Karen Ng/Jeff LaRochelle/Phil Albert/Harry Vetro) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-10-10 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

Dinner (Most People / Prince Ness) / Monarch Tavern 2017-10-12 (Thursday) [FB event]

Bunny (Sedge / Zorton and The Cannibals) / Handlebar 2017-10-12 (Thursday) [FB event]

Polyphonic Ground (feat. Beny Esguerra & New Tradition / Matatu Express [Donne Roberts/Madagascar Slim/Adam Solomon/Pa Joe/Kofi Ackah/Ebenezer Agyekum/Mabinty Sylla] / The Future Primitive) / Revival 2017-10-12 (Thursday) [FB event]

Pleasence Records Presents: Cassette Store Day 2017 & The Dupe Shop Anniversary (feat. Moon Eyed / Eyeballs / Father Christmas) / The Dupe Shop 2017-10-14 (Saturday – afternoon show @ 2 p.m.! all ages!) [FB event]

Audiopollination 55.1 (feat. Kayla Milmine/MJ Wright/Diane Roblin / David Story/Jackie Leung/Adam Scime / Darlene Cuevas/Tom Richards / Mkl32/Elizabeth Lima) / Array Space 2017-10-14 (Saturday) [FB event]

Deliluh (Deeper) / The Baby G 2017-10-15 (Sunday) [FB event]

Collective Order [Volume 2 album release!] / Gladstone Hotel 2017-10-17 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Paul Linklater (Hydrothermal Vents / Dan Edmonds) / The Piston 2017-10-19 (Thursday) [FB event]

The Nilan Perera Quintet [Rob Clutton/Kayla Milmine/Karen Ng/Rick Sacks/Nilan Perera] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2017-10-22 (Sunday) [FB event]

Audiopollination Halloween Special (feat. The Cereal Killers/Lilly and The Jellybean Machine / The Birth of Troubling Forms [playing to an abridged version of silent film Genuine, die Tragödie eines seltsamen Hauses] / Bea Labikova) / Array Space 2017-10-31 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Tanya Tagaq / Trinity-St. Paul's 2017-11-01 (Wednesday) [more info]

Dutch [LP and 7" release party!] (Canyun / Catholic Wilt) / The Baby G 2017-11-02 (Thursday) [FB event]

Mauno (Jaunt / Luna Li) / Smiling Buddha 2017-11-15 (Wednesday) [FB event]

WHIMM [album release!] (Ice Cream / Que Lastima / Invisible Out / The Baby G 2017-11-17 (Friday) [FB event]

TorQ Percussion [Modulations album release!] / Gallery 345 2017-11-19 (Sunday) [FB event]

Maylee Todd [Acts of Love record release!] / The Great Hall 2017-11-19 (Sunday) [FB event]

The Holy Gasp (Fat As Fuck / Friendly Rich & The Lollipop People) / Smiling Buddha 2017-12-02 (Saturday) [FB event]