Concert Listings Roundup #297

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:

Raven Chacon mini-fest, Night 1 (feat. Array Ensemble) / The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2019-04-12 (Friday) [FB event]

Raven Chacon mini-fest, Night 2 (feat. Laura Ortman/Cheryl l'Hirondelle/Carmina Escobar/Suzanne Kite / c_RL) / The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2019-04-13 (Saturday) [FB event]

Raven Chacon mini-fest, Night 3 (feat. Raven Chacon / Olivia Shortt) / The Music Gallery @ 918 Bathurst 2019-04-14 (Sunday) [FB event]

Sort of the springtime antipode to fall's Avant X in the Music Gallery's season, this "mini-festival" sees three nights devoted to the work of Raven Chacon, examining parallel paths in composed/chamber music as well as noisier experimental/improvised sounds (such as those he creates in Postcommodity). That means there'll be a wide swath of interesting locals joining in the proceedings, ranging from the Array Ensemble examining the former realm and c_RL the latter.

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This week's noteworthy shows:

Nicole Connelly 4tet [Nicole Connelly/Harrison Argatoff/Alex Fournier/Nick Fraser] / The Emmet Ray 2019-04-08 (Monday – early!) [FB event]

Steve Earle / Sonic Boom Records 2019-04-08 (Monday – free!) [FB event]

Ornate Presents (feat. Nicole Connelly/Harrison Argatoff/Alex Fournier/Nick Fraser / Nicole Connelly [solo]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-09 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

Three Piece Outfit [Aline Homzy/Michael Davidson/Alex Samaras] / Heavy D [Ted Crosby/Ben Dwyer/Jacob Wiens] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-09 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Jazz and Otherwise Improvised Musics (feat. Archives of Eternity / Dan Pitt [solo]) / Wenona Lodge 2019-04-09 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Brodie West Quintet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-10 (Wednesday – early!) [FB event]

Music By & For Ken Aldcroft XXVIII (feat. Green Turning Red [Andrew Furlong/Solon Gee/Maxwell McEachern/David Riddel] / Christine Duncan/John Oswald/Slowpitchsound / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-10 (Wednesday)

Moon King (Nyssa / Praises) / Monarch Tavern 2019-04-11 (Thursday) [FB event]

Telephone Explosion, Morning Trip & Burn Down The Capital Present (feat. Laraaji / Joseph Shabason) / Toronto Spiritualist Temple 2019-04-12 (Friday – all ages!) [FB event]

Remember Sports (Pony / Haybaby) / The Rec Room 2019-04-12 (Friday) [FB event]

Yves Jarvis [f.k.a. Un Blonde] / The Baby G 2019-04-12 (Friday) [FB event]

You've Changed Records: 10th anniversary celebration + double album Release Show (feat. Ian Daniel Kehoe / Steven Lambke / Joyful Joyful) / Burdock Music Hall 2019-04-12 (Friday) [FB event]

Colin Fisher Presents (feat. Daniel Pencer [solo] / Tania Gill/Phil Melanson/Colin Fisher) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-12 (Friday) [FB event]

Record Store Day (feat. Pantayo / "secret guest" / Orville Peck / Luge) / Sonic Boom 2019-04-03 (Saturday – afternoon in-stores, starting at 1 p.m.! free and all ages, non-perishable food item donation requested!) [FB event]

The Scientists (B-17) / Lee's Palace 2019-04-13 (Saturday) [FB event]

Wavelength Monthly Music Series (feat. I Am Robot and Proud / Thanya Iyer / World News) / Brothers Dressler 2019-04-13 (Saturday – all ages!) [FB event]

Orville Peck (Vallens) / Longboat Hall 2019-04-13 (Saturday) [FB event]

Editrix (Future Machines / Deanna Petcoff) / Handlebar 2019-04-13 (Saturday) [FB event]

Images Festival & Necessary Angel Theatre Company present: HEAT (a work-in-progress) (feat. Aisha Sasha John) / The Costume House 2019-04-13 (Saturday) [FB event]

Ayal Senior (Kurt Newman / Nick Flanagan / Jonny Friedman) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-14 (Sunday – afternoon set at 3 p.m.!) [FB event]

SynapticCircusSundays (feat. The Exploded Kit [Colin Fisher/Nick Fraser/D. Alex Meeks/Ambrose Pottie/Mark Zurawinski] / Kathryn Ladano) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-14 (Sunday – early!) [FB event]

Jazz United Jam [jazz + tap dancing] / The Tranzac (Tiki Room) 2019-04-14 (Sunday – PWYC!)

Somewhere There's Second Sunday Series (feat. Brian Abbott / Bea Labikova/Kayla Milmine/Laura Swankey/Kristin Theriault) / Array Space 2019-04-14 (Sunday) [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!

Star Triptych [Elisa Thorn/David Riddel/Laura Swankey] (Yunjin Claire & Mingjia) / Burdock Music Hall 2019-04-15 (Monday – early!) [FB event]

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Craig Dunsmuir and the Dun Dun Band / Bass Off [Josh Cole/Mike DeiCont) / Wenona Lodge 2019-04-16 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Yvonne Matsell presents: An evening with Gentleman Reg [a one-off reunion performance by Gentleman Reg, performing as a three piece, featuring Greg Millson and Kelly McMichael on keys/vocals] (fea. Gentleman Reg) / Radical Road Brewing Company 2019-04-16 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Songs of Bread, Wine, and Salt ["New music by composer Pete Johnston based on the words of Nova Scotia–born poet Alden Nowlan."] (feat. Mim Adams/Randi Helmers/Pete Johnston/Rob Clutton) / Anansi Bookshop 2019-04-18 (Thursday) [FB event]

Silent Shout (feat. Crying High [release party! / ZONES / Esther Splett) / Handlebar 2019-04-19 (Friday) [FB event]

Plastic Babies [Christine Duncan/Patrick O'Reilly/Laura Swankey] / Anni Rorke/Alex Fournier/Stefan Hegerat / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-04-20 (Saturday) [FB event]

Wire Circus [album release!] (Chris Pruden / Laura Swankey) / Array Space 2019-04-27 (Saturday) [FB event]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. Protruders [LP release!] / Pure Pressure / The Nymphets / PlasticHeads) / Monarch Tavern 2019-05-02 (Thursday) [FB event]

Audiopollination 71 (feat. Yumiko Yoshimoto [solo] / Elizabeth Miller/Mira Martin-Gray / Craig Pederson/styrofoamNosebleedPrincess/Kieran Maraj / Yomiko Yoshimoto/Allison Cameron/Elizabeth Lima) / Array Space 2019-05-05 (Sunday) [FB event]

Space Cubs (Fast Frens . Dead Neighbourhoods) / The Baby G 2019-05-22 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Invocation presents (feat. Sarah Louise / Eiyn Sof / Kurt Newman) / Array Space 2019-05-24 (Friday) [FB event]

The AMBiENT PiNG presents: Drone Day 2019 (feat. dreamSTATE / Northumbria) / Roland Inspiration Centre 2019-05-25 (Saturday) [FB event]

Possum (Mother Tongues / Bart) / The Garrison 2019-05-31 (Friday) [FB event]