Concert Listings Roundup #329

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:

Nite Comfort 74 (feat. C.R. Gillespie / Colin Fisher) / Handlebar 2019-12-01 (Sunday – PWYC!) [FB event]

Always presenting genre-defying, electronic-abetted sounds, monthly series Nite Comfort closes out 2019 with an especially cool show, featuring sets from MFS fave Colin Fisher as well as C.R. Gillespie at Handlebar on Sunday. There's also an extra bonus in the form of live visuals from Ilyse Krivel.

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This week's noteworthy shows:

Caution Tape Sound Collective: Singles vol. 4 [compositions by Patrick Arteaga, Sophie Dupuis, Julia Mermelstein, August Murphy-King, Christina Volpini, Beat Furrer] (feat. Tristan Durie & Adam Scime) / Array Space 2019-11-25 (Monday) [FB event]

Brodie West Quintet [Tuesdays in November residency!] / The Rex 2019-11-26 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

Furniture Music: Solos Night (feat. Kayla Milmine / Tom Fleming / Alex Fournier / Ashley Urquhart) / Wenona Lodge 2019-11-26 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Nick Fraser's Jazz Education [Madeleine Ertel/Max Stover/Alex Argatoff/Nick Fraser] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-11-26 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Music by Harry and Furlong S2E3 (feat. Harry Vetro/Nick Donovan/Miles Fuller / Andrew Furlong/Kurt Newman/Bea Labikova) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-11-27 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Electric Duets* (feat. Penumbra -1+1 [Yunjin Claire Lee/Hayden Farrar with special guests Mingjia Jessica Chen + Bea Labikova] / Tara Kannangara & Chris Pruden) / Burdock Music Hall 2019-11-28 (Thursday) [FB event]

Cares [Control Isn't Real album release!] (Escote / Tendencyitis) / 245 Lansdowne 2019-11-28 (Thursday) [FB event]

Nomad [Mike Bjella/Ted Crosby/Jake Wiens/Ben Dwyer/Kai Basanta] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-11-28 (Thursday) [FB event]

Thollem McDonas/Michael Snow (Thollem McDonas/Raven Chacon) / Array Space 2019-11-28 (Thursday) [more info]

Christine Bougie/Dafydd Hughes/Julia Hambleton/Andrew Downing [playing Pet Sounds in its entirety, instrumentally] / The Gladstone Hotel 2019-11-29 (Friday – early show! no cover charge!) [FB event]

Aurochs / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-11-29 (Friday – early!)

The Ryan Driver Sextet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-11-29 (Friday)

Ahmed Ag Kaedy / Aga Khan Museum 2019-11-29 (Friday) [FB event]

Venus Fest presents (feat. Ice Cream [Fed Up album release!] / Slash Need) / Cecil Community Centre 2019-11-29 (Friday) [FB event]

Holger Schoorl / house concert 2019-11-29 (Friday) [FB event]

Xuan Ye [Xi Xi 息息 album release] (Jason Doell) / Pari Nadimi Gallery 2019-11-29 (Friday) [FB event]

CCMC with special guest Tilman Lewis / Array Space 2019-11-29 (Friday – PWYC!)

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan [performing a live score to the classic anime "Akira"] no live score! screening only! / The Royal Cinema 2019-11-29 (Friday) [FB event]

Bea Labikova/Kathryn Merriam/Germaine Liu/Laura Swankey (Kathryn Merriam / Odradek [Andy Yue/Michelangelo Iaffaldano/James Bailey]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-11-30 (Saturday – extra-early start @ 6:30 p.m.!) [FB event]

FAWN Chamber Creative: Convergence Theory (feat. Doom Tickler / James O'Callaghan / Rose Bolton) / Victory Social Club 2019-11-30 (Saturday) [FB event]

Nick Fraser/Kris Davis/Tony Malaby [Zoning Astral Spirits album release!] / The Rex 2019-12-01 (Sunday) [FB event]

Laura Swankey/David Riddel/Devin Patten/Nick Donovan / The Emmet Ray 2019-12-01 (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!

Eugene Martynec/Paul Newman / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-03 (Tuesday – extra-early set @ 5:00 p.m.!)

Somewhere There presents Temporary Ensembles (feat. Reknee Harrett/Bea Labikova/Alex Fournier/Dan Friedman/Jonathan Luke/Paul Newman/Edwin Sheard/Patrick Smith/Ashley Urquhart) / Array Space 2019-12-08 (Sunday) [FB event]

Tania Gill Quartet [Tania Gill/Lina Allemano/Rob Clutton/Nico Dann] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-08 (Sunday) [FB event]

Ornate Presents (feat. Tyrannick Love [Edwin Sheard/Patrick O’Reilly/Phil Albert/Stefan Hegerat]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2019-12-10 (Tuesday – early!) [FB event]

Furniture Music + JAOIM: Cobra (feat. Mingjia Jessica Chen / Bea Labikova / Naomi McCarroll-Butler / Rob Grieve / Ashley Urquhart / Andrew Furlong / Raphael Roter / Joe Sorbara / Alex Fournier) / Wenona Lodge 2019-12-10 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Riparian Acoustics/CMC Presents (feat. David Schotzko) / Canadian Music Centre 2019-12-12 (Thursday) [more info]

Somewhere There presents (feat. Meghan Gilhespy/Ben Frost/Patrick O'Reilly) / The Emmet Ray 2019-12-15 (Sunday – PWYC!) [FB event]

Tranzac NYE (feat. Hot Garbage / Mother Tongues / Myst Milano / Rapport / Char Aragoza) / The Tranzac 2019-12-31 (Tuesday) [FB event]