Monday Roundup #262

Community notes:

• Thanks to last week's Snowy Good Times, the screening of Luka Kuplowsky's Cluttertones documentary/performance film Memory of Light has been rescheduled to Wednesday January 28th. (Innis Town Hall, free)

• The deadline for the next round of applications for the Tranzac’s performance residency program has been extended to this Friday (January 23rd).

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Concert announcements:

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]

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]

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]

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]

Track Could Bend #113 (feat. OH GEE [Marilyn Yogarajah/Rob Campbell] / Ryan Kinney) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2026-02-03 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [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]

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Shows this week:

Soundstreams Encounters: Transoceanic ["works from diasporic composers Corie Rose Soumah, Kotoka Suzuki, and Anthony Tan reimagine sound and light through science-fiction visions that decenter Eurocentric narratives of progress"] (feat. Soundstreams) / Hugh's Room 2026-01-19 (Monday). $free with reservation. [more info]

Partitions illimitées/Unlimited scores (feat. Heather Saumer/Michael Palumbo/Christopher Petersen) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-20 (Tuesday – early). $pwyc, suggested $10-$20. [more info]

Agnes [Bea Labikova/Mira Martin-Gray/Doug Tielli/Kevin Turcotte/Mark Zurawinski/Rob Clutton] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-20 (Tuesday) [more info]

CMC Presents: Imagined Spaces (feat. Dame Cook / Sergei Kofman) / Canadian Music Centre 2026-01-22 (Thursday). $15 Advance / $20 at the door (General Admission), $12 Advance / $15 at the door (CMC Members and Arts Workers), $10 (students). [more info]

Handcrafted Music (feat. David Benitez/Arie Verheul van de Ven/Yoshi Maclear Wall/Martin van de Ven) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2026-01-22 (Thursday) [more info]

Kurt Newman presents: Country Music for Cold Weather People (feat. Kurt Newman & Motel Time Again) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-22 (Thursday) [more info]

Tim Posgate Trio [Tim Posgate/Aline Homzy/Aidan McConnell] / The Rex 2026-01-23 (Friday – 5 p.m.). $pwyc. [FB event]

Experimental Link (feat. Sard / Raf Reza / Dastgâmachine) / BSMT 254 2026-01-23 (Friday). $22.60 (early bird)/$28.25 (1st release)/$33.90 (general admission), 19+. [FB event]

Diane Roblin's Life Force [Diane Roblin/George Koller/Tim Shia/Colleen Allen/John Johnson/Kevin Turcotte] / The Rex 2026-01-24 (Saturday – 5 p.m). $pwyc. [more info]

Winter's Delight: Musical Merriment with Good Company (feat. The Musicians of the Egg) / St. Thomas's Anglican Church 2026-01-24 (Saturday). $30 (General Admission), $20 (Students, Arts Worker), $10 Children. [FB event]

The Action Committee Orchestra [Maggie Keogh/Sara May/Maxwell Stover/Ben Rositsan/Keon Narinesingh/Max Donaldson/Regan Mowery] / Sellers & Newel 2025-01-24 (Saturday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]

Liquid Architecture presents Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [live silent movie score] (feat. ARRC [Ambrose Pottie/Rod Campbell/Ryan Kinney/Colin James Gibson]) / St. Matthew’s Clubhouse 2026-01-24 (Saturday). $10 (cash or e-transfer). [FB event]

40 years on (feat. Queen Mab [Lori Freedman & Marilyn Lerner]) / Canadian Music Centre 2026-01-24 (Saturday). $22.63 advance/$20 door. [tickets + more info]

people | places | records Residency (feat. Cristina Lord / Nick Norton) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-24 (Saturday) [FB event]

Imaginary North and The AMBiENT PiNG present Ambient Afternoon (feat. Kilometre Club / Heart Map Ambient Ensemble / Daena Delam) / Society Clubhouse 2026-01-25 (Sunday – 2 p.m.). $10 at the door, NOTAFLOF. fully accessible and family friendly. [FB event]

Global Sunday (feat. Donné Roberts) / The Rex 2026-01-25 (Sunday – 2 p.m.). $pwyc. [more info]

University of Toronto New Music Festival: Simple Beginnings (feat. minMAX Electroacoustic Orchestra) / Walter Hall 2025-01-25 (Sunday). $free. [more info]

Sympathetic String Band & Friends (feat. Sympathetic String Band / Potions performing as The Sympathetic Wind Band) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-01-25 (Sunday – early) [more info]

Cacophony (feat. ro × cellsync / erin corbett × transient) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-25 (Sunday) [more info]

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It happened this week...

• ...on January 22, 2010 at The Garrison (Out of This Spark 3rd Anniversary Party).

OOTS Family Band (feat. Jenny Omnichord) - unknown

• ...on January 23, 2010 at The Music Gallery.

The Necks - excerpt from an improvisation (second set)

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