Monday Roundup #263

Community notes:

• The is more of an eyebow-raising note than breaking news, but the Silver Dollar sign has apparently been (literally) covered up.

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Concert announcements:

Harry Vetro and Friends [Kae Murphy/Harrison Argatoff/Ben Isenstein/Andrew Furlong/Harry Vetro] / The Emmet Ray 2026-02-02 (Monday). $15

More Noise Please! presents: An Evening of Deconstructed Sounds (feat. SlowPitchSound / Property Violator / o0yu x rOrU / System78 / The Eyes, The Mouth / dsouziate) / BSMT 254 2026-02-05 (Thursday). $17.31/pwyc. [teickets/more info]

Toronto Improvisers Orchestra / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-02-08 (Sunday – noon)

Dan Pitt/Jen Lo/Kae Murphy/Stefan Hegarat / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-02-04 (Wednesday)

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / Destroya / Nick Flanagan / OOP) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-02-08 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

Bad Baby and Mayme Joach [Aidan McConnell/Jack Johnston/Evan Cartwright/Charliecello Lukashevsky/Alex Lukashevsky] (Fan Wu / Colleen Coco Collins) / Burdock Music Hall 2026-02-08 (Sunday). $22.13. [tickets + more info]

Mike DeiCont Trio [Mike DeiCont/Eric West/Leland Whitty] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-02-09 (Monday) [more info]

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Maz Stover/Mateos Labbé-Phelan/Andrew Furlong/Karen Ng) / Wenona Lodge 2026-02-17 (Tuesday). $pwyc

Ellwood Epps Quartet [Ellwood Epps/Jonny Luke/Rob Clutton/Blake Howard] / The Emmet Ray 2026-02-20 (Friday – 6:30 p.m.). $15. [more info]

Westelaken (Eliza Niemi / Shep Treasure) / Dina's Tavern 2026-03-01 (Sunday) [more info]

Drones Over Dufferin / The Emmet Ray 2026-03-05 (Thursday – 6:30 p.m). $15. [more info]

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Shows this week:

Lipliners Residency (feat. Ronley Teper & The Lipliners) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-27 (Tuesday – early) [FB event]

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]

Discoveries Vol.8 with Musical Host Batuki Music (feat. Nii Osabu / Dipo / Sintayehu “Mimi” Zenebe & Abebe Fikade / David J. / Ruth Mathiang / Ṣẹwà) / Hugh's Room 2026-01-29 (Thursday). $21.82. [FB event]

CCMC [Casey Sokol/Cheryl O/John Oswald/Christine Duncan/Mani Mazinani/Rick Sacks/Bruce Gremo] / Array Space 2025-01-29 (Thursday). $pwyc, livestream available

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]

Josh Cole + Strings [featuring the premiere of "Concerto for Bass Drum"] [Josh Cole/Aline Homzy/Nick Storring/John Oswald/Blake Howard] / Sellers & Newel 2025-01-30 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [FB event]

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]

The Ryan Driver Sextet [Moon CD release] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-01-30 (Friday) [FB event]

Exhibition & Sound Performance: S, M, L & other sizes (feat. Sarah Peebles & Mira Martin-Gray) / PIX FILM Gallery 2026-01-31 (Saturday). $free. [FB event]

University of Toronto New Music Festival (feat. DOG Ensemble and Jazz Faculty) / Walter Hall 2025-02-01 (Sunday – 2:00 p.m.). $free. [more info]

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Video hits:

• This new video from Luka + co. brought me lots of joy this week!

• Anyone whose spent serious time traversing the tunnel at Spadina Sation will know what's going on here. (And a few shots in the Reference Library as well!)

• And speaking of the Reference Library, here's some documentation of Labyrinth Ontario prsenting a night of Turkish Makam there back in November:

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It happened this week...

• ...on January 26, 2016 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

Lina Allemano Four - unknown

• ...on January 30, 2016 at Galleria Shopping Centre (Long Winter: Galleria).

New Fries - 90 Yr Old Girl

• ...on at 1161 Dundas St W. (Endless City: Invoking The Spirit), January 31, 2016.

Cyclopean Wall - [excerpt]

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