Thursday, January 2, 2025

Recording: Pigeon Dance

Artist: Pigeon Dance

Song: [excerpt from first piece]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #98), December 3, 2024.

Pigeon Dance - [excerpt from first piece]

I asked Victor O to put something together for TCB and be responded with this should-be-a-full-time-band trio, with Clay on percussion/flute and Lenny on keybs/vox/chaos. Sounding like a late-night out-take from the In a Silent Way sessions when the acid was really kicking in, this was a pretty excellent psychedelic journey.

You can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona on Tuesday (January 7th) with sets from Lostworldsounds, future proof, and Hex-a-Decimal. And get ready for February, with two big TCB special celebrations!]

Recording: Dept. of Loss

Artist: Dept. of Loss

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Wenona Lodge (Track Could Bend #98), December 3, 2024.

Dept. of Loss - [excerpt]

One genuine thrill of putting together shows for Track Could Bend is giving artits a chance to propose combinations and concepts that I never would have considered. When Phil Hamilton (battle milk, Density Creep, Determinist? Beard Closet, etc.) pitched this joint effort with Fan Wu I was surprised and intruiged, but it turned out there was definite overlap between the former's performative abrasiveness and the latter's transgressive formalism. Centred around feedback sculpted with a mic and amp (though there were also gongs, samples, voices and more in the mix there) this was, as the duo's name suggested, an exercise in exploring the pain of absence and the manifestations of the void. It also ended with some audience-participation-as-audience-confrontation, as you can see if watch the clip below through to the end:

[Track Could Bend is back at Wenona on Tuesday (January 7th) with sets from Lostworldsounds, future proof, and Hex-a-Decimal. And get ready for February, with two big TCB special celebrations!]

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

2024 Gig List

Track Could Bend #87 (feat. SOUP / Panties / battle milk) / Wenona Lodge 2024-01-02 (Tuesday)

Swanherds [rebecca bruton solo] (Kurt Newman) / 918 Bathurst – The Sun Room 2024-01-23 (Tuesday)

Track Could Bend #88 (feat. Écureuil / Garden of Magic) / Wenona Lodge 2024-02-06 (Tuesday)

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / Eiyn Sof / Colin Fisher / Nick Flanagan) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-02-11 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #89 (feat. mutepack / Piers Oolvai) / Wenona Lodge 2022-03-05 (Tuesday)

Women From Space Festival: Night 2 (feat. Grace Scheele / MOCH / Mali Obomsawin) / 918 Bathurst 2024-03-09 (Saturday)

Women From Space Festival: Night 3 (feat. Anh Phung/chiquitamagic/Emjay Wright / Val Jeanty & Nickeshia Garrick / Matana Roberts/Germaine Liu/Nicole Rampersaud) / 918 Bathurst 2024-03-10 (Sunday)

Faster Presents: Juice?$#%* (feat. Happy Apple / Brian Abbott & Ryan Kinney / Andrew Kay/Kayla Milmine/Bob Vespaziani / Liz Lima/Brodie West/Andrew Kay/Paul Newman) / Gerrard Art Space 2024-03-23 (Saturday)

Ryan Driver’s Big 5-0 (feat. The Ryan Driver Sextet + guests) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-03-30 (Saturday)

Cosmic Homeostasis XXIII / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-03-31 (Sunday)

Gabe Girard presents (feat. Zoë / Molehill / Heraclitus Akimbo/Gabe Girard/mkl32) / Bar Orwell 2024-03-31 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #90 (feat. Voidfemmes & Erin Corbett / Allison Cameron & Stephen Parkinson) / Wenona Lodge 2024-04-02 (Tuesday)

Eclipse Drone 2024: A Cosmic Homeostasis Community Event (feat. Cosmic Homeostasis) / Christie Pits 2022-04-08 (Monday)

Dun-Dun Land: Slight Return (feat. Dun-Dun Band) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-04-09 (Tuesday)

Josh Cole Presents (feat. Rob Clutton/Josh Cole/Nick Fraser/John Oswald wsg Colin Fisher) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-04-09 (Tuesday)

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Tzevi Sherman / Marilyn Yogarajah & Co. / Nick Flanagan / Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-04-14 (Sunday)

Poncili Creacion with Karen Ng and Philippe Melanson (Nubuo Kubota) / The Music Gallery 2024-04-19 (Friday)

Tranzac Fundraiser I (feat. Sandro Perri & Friends / Masahiro Takahashi / Anne Bourne) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-04-20 (Saturday)

Wenderly Park (Friends of Wenderly Park feat. Marilyn Yogarajah/Bea Labikova/Allison Cameron/Mike Lynn/Jason Doell) / The Sun Room at 918 Bathurst 2024-04-23 (Tuesday)

Joe's 50th Birthday (feat. Eucalyptus / Isla Craig + band / Colin Fisher) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-04-25 (Thursday)

Track Could Bend #91 (feat. TH6Ø / Olivia Shortt / Brian Abbott) / Wenona Lodge 2024-05-07 (Tuesday)

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior/Kurt Newman/Andrew Furlong / William Davison / Karsten Stryker / Nick Flanagan) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-05-12 (Sunday)

Ghostgirl residency (feat. Aline Homzy/Allan Mackie/Michael Davidson / Michael Davidson [solo]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-05-14 (Tuesday)

Josh Cole presents (feat. Kind Mind) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-05-14 (Tuesday)

TONE presents (feat. Nate Wooley's Columbia Icefield / Rob Clutton Trio with Kurt Newman) / Standard Time 2024-05-17 (Friday)

ArtJam Toronto (feat. not a band) / 918 Bathurst 2024-05-25 (Saturday)

Gabe Girard presents (feat. The Jake Laur Trio / Nobody Waved Goodbye / D.B. Buxton) / The Dock Ellis 2024-05-26

Track Could Bend #92 (feat. Duo Cichorium [Jasmine Tsui/Louis Pino] / Tom Richards) / Wenona Lodge 2024-06-04 (Tuesday)

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior / Drew Smith / Nick Flanagan / Nocturnes) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-06-09 (Sunday)

Ghostgirl residency (feat. Aline Homzy/Michael Davidson/Julian Anderson-Bowes/Aidan McConnell) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-06-11 (Tuesday)

Josh Cole presents (feat. Peter Zummo & friends) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-06-11 (Tuesday)

Tranzac Fundraiser II (feat. US Girls / Eucalyptus / Cots) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-06-14 (Friday)

TONE Festival (feat. Mas Aya / Colin Fisher / Xicada) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-06-16 (Sunday)

Luka Kuplowsky & The Ryōkan Band (The Heart of Going La) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-06-18 (Tuesday)

Aline's Étoile Magique / Toronto Jazz Fest — Village Stage 2024-06-24 (Monday)

Solitary Shrew presents (feat. Mira Martin-Gray / Molly McGregor's Pageant puppet play) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-06-25 (Tuesday)

Nick Fraser presents (feat. Zoe Pia / BLOOP! / Non-Twins) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-06-25 (Tuesday)

Karen Ng Presents (feat. Ted Crosby/Phil Melanson/Karen Ng / Swanherds) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-06-27 (Thursday)

Knots / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-06-30 (Sunday)

Cosmic Homeostasis XXIV / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-06-30 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #93 (feat. Without a Single Green Feather / Kristina Warren & Karen Ng) / Wenona Lodge 2024-07-02 (Tuesday)

Tribute to Joe Raposo (Feat. Holy Oak Family Singers) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-07-03 (Wednesday)

The Knot (Germaine Liu & Mark Zurawinski) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-07-03 (Wednesday)

Karen Ng presents (feat. Windscour / The Adjacence / Shadow Pattern) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge)

Ayal Senior and Friends presents (feat. Nick Flanagan / Jane Inc / You're Steel on My Mind) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-07-14 (Sunday)

Kurt Newman presents: an evening of cool solos (feat. Christine Bougie / Kayla Milmine / Dan Pitt / Patrick O'Reilly / Thom Gill / Kurt Newman) / Wenona Lodge 2024-07-16 (Tuesday)

Sandro Perri & Friends (Alex Lukashevsky) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-07-19 (Friday)

Masahiro Takahashi presents Cha-no-yu (feat. Emissive / Masahiro Takahashi with Karen Ng/Sandro Perri) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-07-19 (Friday)

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Mira Martin-Gray / Deprivation Tactics / Brian Ruryk / Lucas Abela / Gorgina) / See-Scape 2024-07-24 (Wednesday)

Mountain Movers (Stonegrass / Emily Robb) / Monarch Tavern 2024-07-25 (Thursday)

Joseph Allred (Hieronymus Harry / Marilyn Yogarajah) / Annette Studios 2024-08-04 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #94 (feat. Dangertown / Eye_Duh Kho & Alejandro Franco Briones) / Wenona Lodge 2024-08-06 (Tuesday)]

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Hieronymus Harry / David Sait / The Sympathetic String Band / Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-08-11 (Sunday)

Cosmic Homeostasis / Bloor Annex BIA Stage 2024-09-01 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #95 (feat. Royal Jelly / Turtle Pleasure) / Wenona Lodge 2024-09-03 (Tuesday)

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Greydini / Everly Lux / Senior & Newman) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-08 (Sunday)

No Octopus Dancing / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-10 (Tuesday)

Josh Cole presents (feat. Josh Cole/Rob Clutton/John Oswald/Brodie West) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-10 (Tuesday)

Ministry of Phonic Services presents: Back to School Field Trip 2024 (feat. Brian Ruryk & %%30%30 / Louis Pino / Em Wright / Owen Kurtz) / Bickford Park "Stadium" 2024-09-19 (Thursday)

Cosmic Homeostasis XXV / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-09-29 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #96 (feat. Josh Cole + Mira Martin-Gray / Laura Swankey/Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt) / Wenona Lodge 2024-10-01 (Tuesday)

Sanctuary Drone (feat. DRONE:KLUB / Cosmic Homeostasis / Spectrum Soundbath) / Trinity-St.Paul's Centre 2024-10-05 (Saturday)

X Avant XIX: Texture: Refraction (feat. The Glass Orchestra / future proof) / The Music Gallery 2024-10-19 (Saturday)

Mira Martin-Gray and Niamh Girling present CLUE NOTE (feat. Allison Cameron/Niamh Girling/Mira Martin-Gray/Olivia Shortt) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-29 (Tuesday)

Friends of Clue Note present: Trivial Musical Pursuits (feat. Sara Constant/Patrick O'Reilly/Heraclitus Akimbo/Marilyn Yogarajah/Raphael Roter) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-10-29 (Tuesday)

Labyrinth Ensemble with Maliheh Moradi / Aga Khan Museum 2024-11-02 (Saturday)

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Ava Mendoza / Fresh Snow / Not The Wind, Not The Flag) / Collective Arts 2024-11-03 (Sunday)

Track Could Bend #97 (feat. Marilyn + Apple / Darren Williams / Rebecca Bruton) / Wenona Lodge 2024-11-05 (Tuesday)

Music Gallery presents (feat. Joëlle Léandre & Rémy Bélanger de Beauport / Masahiro Takahashi/Joseph Shabason/Bram Gielen) / Allan Gardens – Children's Conservatory 2024-11-09 (Saturday)

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / Marilyn Yogarajah / Nick Flanagan / Triple Bad Acid) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-10 (Sunday)

Clue Note: Trivia and Creative Music (Vol. 2) (feat. Socks and Sandals (and Friends) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-26 (Tuesday)

Dan Pitt Quintet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-11-26 (Tuesday)

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. V. Vecker / Death Kneel / Cetacea / Aida Khorsandi) / Collective Arts 2024-11-30 (Saturday)

Track Could Bend #98 (feat. Dept. of Loss / Pigeon Dance) / Wenona Lodge 2024-12-03 (Tuesday)

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / The Sympathetic String Band / Nick Flanagan / Way Bad Stone) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-12-08 (Sunday)

Lostworldsounds (Man Meets Bear) / The Sun Room at 918 Bathurst 2024-12-08 (Sunday)

fuzZfest 2.0 (feat. Ben Bennett/Raphaël Foisy/Karen Ng/Andrew Furlong / Eric Laska / Battle Milk) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2024-12-12 (Thursday)

CLUE NOTE: trivia and creative music (vol 3) (feat. December Bee) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2024-12-29 (Sunday)

Cosmic Homeostasis XXVI / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-12-29 (Sunday)

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Recording: V. Vecker

Artist: V. Vecker

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Collective Arts (Burn Down The Capital presents), November 30, 2024.

V. Vecker - [excerpt]

Vancouver's V.Vecker seems to operate somewhere between a bandonym and an ensemble — based around saxophonist Keith Wecker, the project is sometimes solo, sometimes a trio, and at this touring gig, a duo. There was a bit of troubleshooting required at the top of this set, so I'm not sure if all the synths were acting according to plan, leaving the audience a bit unsure if the set, which was on the short side, was due to a succinct presentation or being cut short for technical reasons. I liked what I heard, especially this closing section with Wecker's sax, so hopefully we'll get another chance to hear him around these parts.

Recording: Death Kneel

Artist: Death Kneel

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Collective Arts (Burn Down The Capital presents), November 30, 2024.

Death Kneel - [excerpt]

This solo project from Max Klebanoff (of local death metal unit Tomb Mold) hewed the closest to noise in this night of electronic explorations — which is to say his tightly-focused sounds (laced with atmospheric field recordings) had a propensity to detour down darker avenues whenever it seemed like they might veer towards melodic pleasantness.

Recording: Aida Khorsandi

Artist: Aida Khorsandi

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Collective Arts (Burn Down The Capital presents), November 30, 2024.

Aida Khorsandi - [excerpt]

Bits of lurching percussion brushed up against crackling sputters in this nonlinear set from Aida Khorsandi's modular rig.

Recording: Cetacea

Artist: Cetacea

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Collective Arts (Burn Down The Capital presents), November 30, 2024.

Cetacea - [excerpt]

Back (for now) in town, Bryan Bray lead off this night of drifting electronic explorations with a two-stage process, with some tape-loop-esque long-tail guitar drone sculptures being engulfed by synthtones, before flipping back towards the origin point.

Monday, December 30, 2024

Monday Roundup #207

Community notes:

  • The call is out for next round of Tranzac residencies for April through September. Hit the link and get yourself a stretch of dates in Toronto's best music room!

Concert announcements:

Peripheral Vision (Lina Allemano Four) 2025-01-07 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Audiopollination (feat. Rabia Agha/Yoshi Maclear Wall/ Meryem Alaoui / Mike Smith/Em Wright / Matthew Endahl/Matt Collins / Mickle32/Elizabeth Lima) / Array Space 2025-01-10 (Friday). $10 (cash or card), livestream available. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Tranzac New Year's Eve (feat. Joseph Shabason & The Welcome To Hell Tentet / Sandro Perri & Friends / Jane Inc) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2024-12-31 (Tuesday). $30 Adv. / $32 door. [FB event]

Tania Gill Quartet [Tania Gill/Lina Allemano/Rob Clutton/Nico Dann] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-01-03 (Friday – early). $pwyc. [FB event]

Diane Roblin's Life Force [Diane Roblin/George Koller/John Johnson/Kevin Turcotte/Colleen Allen/Tim Shia] / The Pilot 2025-01-04 (Saturday – 2:00 p.m.). $15. [FB event]

Josh Cole 4tet+ string(s) [Lina Allemano/John Oswald/Nick Storring/Blake Howard/Josh Cole] / Sellers and Newell 2025-01-04 (Saturday). $25. [FB event]

Adjacent Spheres (feat. Michael Davidson/Emily Steinwall/Germaine Liu/Aidan McConnell/Blake Howard) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-01-05 (Sunday)


It happened this week...

  • ...on December 30, 2018 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

The Titillators - If I Were a Bell

  • ...on January 4, 2019 at The Gladstone Hotel's Ballroom (Long Winter, Vol. 7.3)

Katie Sketch - unknown

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Monday, December 23, 2024

Monday Roundup #206

Concert announcements:

Track Could Bend #99 (feat. Lostworldsounds / future proof [Bea Labikova/Raphael Roter]) / Wenona Lodge 2025-01-07 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

BLOOP / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-01-08 (Wednesday – early). [FB event]

Sub-Sessions #8 (feat. TFA / Wanda / Lahore Wept / Jaeger) / BSMT 254 2024-01-16 (Thursday). $14.64. [FB event]

Alex Fournier [solo bass, acoustic & electric] / Sellers and Newell 2025-01-30 (Thursday). $15 minimum donation. [more info]

The Mike DeiCont Trio [Mike DeiCont/Leland Whitty/Eric West] / Sellers and Newell 2025-02-07 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

The Joe Sorbara Sextet [Ted Crosby/Tania Gill/Michael Herring/Rebecca Hennessy/Aline Homzy/Joe Sorbara] / Sellers and Newell 2025-02-15 (Saturday). $25 minimum donation. [more info]

The Patrick Smith Trio [Patrick Smith/Lowell Whitty/Dan Pitt] / Sellers and Newell 2025-03-02 (Sunday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Is your show missing from this list? Submit it via this form!


Shows this week:

Tibbs Eve Rager (feat. BA Johnston / Marty Topps / Whyte Wine / Young Rielsing) / Bovine Sex Club 2024-12-23 (Monday). $10 (early Bird) / $15 / $20 (door). [FB event]

The Ryan Driver Sextet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-12-27 (Friday) $pwyw

Greydini [Bad Boglin Clutches release party!] (Bile Sister / Bag) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-12-28 (Saturday). $10 / pwyc. [more info]

CLUE NOTE: trivia and creative music (vol 3) (feat. Erin Corbett/Niamh Girling/Mira Martin-Gray/Kurt Newman/Marilyn Yogarajah) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2024-12-29 (Sunday – noon). $PWYC ($10 suggested) [FB event]

Cosmic Homeostasis XXVI / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-12-29 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

Potions [Josh Sparks/Aidan McConnell/Steven Noronha/Ben Rositsan] (Luka Kuplowsky & The Ryōkan Band) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-12-29 (Sunday). $pwyc. [more info]


It happened this week...

  • ...on December 27, 2018 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

Mike DeiCont/Ryan Driver/D. Alex Meeks/Karen Ng/Daniel Pencer - [set 2 excerpt]

  • ...on December 28, 2018 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

The Ryan Driver Quintet - You Go to My Head

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Thursday, December 19, 2024

Recording: Dan Pitt Quintet

Artist: Dan Pitt Quintet

Song: 27 Hours

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Nick Fraser Presents), November 25, 2024.

Dan Pitt Quintet - 27 Hours

Back from tour and in fine form after fighting the elements across Western Canada, guitarist Dan Pitt and company (Alex Fournier on bass, Nick Fraser on drums plus Patrick Smith and Naomi McCarroll-Butler on woodwinds) tore it out in this homecoming romp. Celebrating the rease of Horizontal Depths, the group's second album, the ensemble moved through most of the album's pieces, exploring moody zones and blistering rockers like this set-opener.

You can check out some more from this show over on youtube:

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Recording: Socks and Sandals (and Friends)

Artist: Socks and Sandals (and Friends)

Song: [last section]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (CLUE NOTE: trivia and creative music (vol 2)), November 26, 2024.

Socks and Sandals (and Friends) - [last section]

The second edition of the trivia/experimental music CLUE NOTE residency featured sounds that would have been right at home in the previous month's Hallowe'en-themed show. Working in terrain less "musical" and more "radiophonic workshop", there were some eerie and occasionally creepy vibes being generated despite the whimiscal nature of some of the soundmaking implements (balloons, slinkies, bird calls, etc.). In this stretch, Mark Zurawinski is doing some processing to Germaine Liu's balloon-squawks that renders them to something like the laments of the ghosts of Victorian children, while Nick Storring brought out a whole tickle trunk's worth of implements and microphones rather than his cello, adding squeaks and grinding burrs.

You can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

[Bumped from its regular room and timeslot by NYE festivities, CLUE NOTE has a special matinee edition coming up (Sunday, December 29th, in the Tranzac's Living Room) with trivia on the theme of "2024: The Year in Review" and "improvised spiritual freak folk" from Erin Corbett, Niamh Girling, Mira Martin-Gray, Kurt Newman, and Marilyn Yogarajah.]

Monday, December 16, 2024

Monday Roundup #205

Concert announcements:

The Ryan Driver Sextet / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-12-27 (Friday) $pwyw

Josh Cole 4tet+ string(s) [Lina Allemano/John Oswald/Nick Storring/Blake Howard/Josh Cole] / Sellers and Newell 2025-01-04 (Saturday). $25. [FB event]

Labyrinth Ensemble presents (feat. Araz Salek/Roa Lee/Sasan Salaseli) / Bata Shoe Museum 2025-01-12 (Sunday – 1 p.m.). $free with registration. [FB event]

catl. (All-Seeing Eyes / Shook Boys) / Monarch Tavern 2025-01-25 (Saturday). $20.50, 19+. [tickets + more info]

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Shows this week:

Lina Allemano Four / The Emmet Ray 2024-12-18 (Wednesday – 6 p.m.). $10 advance / $15 door. [FB event]

Playscape Emporium: Of dances and dreams (feat. Angela Blumberg Dance / Teething / Adrian Berry) / Array Space 2024-12-19 (Thursday). $20.00 (or Pay What You Wish) / Livestream: $10.00 (or Pay What You Wish). [more info]

Henri Fabergé Crashes The Creskins Ball ["A festive night of comedy,music & mayhem"] (feat. Gwynne Phillips / Briana Templeton / Kayla Lorette / Roger Bainbridge / Miguel Rivas / Alex Tindal / Clare McConnell / Adam Niebergall / Sharjil Rasool / Johnny Spence / Steve Foster / Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll / Sarah Bennett / Juliann Wilding / Nicole Passmore / Jackie Pirico / Sarah Ruba / New Chance / Anh Phung) / 918 Bathurst 2024-12-19 (Thursday – early show @ 6 p.m., late show @ 8:30). $27.96. [FB event]

Makam Nights (feat. Yahya Geylan & Canan Sezgin Geylan) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2024-12-19 (Thursday). $PWYC. [FB event]

Okavango African Orchestra [with special guests Lorraine Klaasen, Diely Mori Tounkara, Pape Ndiaye, Mis Blandine and Dally Dominic] / Redwood Theatre 2024-12-20 (Friday). $20 (advance tickets), $25 (door). [FB event]

Roasted Chestnuts IX (feat. Queer Songbook Orchestra) / Hart House Theatre 2024-12-20 (Friday). $32. [more info]


Video hits:

  • Some very cool visuals (and tasty grooves) from not a band, who just released a new EP:

It happened this week...

  • ...on December 17, 2016 at The Music Gallery.

Kith & Kin - Dives and Lazarus

  • ...on December 21, 2016 at The Horseshoe Tavern.

Jennifer Castle - Crying Shame

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Friday, December 13, 2024

Recording: Marilyn Yogarajah

Artist: Marilyn Yogarajah

Song: [first piece]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), November 10, 2024.

Marilyn Yogarajah - [first piece]

Some solo journeys from Marilyn Yogarajah saw trumpet loopscapes being augmented by piano lines. Easy to get lost in while you stare out the window watching autumn rolling in.

You can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

Recording: Triple Bad Acid

Artist: Triple Bad Acid

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Ayal Senior & Friends), November 10, 2024.

Triple Bad Acid - [excerpt]

Some psychedelic explorations from Ayal Senior (here on bass and space echo) alongside Marilyn Yogarajah (piano/trumpet). Some deep zones here, but not to get ahead of things too much, this was just setting the stage for things to get even more triple.

You can check out some more from this set over on youtube:

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Recording: Toronto Improvisors Orchestra

Artist: Toronto Improvisors Orchestra

Song: [2nd set, 2nd piece excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), November 10, 2024.

Toronto Improvisors Orchestra - [2nd set, 2nd piece excerpt]

Although the TIO will play freely when the numbers are low (or when the mood otherwise strikes), when there's a larger group the use of conduction leads the sounds to interesting places. Here, Eugene Martynec was having some computer trouble and took a break from troubleshooting to wrangle the ensemble, pulling things together to move from long tones to pointillistic daubs.