Wavelength , the Toronto concert series [for many years until the last few years that had been running as a weekly concert series] which has introduced fans to a cornucopia of new music acts over the years turns twelve this year, and of course will be celebrating the occasion. TWELVE: The Wavelength 12th Anniversary Festival will be taking over several Toronto music venues over the long weekend [thank you Dalton McGuinty] of February 16-19 with featured acts including Fucked Up , P.S. I Love You , No Joy and Bonjay . An all-access [...]
Here's a bit of Dutch IDM techno from Locust given a progressive house remix by Slacker. Curiously, Locust is someone who doesn't seem to have apeared here before, when I was doing the alphabet. Which is odd. I knew Locust was Mark Van Hoen and that he recorded recorded awkward music that sat somewhere between ambient and techno and that his work was released on R&S/Apollo. I assumed he was Dutch. Seemed reasonable. Not so. According to discogs " LOCUST is MARK VAN HOEN, a born and bred Londoner who has been working in television and radio since leaving [...]
CRL Studios 'The Second Wavelength' from Pierre Emperador on Vimeo . deepgoa.blogspot.com underground music guide _________ © dg , 2011
New video from the lo-fi pop outfit Headless Horseman. This fantastic sequence was shot by the good people at Wooden Lens, Ben Razavi and Nate Baston. It's actually the 2nd of what will be three videos for this one song. Here is the first. Check these guys out on bandcamp , and grab the mp3 for "Wavlngth" below. MP3
Photography by purpleplaid "Great is the human who has not lost his childlike heart." - Menicus This week ended up being about fulfilling childhood memories, letting my childlike spirit fly round and having fun. It was Canadian Music Week in Toronto but I only saw two shows at CMW as I am really not a fan of this festival. The only acts I felt worthwhile seeing, I had already seen throughout the year, in better venues with better crowds and totally cheaper. I did catch Rich Aucoin [...]
"Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life." - Jean Paul Richter Hello Lovelies! I'm back and looky what's happened…the PCC has erupted!! Very exciting and welcome welcome to our crew of 22! As usual I've been busy with going to shows, which I'll share my fav picks in weeks to come (I think in January alone I saw over 25 bands?). More recently I got to help out during The Wavelength Eleven Anniversary Festival . There's something lovely about working festivals. The common bond that [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Chromewaves The end of Toronto's indie scene-building Wavelength weekly music series last year wasn't intended to be a cap on things. Instead, last February marked the beginning of a transition year for the collective behind Wavelength and now the beloved local series is back to celebrate their 11th anniversary with the apty-titled ELEVEN festival. "Last year's festival was amazing," Wavelength organizer Jonathan Bunce, [...]
Toronto - Why did I watch the Grammys last night? I don't know. Happy Valentines Day. Wavelength 11 No longer a weekly series, Wavelengths went out with a bang last year, but much like Brett Favre, have come back to entertain us once again. They have come back with a mini festival of sorts, starting on Wednesday night and ending on Sunday. A host of of top notch of local acts will be playing, including Woodhands , Maylee Todd , Hooded Fang and Lullabye Arkestra Here's a [...]
Toronto live institution Wavelength is still alive and kicking. February 16-20 they'll celebrate their 11th anniversary with ELEVEN, five nights of music and more. Here's a look at the line-up: Wed., Feb.16 @ The Boat, 9pm, pay what you can: Anagram (Oshawa/Parkdale - post-punk bruisers) The Guest Bedroom (Toronto's masters of panic pop) Bruised Knees (ex-Creeping Nobodies - sonic noisy
We haven't heard all that much from Hamilton's Bass Lions for awhile and I'm sure the fans, like myself, were hoping that this was all for a good reason. 2007's More Than Islands was pretty much perfect, not only as a collection of excellent songs in an individual sense, but also in terms of production and in the way that the album presented itself nicely as one flowing piece of music. I'm not sure if that was the band's intention, but I found it hard to separate the tracks, as the whole [...]
Pic: Pootee Dapayk Solo - Green (B-side) ( buy ) Under the mysterious Geheimtipp moniker Dapayk produced one of my favourite tracks of last year. Assuming his more regular Dapayk Solo name he dishes out this top slice of cut up techno, the synth stabs really make it. Idjut Boys - Five ( buy ) [...]
While it seems like everybody is looking for an excuse to celebrate something these days, it's quite refreshing to attend an event that celebrates something that is truly worth celebrating. Ten years of the Toronto Wavelength Music Series is no small feat, and one could even say that it's directly responsible for making the local music scene the thriving beast that it is today. Having exposed the talents of acts like Junior Boys , Cuff The Duke , Meligrove Band and even Feist and Broken Social Scene at a time [...]
Holy Fuck: photo by Michael Ligon Review to come. Photos: Holy Fuck, The Russian Futurists, Diamond Rings, Fembots, Professor Fingers @ Steamwhistle Brewery, Toronto (February 11, 2010) MySpace: Professor Fingers MySpace: Fembots MySpace: Diamond Rings MySpace: The Russian Futurists MySpace: Holy Fuck
Soooooo....... I am currently without computer due to the fact that it died the other day and killed many many important things along the way. (Not least of which was my ENTIRE digital music library (120+gb's ..... AND ITS BACKUPS!!!!). I knew that I should have seen it coming but hey, procrastination and all of that. But anyway, I've tossed a toonie in the direction of my local internet cafe guy so that I could quickly give you this brief explanation for my recent lack of online persona over the last week, as well as the one that [...]
The lineups for the upcoming Wavelength 500 shows were announced yesterday evening and are as follows: Feb 10, 2010 >>> Bruce Peninsula , Evening Hymns , Pony Da Look , Deep Dark United , Canaille @ Music Gallery (7pm • $12 adv) Feb 11, 2010 >>> Holy Fuck , Russian Futurists , Fembots , Diamond Rings , Professor Fingers @ Steamwhistle Brewery (8pm • $18 adv) Feb 12, 2010 >>> From Fiction , Bicycles [...]
The lineups for the upcoming Wavelength 500 shows were announced yesterday evening and are as follows: Feb 10, 2010 >>> Bruce Peninsula , Evening Hymns , Pony Da Look , Deep Dark United , Canaille @ Music Gallery (7pm • $12 adv) Feb 11, 2010 >>> Holy Fuck , Russian Futurists , Fembots , Diamond Rings , Professor Fingers @ Steamwhistle Brewery (8pm • $18 adv) Feb 12, 2010 >>> From Fiction , Bicycles [...]
A brilliant new release of LA private press funk. New label Glydzone's first release is coming from one Damon Riddick, a Los Angeles funk legend hailing from Leimert Park. Analog synth glyding over sturdy drum machines. Funkmosphere Loyalists may remember a time when this tune was on Myspace.... around the same time I had sketched a preliminary flyer for Damon's dj night, then called 1983. Wave Length - Funk Dreams
Frank Yang So yes I'm a bad Torontopian. I know it'd been a while since I'd been to Wavelength , but a little archive digging revealed that it'd been almost four years since I last darkened Sneaky Dee's doorway on a Sunday night. That's a long time. And so with the local institution not only celebrating its ninth anniversary but its upcoming final year this past weekend, I got off my butt and headed out. Don't get me wrong - I've always loved and supported the idea and mission of [...]
( Note: I'm mentioning last night's Wombat Wednesdays Valentine's special after the fact, because a) February curator Magali Meagher has several more Wombat Wednesdays scheduled this month, and b) several performers have upcoming shows, including Gentleman Reg's in-store and CD release, and Levi Macdougall & Katie Crown at Laugh Sabbath and, well, my shows . The Wombats in Love show was slated for a profile yesterday on the site, but I've been a busy fella, and I [...]
Frank Yang Just a week after seeing Bruce Peninsula jam Soundscapes to the gills for a rousing in-store , the store again played host to an act intent on cramming a lot of band into not a lot of space. This time, it was The Hylozoists and while the ensemble was hardly small with six members, it was their equipment - in particular the dual vibraphones - that took up the majority of the real estate. The Hylozoists are generally known as "that vibraphone band", and while that's not an [...]
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DEEPGOA's Electronic Sessions
The Needle Drop
T S U R U R A D I O
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It's Not The Band I Hate, It's Their Fans
Keytars & Violins
Beat Electric
Chromewaves
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