File Next To: Doldrums, The Knife Purveyor of: Electronic hypnosis and inverted introspection Playing: Night one of WL14 Thursday, February 13 @ The Silver Dollar Room (486 Spadina Ave.) From the dark grassy murk emerges the Zoo Owl. His photoreceptor lenses are twin moons of unsettling light, hovering in the pitch. Heavy beats trample your world-weariness into the loam and plucky synths unfett
Alden Penner – The WL14 Interview
February 4, 2014Purveyor of: Fragile epics File Next To: Early Microphones, a more verbose/morose Ennio Morricone Playing: Night one of WL14 Thursday, February 13 @ The Silver Dollar Room (486 Spadina Ave.) Montreal-based Alden Penner has had a varied career – from fronting early-aught marvels The Unicorns, to collaborating with Michael Cera and Charlene Yi on the music for the feature film Paper Heart, to f
Evelyn Mukwedeya & Memory Makuri – The WL14 Interview
February 7, 2014If Toronto is having a “moment”, it’s partially because our diverse city is home to creative people from all over the world who are bringing their traditions to a new land. There’s tonnes of music beyond the “scenes” that get endlessly disseminated in blogs and weekly papers — and has been for decades. The music that’s going to filter into next year’s pop hits (from reggae to soukous to Ethio-gr
Adverteyes: The Wavelength Interview
October 28, 2013Purveyors of: Sci-fi pop meets industrial rock File next to: A massage train between Sneaker Pimps, Garbage and Broken Bells Playing: WL 579 a.k.a. “Halloween You! Sexy Monster: A Slow Scary Riot for New Zombie Kanada,” Thursday Oct. 31 at the Monarch Tavern. The connection between Wavelength and the Guelph music scene seems to shine on. WL has found another hidden Guelph band, Ad
Look Vibrant: The Wavelength Interview
April 17, 2014Purveyors of: Bursts of joyous static and child-like wonder File next to: Early Flaming Lips, Medicine Playing: Saturday, April 19 at Smiling Buddha for WL #595. Look Vibrant are “boys in the eyes of men and men in the eyes of boys.” Look Vibrant are Boys II Men, but at the end of the road there’s a smashed amp and shitloads of candy. Look Vibrant are also Justin Lazarus (vocals, synths,