Tara Kannangara: The WL Interview
November 5, 2019Purveyor of: A diverse sound touching on the lyrical, whimsical, and unpredictable — meshing jazz, pop, electronic-synth music, musical theatre and whatever else moves her. File next to: Dominique Fils-Aimé, Hannah Georges, Jeremy Dutcher Playing: Brothers Dressler, Saturday November 9th @ 16-225 Sterling Road, Toronto. Get tickets here! It’s not often Juno-nominated artists st
Purveyor of: “New Synth Folk,” upbeat ethereal music built around drum loops combining a lightness and glimmering simplicity with luminous vocals and a sense of sadness beneath the surface. File next to: Stereolab, Helena Deland, Francois Hardy Playing: Brothers Dressler, Saturday November 9th @ 16-225 Sterling Road, Toronto. Get tickets here! Wavelength guest curator, Ian Steam
Purveyor of: Hip-hop with confident delivery and deft lyricism, unafraid to display vulnerability or tackle difficult subjects like depression File next to: Young M.A., Haviah Mighty, Tasha The Amazon Playing: Brothers Dressler, Saturday November 9th @ 16-225 Sterling Road, Toronto. Get tickets here! Born Kahdijah Payne, but going by Dijah and DijahSB professionally (in tribute to h
Swagger Rite: The WL Interview
October 17, 2019Purveyors of: Hook-filled, state-of-the-art Toronto trap music with a sense of fun. File next to: Recommended if you like Pressa, Killy, Lil Berete, CMDWN, Burna Bandz, NorthSideBenji, LocoCity or Houdini Swagger Rite is, along with LolaBunz, one of two West-End rappers set hit the stage for the all-hip-hop bill at WL 785 on Friday, October 18. Known for his infectious, gold grill grin and d
Purveyors of: Hip-hop from a female point of view straddling the divide between commercial and street-oriented. File next to: Recommended if you like Haviah Mighty, The Sorority and Naya Ali. Playing: WL 785, Friday October 18th @ 254 Lansdowne. Get tickets here! Nigerian-Canadian rapper, LolaBunz’s name has been ringing bells for a few years now amongst connoisseurs of the local Toront
Purveyors of: Not giving a flying f*** and making one hell of a new groove. File next to: Groucho Marx, Duchess Says, Can, Afrika Bambaataa. Playing: Wavelength Summer Music & Arts Festival, Sunday, August 18th at Stackt, 28 Bathurst St. Get tickets here! “Hello Emma, I am Jean-Francois Nault aka JFNo. I will answer your questions as best I can and in personal objectivity with
Purveyor of: Witty, dynamic rhymes over bangin’ hip-hop, electro and throwback house beats. File next to: Haviah Mighty, Keita Juma, Tierra Whack, Azealia Banks, Junglepussy, Kari Faux, Princess Nokia, and Leikeli47 Playing: Sydanie will play on Day One of the Wavelength Summer Music & Arts Festival on August 17 at Stackt Market in Toronto. CLICK HERE for more details and to buy
Wavelength Interview with Yonatan Gat
August 12, 2019Purveyors of: instrumental guitar rock File next to: Django Reinhart, Biréli Lagrène, Les Paul, and your favourite surf compilation. Playing: Wavelength Summer Music & Arts Festival, Sunday, August 18th at Stackt — 28 Bathurst St. Get tickets here! 2016, Guelph, Ontario, Kazoo! Fest, and a boxing ring. The air was sweaty, and the primary lights were focussing on two musicians
Purveyor of: The melancholy dance-party File next to: Austra, Young Galaxy, Mozart’s Sister, Scott Hardware Playing: Wavelength Summer Music & Arts Festival, Saturday August 17 at Stackt – 28 Bathurst St. Get tickets here! In her own words, Lesley Ann Foster a.k.a. L.A. Foster “makes sad dance music.” In the tradition of Canadian electro-popsters
Purveyors of: Lavender Field Daze Gaze File next to: Alvvays, Tennis, Camera Obscura, Anemone Playing: Wavelength Summer Music & Arts Festival Saturday, August 18th at Stackt. Get Tickets Here! Tallies are a shimmery Toronto four-piece made up of Sarah Cogan, Dyland Frankland, Cian O’Neill, and Stephen Pitman. They’ve brought their reverb-drenched dreams to our ears at the p
Purveyor of: Global conglomerate punk File next to: CPC Gangbangs, The Spits, Uranium Club, Jay Reatard Playing: Wavelength Summer Music & Arts Festival Night Two, Sunday August 18 @ Stackt. Get tickets here! Montreal avant-garage rock collective Red Mass is a gathering of artists, musicians and agent provocateurs from around the globe. The present core of “Red Mass” is comprised of
Cadence Weapon: The WL Interview
August 8, 2019Purveyor Of: The cerebral hip-hop soundtrack for your gamified life. File Next To: Deltron 3030, Kaytranada Playing: Wavelength Summer Music and Arts Festival Night One, Saturday, August 17th @ Stackt. Get tickets here! Cadence Weapon is a pillar of Canadian hip-hop. His 15-year career has produced four full-length albums, three of which have ended up on Polaris Prize lists both long and
Purveyors of: A pioneering Afrofuturistic sound blending traditional, ancestral African sounds from Chad and beyond with state of the art electronic music. File next to: Pierre Kwenders, Mbongwana Star, Daft Punk Playing: AfrotroniX will be headlining Day Two of the Wavelength Summer Music & Arts Festival on August 18 at Stackt Market in Toronto. CLICK HERE for more details and to buy ti
Purveyor of: hazy R&B and cloud rap File next to: A. Billi Free, Akua Naru, Gavlyn Playing: Wavelength Summer Music & Arts Festival w/ Milk & Bone, Afrotronix, Cadence Weapon, Yonatan Gat and more, August 17 & 18 at Stackt – 28 Bathurst St. Get tickets here! Hua Li is the only half-Chinese, half-militant, half-rapper of your heart. This BC-born, Montreal-residing
Anthems Of The Void: The WL Interview
August 7, 2019Purveyors of: Interstellar avant-garde rock File next to: Broadcast, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jefferson Airplane, Cocteau Twins (their dark stuff) Playing: Wavelength Summer Music & Arts Festival Night 2, Sunday August 18 @ Stackt. Get tickets here! Spacey vocal soundscapes collide with swells of distorted electric guitar and the unique sound of the one-of-a-kind instrument, the
Purveyor of: Androgynous Glitter Melancholy File next to: Blondie, Siouxie and the Banshees, New Order. Playing: Wavelength Summer Music & Arts Festival Saturday, August 17th at stackt. Get Tickets Here! Art d’ECCO is more than a Bowie throwback. This B.C.-based provocateur is keeping it genre- and gender-fluid. Inspired by isolation, absurdity and his favourite music, the album Tres
Purveyors of: The look of music File next to: Pauline Oliveros and Godspeed You! Black Emperor Playing: Wavelength Monthly Music Series: “Solstizio,” Friday, June 21st at 918 Bathurst Centre for Arts, Media & Education. Get tickets here! VERSA is its own entity, an organism or an adjective that describes an emotional moment. The closest word in the Oxford Italian-English Diction
Gordon Grdina: The WL Interview
June 18, 2019Purveyor of: Arabic-inspired free-improvisation and chamber-jazz composition File next to: Matthew Shipp, Jerusalem In My Heart Playing: Wavelength Monthly Music Series: Solstizio, Friday June 21 @ 918 Bathurst. Get tickets here! Gordon Grdina is an incredibly talented guitarist/oud player and composer/improviser as well as a beautiful human being. Inspired by free jazz, heavy metal, Arab
Anastasia Minster: The WL Interview
June 18, 2019Purveyor of: Dark chamber jazz-pop File next to: iamthemorning, Esben and the Witch, Marissa Nadler, Chelsea Wolfe Playing: Wavelength Monthly Music Series: “Solstizio,” Friday June 21 at 918 Bathurst. Get tickets here! Anastasia Minster is a Moscow-born artist who has seeped deeply into the Toronto music scene over the past half-decade. She has made an impact on music lovers far and
Purveyors of: Tasty angst-filled daydreams for your ears. File Next to: Alvvays, Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail. Playing: Sunday May 19th @ Arraymusic with Mary Ocher + Your Government and Lake Versions. Get Tickets Here! Indie-rock group ROACH is invading the Toronto music scene! Although they haven’t been a band for long, they’ve already found a unique voice. Their fans are multiplying qu