20 Questions with Haviah Mighty
February 5, 2020How do you take your coffee/tea? Tea – Black with 2 sugar. What is something that if you haven’t done by noon, your day is going terribly? Done my physio. What would it be if there’s one thing you could change in the Canadian music industry? The one-dimensional representation of “Canadian music,” though it is hopefully to shift. Most-missed defunct music venue? Guvernment.
20 Questions with Psychic Weapons
February 5, 2020How do you take your coffee/tea? Psychic Weapons — Shade grown. What is something that if you haven’t done it by noon, your day is going terribly? Had coffee. What would it be if there’s one thing you could change in the Canadian music industry? These questions. (ouch! – trying-our-best ed.) Most-missed defunct music venue? Ted’s Wrecking Yard. Who should they do a m
How do you take your coffee/tea? Truss is only coffee drinker and he’s bout that double double life. Phoenix will take a chai tea. What is something that if you haven’t done it by noon, your day is going terribly? Truss: Rolled something. Phoenix: Seen a baby or kitten video cross my timeline. What would it be if there’s one thing you could change in the Canadian music industry
20 Questions with Sandro Perri
February 5, 2020How do you take your coffee/tea? Little stain. What is something that if you haven’t done it by noon, your day is going terribly? Avoided the scroll. What would it be if there’s one thing you could change in the Canadian music industry? A MIRACLE. Most-missed defunct music venue? MG Richmond. Who should they do a music biopic about? Dan Burke. Dream creative co
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