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
Lake Versions: The WL Interview
May 15, 2019Editor’s Note: We asked Bradley Davis of Fresh Snow to interview his bandmate Tim Condon’s new side project Lake Versions. We thought it would be fun. You tell us if we made the right call or not. (Edit after actually reading: we sure did.) Purveyors of: Digital float tank headphone symphonies File next to: Portishead, This Mortal Coil, Popul Vuh, Stereolab. Playing: Sunday May 19th,
Mary Ocher + Your Government: The WL Interview
May 14, 2019Purveyors of: Performative, digestible subversion. File next to: Norma Tanega, Vera Lynn, Nina Hagen, Klaus Nomi. Playing: Sunday, May 19th at Arraymusic (155 Walnut Ave, Toronto). Get your tickets here! Mary Ocher is a creative storyteller, one who is never hesitant to use any medium or push boundaries to transmit thought and explore the ticks of humanity. Listen closely. Every piece of
I Am Robot and Proud: The WL Interview
April 10, 2019Purveyors of: Shiny bytes of joyfulness File next to: Mouse on Mars, Matthew Herbert, Telefon Tel Aviv Playing: Wavelength Monthly Music Series, Saturday April 13, 2019 @ Brothers Dressler. Get your tickets here! Shaw-Han Liem has been creating music under the I Am Robot and Proud moniker for some time now, seeing the project transition from solo bedroom producer to world-traveling full b
Purveyors of: Evolving electric circuits painting impossible colours in your mind. File next to: Daniel Avery, The Field, Digits Playing: Wavelength Monthly Music Series, Saturday April 13, 2019 @ Brothers Dressler. Get your tickets here! There’s something about the music of World News that’s difficult to pinpoint — an elusive quality that only reveals itself to you when the show’
Thanya Iyer – The WL Interview
April 9, 2019Purveyors of: Magic-forest dream-pop File next to: Bernice, Common Holly, Emilie Kahn Playing: Wavelength Monthly Music Series, Saturday April 13, 2019 @ Brothers Dressler (11pm set). Get your tickets here! Like some mythical creature emerging wide-eyed from a magical forest, Thanya Iyer’s sparkling experimental pop intrigues the listener, coaxing you to explore another plane of reality
Ace of Wands: The WL Interview
March 29, 2019Purveyors of: Doom Lounge? File next to: Beams, The Weather Station, PJ Harvey Playing: Wavelength Monthly Music Series, Saturday March 30, 2019 @ Monarch Tavern. Get your tickets here! Toronto trio Ace of Wands stir up up soulful indie-folk with driving post-punk and classical violin in their sound, a wizardly brew complete with some fabulous outfits. Led by singer-songwriter Lee Rose, t
Buke and Gase: The (Latest) WL Interview
March 27, 2019Purveyors of: Electro-infused homemade post-punk anthems File next to: Deerhoof , The National Playing: Wavelength Monthly Music Series, Saturday March 30, 2019 @ Monarch Tavern. Get your tickets here! Buke and Gase, Hudson, New York’s nifty avant-pop duo and ingenious instrument builders, are back in Toronto to kick off the Wavelength Monthly Music Series for 2019. Derek Westerholm to
Purveyors of: the sound and feeling that something is going to change, and it’s going to be good. File next to: Colin Stetson, Anna Calvi, TV On The Radio Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival Day 3, Sunay, February 17th @ The Monarch Tavern. Get tickets here! Coming from amiskwaciy in Treaty 6 Territory, nêhiyawak ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐊᐧᐠ are a trio of Canadian composers who combine con
Purveyors of: The calm voice who whispers revolt in your ear. File next to: Queen Latifah circa 1993, Da Brat, J Dilla. Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival Night 1, Friday February 15th @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! Myst Milano is a multi-disciplinary artist, producer, DJ, rapper, and member of The RUDE Collective. Her work is vast and always carried out with the utmost importa
Precious Jewel – Video Premiere + The WL Interview
February 14, 2019Purveyors of: Genderqueer deep-house dance party File next to: Cherushii, New Chance, Shamir, Body-San Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival Night 2, Saturday Feb. 16 @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! Regular Wavelength-goers will recognize Brandon Gibson-DeGroote from the wonderful electro-pop-gone-yacht-rock trio Most People, yet in Precious Jewel he passes the mic to his friend David Oce
Purveyors of: The stories you should have heard when you were young. File next to: Marisa Anderson, Bruce Peninsula, Modest Mouse Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival Night 3, Sunday, February 17th @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! Beams are the dream of what you want your band to be: a family who will stick with you. For close to 10 years, this family has created a cornucopia of music. Fr
Purveyor of: Folk, pop, and classic Indigenous songs File next to: Fanny Bloom, Salomé Leclerc, Philippe Branch Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival Night 3, Sunday Feb. 17 @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! Elisapie is a Canadian singer/songwriter, activist and filmmaker who hails from the absolute north of Quebec. Having won a Juno for Aboriginal Recording of The Year back in 2005 for th
Purveyors of: Transcendental electronic pop world-building File next to: Atlas Sound, Beach House, Yumi Zouma Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival Night 2, Saturday Feb. 16 @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! Isla Den is a Toronto-based electronic dream-pop duo – the brainchild of Ellie Manning and Michael Reale. The duo is passionate about audio-visual works and musical storytelling, amplif
Mélissa Laveaux: The WL Interview
February 7, 2019Purveyors of: Electric Afro-Caribbean indie/funk/soul File next to: Sandra Nkaké, Alela Diane Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival Night 1, Friday Feb. 15 @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! Mélissa Laveaux is a Haitian-Canadian singer/songwriter who relocated to Paris in 2008 after the French label No Format offered to release her music. Laveaux’s joyous-sounding music incorporates funk
Purveyor of: Dreamy, psychedelic pop File next to: Munya, Tess Roby (and Can, of course) Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival, Saturday February 16, 2019 @ The Garrison. Get your tickets here! Created and led by Montreal’s Chloé Soldevila, creatively incorporating aspects that can vary from dream pop to dance music to krautrock, Anemone’s music will stick with you, living in
Future Peers: The WL Interview
February 5, 2019Purveyor of: Pop/rock from the future File next to: Ariel Pink, Atlas Sound Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival, Saturday February 16, 2019 @ The Garrison. Get your tickets here! Future Peers were hatched at the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, and formed between a cold garage in Toronto and a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles. They make music that sounds like it might be from th
Purveyor of: Melodic, heartfelt indie rock with a bold & adventurous spirit File next to: Alvvays, Best Coast Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival, Saturday February 16, 2019 @ The Garrison. Get your tickets here! Laura Hermiston’s songwriting prowess knows no bounds. Her band Twist’s knack for writing melodic and memorable guitar pop is otherworldly, and there’s no doubt that