Etiquette: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 27, 2015Purveyors of: Moody synthpop for the bedroom and, occasionally, the ballroom. File next to: Beach House, The xx Playing: Camp Wavelength, Saturday August 29 @ Artscape Gibraltar Point Get your ticket here! Toronto’s Etiquette seemingly emerged fully formed in late 2014, but in truth, its members have been here the whole time. Founded by Julie Fader (a solo performer in her own right, but
Scattered Clouds: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 4, 2015File next to: Timber Timbre, Godspeed You! Black Emperor Purveyors of: Late-night feel-bad music for deviants on the prowl. Playing: Camp Wavelength, Sunday August 30 @ Artscape Gibraltar Point. Get your ticket here! Formed in 2010 as a solo project, Hull, Quebec’s Scattered Clouds expanded into a baroque exploration of the sinister. Lurching with brooding intensity, the music of Scattered
Blonde Elvis: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 27, 2015Purveyors of: Sexy guitar pop. File next to: Josef K, The Flamin Groovies, Orange Juice Playing: Camp Wavelength, Saturday August 29 @ Artscape Gibraltar Point. Get your ticket here! Jesse James Laderoute: frontman for Blonde Elvis, Torontonian for 11 years, and lover of the email interview. Inspired by the rumblings of the city, Laderoute’s music falls somewhere between modest self-awaren
Anamai: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 3, 2015Purveyors of: Experimental folk and sing-song ambience File next to: Neil Young’s Le Noise, Bibio, Twist, Del Bel Playing: Camp Wavelength, Sunday August 30 @ Artscape Gibraltar Point Get your ticket here! I’m really not sure what to expect when I show up to meet Anna Mayberry at the Holy Oak one sunny afternoon. A punk screamer or a winsome mewler? An outspoken force or shy recluse? Tur
The Nihilist Spasm Band: The Wavelength Interview
September 17, 2015Sounds like: Marbles rolling around in a few pots and pans. File next to: Do not file this. Playing: Tonight! (Sept. 17) at The Garrison (1197 Dundas St. W.) – Tickets at the door. Earplugs available at the merch table! What is a “spasm band”? In essence, it’s a group of folks who make a racket with instruments they’ve either found, built, or – as is sometimes the case – a
Holy Fuck: The Camp Wavelength Interview
July 31, 2015Purveyors of: Electro-acoustic jams using toys, keyboards and other noisemaking objects with live bass & drums File Next To: Hot Chip, Liars, LCD Soundsystem, Battles, Fuck Buttons Playing: Camp Wavelength, Friday August 28 at Artscape Gibraltar Point. Get your ticket here! Holy Fuck are back! After a hectic six-year tour schedule and the subsequent time off, a new album is nearly ready f
Above Top Secret: The Camp Wavelength Interview
July 27, 2015Purveyors of: Futuristic mysticism, hip-hop positivity mashed up with electro-industrial menace. File next to: Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction Playing: Camp Wavelength, Friday August 28 (Late Night Set) at Artscape Gibraltar Point (Toronto Island). Get your ticket here! *Late Night Ferry Ticket Required. Purchase one here! When it all crashes down, you have to build it up again. A couple
Baby Cages: The Wavelength Interview
November 5, 2015Purveyors of: Mutating goth pop. File next to: Siouxsie & the Banshees, Massive Attack, Cat Power Playing: Friday, November 13 at The Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton St.) — Get your tickets here! The music that Toronto/Halifax duo Baby Cages makes is hard to describe. Certainly goth-tinged, it shares commonalities with a diverse group of influences from the reality-folk of Cat Power to the
Bernice: The Wavelength Interview
November 8, 2015Purveyors of: Soft indie R&B, in which the R stands for romanticized melancholy and the B stands for blissful memories. File next to: Feist, Little Dragon, Juana Molina Playing: Friday, November 13th @ the Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton St.) — Get your tickets here! Bernice is “tenderness encapsulated, smoothnesses ebbing and flowing. A warm mauve light hums where butterfly kisses fl
Swedish Azz: The Wavelength Interview
June 23, 2015Purveyors of: The sound of jazz falling down a very long flight of stairs, and sticking the landing perfectly. File next to: The little-known history of Swedish jazz Playing: Wavelength 670, Tuesday June 23 @ Hard Luck Bar, opening for The Ex Maybe Sweden isn’t the first place that pops into your mind when you hear the word “jazz” — but without Sweden’s rich jazz history, perhaps M
Esmerine: The Wavelength Interview
November 11, 2015Purveyors of: Intricate and collosal tapestries of sound. File next to: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Rachel’s Playing: Friday, November 13th @ the Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton St.) — Get your tickets here! Esmerine is a creation out of time or place. The music is sewn of many fabrics, tethered by traditions spanning varied histories. A sinusoidal trek through a continuum of sprawling, int
Brodie West & Fleshtone Aura: The Wavelength Interview
June 22, 2015Purveyors of: Free-form jazz paired with seasonal electronic weirdness. File Next To: Getatchew Mekuria, Sun Ra, Joe McPhee Playing: WL670 Tuesday, June 23rd at Hard Luck Bar (opening for The Ex) Toronto improv mainstays Brodie West and Fleshtone Aura (né: Andrew Zukerman) hop on stages across our city periodically, excising ideas and illusions through their shared spirit of collaborations.
Champion Lover: The Wavelength Interview
June 21, 2015Purveyors of: Lumbering post-punk jams that move from drone to musical assault File Next To: METZ, Odonis Odonis, Cloud Nothings, Mexican Slang, Sonic Youth Playing: Wavelength NXNE Showcase, Sunday June 21 @ Smiling Buddha (8pm) Composed of twins Edward (vocals & guitar) and William (guitar & occasional vocals), as well as James (bass VI) and Erik (drums), Champion Lover is a noise-p
The Ex: The Wavelength Interview
June 19, 2015Purveyors of: Avant-garde, transcultural punk explorations. File Next To: Getatchew Mekuria, The Mekons, Instant Composers Pool Playing: Wavelength 670, Tuesday June 23 @ Hard Luck Bar with Swedish azz feat. Mats Gustafsson, Brodie West & Fleshtone Aura Founded in the why-not-us spirit of punk’s first wave, The Ex have evolved/endured/mutated to this day, their music incorporating idioms
Not Of: The Wavelength Interview
June 12, 2015Purveyors of: Heavy, layered noise rock that never slows down. File next to: METZ, Death From Above 1979, Odonis Odonis, Drive Like Jehu. Playing: Wavelength’s NXNE showcase, Sunday June 21 at Smiling Buddha (961 College St.). Not Of is the project of two prominent Toronto musicians under secret aliases. John Ex (guitar, vocals) and Jason Seance (drums, vocals, synths) may only be two peopl
Man Made Hill: The Wavelength Interview
December 21, 2015Purveyor of: Squishy, squashy existential funk for extra-planetary brain slugs. File next to: The Residents, Orange Milk Records, Barry White Playing: Wavelength New Year’s Eve at Markham House City Building Lab. Get tickets here! The years have witnessed Man Made Hill’s metamorphosis from lo-fi experimental creeper to full-on WWE-LSD nightmare pop dreamboat. His party skills are unmatched
The Holy Gasp: The Wavelength Interview
December 27, 2015Purveyors of: Tom Waits-tinged bebop being played inside a spinning blender. File next to: Love is All, King Khan and the Shrines, The Cramps Playing: Wavelength New Year’s Eve at Markham House City Building Lab. Get tickets here! Catch the Holy Gasp as part of Wavelength’s New Year’s Eve! Also featuring: MATROX, Maylee Todd, Delta Will, Man Made Hill + other sundry items including but no
Maylee Todd: The Wavelength Interview
December 29, 2015Purveyor of: An array of genres, exploring electro this time around. Soulful vocals taking on a haunting yet direct tone with a really good beat. Lyrics that will have you singing along while dancing around the kitchen floor one moment, sobbing over the sink the next. SO REAL. File next to: A lot of the laidback electro of the day, but with much more depth and subtlety. Playing: Wavelength New Y
MATROX: The Wavelength Interview
December 30, 2015Purveyors of: Electro-apocalyptic robotic sounds that can brainwash any audience into enthusiastic dancing. File next to: Kraftwerk, Daft Punk. Playing: Wavelength New Year’s Eve at Markham House City Building Lab (610 Markham St.). You can still pick up advance tickets (in person only) at Rotate This (801 Queen W.), Soundscapes (572 College St.) and Tiny Record Shop (804 Queen E.)! A very lmi
Hush Pup: The Wavelength Interview
May 21, 2015Purveyor of: Breezy and melancholic dream pop that evokes sad summers and late night sorrows but also emanates the comforting warmth of favorite memories. File Next to: Cocteau Twins, Panda Bear, Slowdive, Beach House Playing: Saturday May 23 @ Clay & Paper Theatre Originally hailing from Victoria B.C., Hush Pup has since found a home in Toronto. 2013 found the band releasing the 3 track