Purveyors of: noisy, avant-garage punk File Next to: Death from Above 1979, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Dears Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival Friday February 26th at 9PM on our YouTube channel. Tune in here. The OBGMS are a band of road warriors who have traversed the globe. For Luca, it throws him back to listening to Martin Streek on Edge 102.1FM in the parking lot of Taco Bell in Woodbrid
Shabason, Krgovich & Harris: The WL Interview
February 25, 2021Purveyors of: the soundtrack to the meditative idleness of life during pandemic File next to: Air, Balthazar, Destroyer, The Weather Station Playing: Saturday, February 27 at Wavelength Winter Festival, 7PM EST on our YouTube channel. Tune in here. Philadelphia, the debut album from Shabason, Krgovich & Harris was born out of mutual love for new age music among other things. After pas
Witch Prophet: The WL Interview
February 24, 2021Purveyors of: Enchanting and hypnotic Ethio-jazz featuring sultry sax riffs, timeless hip-hop rhythms and soulfully soothing melodic mantras that affirm who you are and the power you hold. Essential for solo (or not) underwear-clad bedroom dancing; getting ready and hyped to go out and face the world (a ritual that truly feels foreign these days); getting in touch with nature; getting in touch wit
Purveyors of: Dreamy grungy acid folk with a hint of jazz, some trance and a little Gregorian chant for good measure. File next to: Pink Floyd, Nick Cave, Nirvana, Lou Reed’s drone-y phase. Playing: Friday, February 26 as part of the Wavelength Winter Festival, starting at 8 p.m. More details and the full lineup can be found here. Kaleidoscope Horse released its first album, as a five-p
Purveyor of: Bilingual alt-pop, memorable melodies, reflective lyrics, and musical spells. File next to: The Craft on VHS, Caroline Polachek, Portishead, Grimes, Banks, and also Fern Gully on VHS Playing: Saturday, February 20th at Wavelength Winter Festival at 87PM EST on our YouTube channel. Tune in here. Rupert Common sat down one chilly Montréal morning to have a phone call
Purveyor of: Light, airy, uplifting soul. Soothing daydream jams. File next to: Ben Harper, Ray Lamontagne, Donavon Frankenreiter Playing: Sunday, February 21st, at Wavelength Winter Festival at 8PM EST on our YouTube channel. Tune in here. Clerel is the musical friend we could all use right now. Born in Douala, Cameroon and currently residing in Montreal, Clerel draws inspiration f
Hannah Georgas: The WL Interview
February 17, 2021Purveyors of: Hushed pop/rock to play by the backyard pool on a lazy summer afternoon, or when tucked away in bed with the sunset light creeping in through the windows. File Next to: Feist, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Jay Som Playing: Sunday, February 21st, at Wavelength Winter Festival at 9PM EST on our YouTube channel. Tune in here. Hannah Georgas’ All That Emotion drif
Purveyors of: culturally and spiritually influenced sonic experimentation, packaged in the shoegaze world. File Next to: My Bloody Valentine, Whoop-Szo, nêhiyawak Playing: Saturday, February 20th at 8pm: Night one of our digital Winter Festival, happening on our YouTube channel. From Nicholas Cooper of The Sentinel’s Marvellous Kaleidoscope radio program. In Ojibway, Zoongide’ewin mea
Morgan Doctor: The WL Interview + Strangers VIII Video Premiere
February 12, 2021Purveyor of: A post-rock soundtrack that embodies your inner dialogue during this pandemic; exploring the ethereal transformation of the loving self into a digital avatar and wondering what that means. File Next to: Apparat, Michael Peter Olsen, Broken Social Scene Video Premiere: “Strangers VIII” – premiering today on Wavelength! It was a crappy day, to be frank. I was having a day o
Purveyors of: Storytelling for punk rockers who just got into country music. File Next to: Daniel Johnston, Big Thief, Townes Van Zandt Playing: Thursday, November 27th 2020 with Joncro on Youtube Live! From Wavelength’s Emma Bortolon-Vettor: I first officially met Westelaken by sharing the stage with them at a Bands & Drag show at The Beaver (RIP). It was a sweaty, joyous,
Purveyors of: Aggressive connection. Not backing down until your story’s told. With guitars. File Next to: Black Mountain, Pup, DFA1979 Playing: Thursday, November 27th 2020 with Westelaken on Youtube Live! The beauty of being an experimental noise punk outfit is the freedom to try anything. If you aren’t breaking new ground for yourself with each album are you even experimenting? Jon
The Diet Ghosts: The WL2020 Interview
October 21, 2020Purveyors of: Blending punk rock, gender fuckery, drag, theatre, comedy, and gore into an entertaining and subversive show. File Next to: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Vincent Price, American Horror Story, and Carol J. Clover. Performing/Hosting: Thursday, October 29th 2020 with Leucrocuta and Bonnie Trash for our Livescream on Youtube Live! The Diet Ghosts are a crew of superhero storyt
Purveyors of: Heartbreakingly humourous indie-pop File Next to: Courtney Barnett, Yo La Tengo, Rapport Playing: Sunday, September 27th 2020 with Kadeema on Facebook Live! The song “Not a Complicated Person” jumped out at our writer when he was making dinner while listening to an NPR All Songs Considered playlist on an unnamed streaming service. He considered the song to be laugh
Purveyors of: Learning to laugh with yourself, singing your favourite song at the top of your lungs. File Next to: Future Peers, early Sea Beau, Moscow Apartment Playing: Sunday, September 27th 2020 with Down Time on Facebook Live! Kadeema are unabashedly themselves. They are fun, honest, and able to amusingly write about the complex systems of ourselve
Purveyors of: Frenetic, stripped-down, rustic raunchy blues. File Next to: B-17, BRMC, Howlin’ Wolf Playing: Saturday, August 15th 2020 at our 800th show/Mini-Fest streaming on Facebook Live from The Piston! catl. are probably one of the last rock n’ roll bands from Toronto. The duo have released five full-length records to critical acclaim and have been touring both North Ameri
DIJAH SB: THE WL INTERVIEW 2020
August 10, 2020Purveyor of: That needed pat on the back, late night car rides, getting sh*t done and feeling good about it. File Next to: TRP.P, Elaquent, Cartel Madras Playing: Saturday, August 15th 2020 at our 800th show/Mini-Fest on Facebook Live! If you’re feeling a lack of inspiration during this pandemic, turn to DijahSB; who wrote an album, crowd-funded its release, and did it all independently
Purveyors of: The feeling of road trips with friends, that split moment of being in the air before jumping into the water, hugging your best friend. File next to: Stevie Nicks, Best Coast, The Auras Playing: Wavelength 800 Mini-Fest, Saturday August 15th on Facebook Live. Stuck on where to put that last chorus in your song? Listen to Twist. Laura Hermiston knows how to write a pop s
Janette King: The WL Interview
August 4, 2020Purveyor of: Peaceful rumination, slow dancing with yourself in the dark, looking up at the sky and wondering how fast clouds are really moving. File Next to: Solange Knowles, Isla Den, Hua Li Playing: Saturday, August 15th 2020 at our 800th show/Mini-Fest on Facebook Live! Janette King is a multi-disciplinary producer, vocalist, and DJ based in Montreal. Her lyrics are earnes
How do you take your coffee/tea? Black What is something that if you haven’t done 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? From what I can understand the Canadian music industry is incredible. Most-missed defunct music venue? CBGB. Who should they do a music biopic about?
How do you take your coffee/tea? 2 creams, 2 sugars. What is something that if you haven’t done 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? Access. Most-missed defunct music venue? Wrongbar on Queen & Dufferin. Who should they do a music biopic about? Fela Kuti. Dream