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
Kingdom of Birds: The WL Interview
January 31, 2019Purveyor of: Teenage enthusiasm leads to remarkable songs File next to: Feist, Broken Social Scene, Sloan Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival, Sunday Feb 17, 2019 @ Monarch Tavern (All Ages Matinee!) Get your tickets here! Kingdom of Birds have been grabbing the attention of unsuspecting audiences, international music blogs, and well-known musicians alike. The youthful Toronto indie-rock
Purveyor of: Dreamy rock with beautiful melodies File next to: Goodbye Honolulu, Weaves Playing: Wavelength Winter Festival, Sunday Feb 17, 2019 @ The Garrison. (+19) Get your tickets here! Toronto-based Luna Li has been playing shows around Ontario and Quebec for the past 3 years, and has released three music videos and a debut EP, Opal Angel, in October 2017. In June 2018,
Lonely Parade: The WL Interview
May 22, 2018Purveyor of: Anything-goes art-punk File next to: The Breeders, Speedy Ortiz Playing: Wavelength Monthly Music series, Saturday May 26, 2018 @ Bike Pirates. All ages! Get your tickets here! You never know what to expect from Lonely Parade. The Montreal-via-Peterborough trio is one of Buzz Records’ latest signees, playing noisy, no-fucks-given indie rock that twists and turns at the
Formerly Known As Pardons: The WL Interview
May 22, 2018Purveyor of: An explosion in Tranzac’s front room File next to: Clarinet Panic Deluxx, GUH, Josh Cole Quartet Playing: Wavelength Monthly Music Series, Saturday May 26, 2018 @ Bike Pirates. (All Ages!) Get your tickets here! Formerly Known as Pardons is a free-improv supergroup consisting of Karen Ng, Josh Cole, and Blake Howard — who can be found keeping busy as members of big-name tou
Purveyor of: Unpredictable indie-punk tunes that tell a story. File next to: Kurt Vile, Guided By Voices. Playing: Wavelength Monthly Music Series, Saturday May 26, 2018 @ Bike Pirates. (All Ages!) Get your tickets here! JONCRO is a self-described noise rock/pop trio from Mississauga. Since 2015, their mission statement has been to spread the gospel of noise and some genre-defying
Purveyor of: Dreamy art pop meets classical opera File next to: Beach House, Joanna Newsom Playing: Wavelength Monthly: Tess Roby w/ Bernice and Dorothea Paas, Saturday April 21st at 918 Bathurst. Get your tickets here! Montreal singer-songwriter Tess Roby is releasing her debut LP Beacon on April 20th via Italians Do It Better. Her wistful tunes and longing vocals easily lull listeners
Dorothea Paas: The WL Interview
April 17, 2018Purveyor of: DIY bedroom pop File next to: Beat Happening, The Weather Station Playing: Wavelength Monthly: Tess Roby w/ Bernice and Dorothea Paas, Saturday April 21st at 918 Bathurst. Get your tickets here! Dorothea Paas is one of Toronto’s best-loved creators of DIY bedroom pop, with a sound that reminds that spring is actually an inevitability. The singer/songwriter is now playing with an