Purveyor of: Synthtastic sci-fi epics File next to: Jean-Michel Jarre, Bernard Fèvre, Steve Roach. Playing: WL750, Sunday, March 18 @ The Gladstone Hotel – Melody Bar. Get your tickets here! Ben Oginz is quite busy these days. Aside from playing in bands such as Toronto’s spacey kraut stalwarts MIMICO, crunchy rockers The Greggies, and minimal new wave synth acts Memorex and Mystic Tri
Purveyor of: Dream-pop, indie-pop. File next to: Cyndi Lauper, Grimes, Ke$ha. Playing: WL18, Friday, February 16 @ The Garrison. Get your tickets here! Anne Douris didn’t mean for her alter-ego Bossie to become her central project. She had been a member of and contributor to several indie bands – including Stella Ella Ola and Hollerado – for years, as well as a visual artist and a
Purveyors Of: Surf-Pop Garage Rock File Next To: Communions, The Courtneys, PUP Playing: WL18, Saturday, February 17th @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! Tough Age is a Toronto-based indie-rock trio. This past October, the Vancouver transplants released their latest album, Shame, on Mint Records. Wavelength’s Dora Boras caught up with frontman Jarrett Samson to talk about adjusting
Purveyor of: Post-funk, post-R&B. File next to: Nine Inch Nails, James Brown, Prince. Playing: WL18 Night 3, Sunday, Feb. 18 @ The Garrison. Get your tickets here! Fusilier’s energy is as electric as it is political. Né Blake Fusilier, the post-funk, prog-soul songwriter makes music that escapes simple categorization. His art ultimately showcases and draws upon his dual identity a
Purveyor of: The precarious space between electronic and hip-hop music that is full of bold melodies, strong rap, and iconic beats. File next to: Cadence Weapon, Internet Daughter Playing: WL18 Beyond the Core Panel, Thursday, Feb. 15 @ The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom (7pm, FREE). Just John may be young, but he’s already a Toronto staple in the music and art scenes, garnering attention from th
You'll Never Get To Heaven: The WL Interview
February 14, 2018Purveyors of: Glimmering synth-pop that makes you think about your crush File next to: Beach House, Cocteau Twins, DIIV Playing: WL18, Sunday, February 18 @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! You’ll Never Get To Heaven is a London, Ontario dream pop duo formed by Chuck Blazevic and Alice Hansen. Combining ambience, intimacy and texture, You’ll Never Get to Heaven are known for 
Brendan Canning: The WL Interview
February 9, 2018Purveyor of: Anthemic rock, atmospheric acoustic, breezy pop File next to: Broken Social Scene, The Sea and Cake, The War on Drugs, Apostle of Hustle, Grateful Dead (self-described, see “Hey Marika, Get Born”) Playing: DJ set at WL18 Night 1, Friday, Feb. 16 @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! Brendan Canning needs little introduction. Founding member of Broken Social Scene, solo music
Freak Heat Waves: The WL Interview
February 8, 2018Purveyor of: Retro futuristic disco meets post-rock in a spaceship File next to: Ariel Pink, Naomi Punk, Palm, Women, Killing Joke Playing: WL18 Night 2, Friday, Feb. 17 @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! From just listening to their past LPs, you can quickly see that Freak Heat Waves isn’t a band you can encapsulate in a single sound. At times you’ll find their songs hypnotic, and o
Odonis Odonis: The WL Interview
February 7, 2018Purveyors of: Semi-scary, semi-synthy aggressive indie rock File next to: Front Line Assembly, Trans Am, Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails Playing: WL 18 Night 2, Saturday, February 17 @ The Garrison. Get Tickets Here! Odonis Odonis have been with us for almost the entirety of the 2010s. As the decade has become more “problematic” personally and politically, this Toronto outfit’s music has cauter
Buke and Gase: The WL Interview
February 3, 2018Purveyors of: Dreamy industrial atmospheric rock File next to: The Kills, Angel Olsen, Deerhoof Playing: WL 18 Night 3, Sunday, February 18 @ the Garrison. Get tickets here! Buke and Gase do it all: from designing and crafting their own unique instruments to creating each sound themselves live onstage. The New York duo, Arone Dyer and Aron Sanchez, have toured with an enviable li
Purveyors of: Spectral, intricate art rock File Next to: Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, Fresh Snow, Built to Spill Playing: WL 18 Night 3, Sunday, February 18 @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! Birthed from a broken van and a three-day solitary trip from Texas to Toronto, the initially solo project from Doldrums drummer Steven Foster, has blossomed into a stunning, unique band in it
Purveyors of: Smooth beats saturated with the R&B instrumentals you’ve always wanted. File next to: Kaytranada, Tycho Playing: WL18 Night 1, Friday, Feb. 16 @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! OBUXUM is a Somali-Canadian musician whose most recent release, H.E.R., tells her story through her love for creating her own beats. She has garnered attention from playing at Kazoo! Fest,
Joseph Shabason: The WL Interview
February 4, 2018Purveyor of: Inquisitive avant-garde nu-jazz File next to: Brian Eno, Mark Barrott, Boards of Canada Playing: WL18 Night 3, Sunday, February 18 @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! Joseph Shabason is a Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist, known for his work in Destroyer, The War on Drugs, and DIANA. His last full-length release, Aytche, is a dive into atmospheric harmonies, explo
Kurt Marble: The WL Dad Rock Interview
February 1, 2018Purveyors of: Nu-garage, dad rock, experimental rock File next to: T.Rex, Flaming Lips, Twin Peaks Playing: WL 18 Night 2, Saturday, February 17 @ The Garrison. Get Tickets Here! Kurt Marble is a Toronto-based nu-garage darling with strong ties to dad culture. Kurt made his debut in the Toronto underground scene nearly three years ago. He returned in 2017 with his last EP Friend of Mine and acc
Purveyor of: Empathetic baroque synth-pop File next to: Lust for Youth, Grimes, Chromatics, Molly Nilsson Playing: WL18 Night 1, Friday, Feb. 16 @ The Garrison. Get tickets here! Plazas is Toronto-based producer Savana Salloum. She’s been garnering buzz for her intimate synth-pop; Silent Shout picked her release Empathy as their second favourite EP of 2016, and her music has also seen
Purveyors of: Actual Rock ‘n’ Roll File Next To: Deefhoof, Weaves, rubber objects, obscure tropical fruit Playing: Saturday, November 25 @ Bike Pirates. Get tickets here! Slippery and springy art-rock, slathered with oils and muds. Mallowy stuff burping out of crusty craters, sliming colour over reluctant shapes, coiling up and cracking off in the sun. Gut churning entertainment for life bene
Purveyors of: Fun and poppy fuzz rock File next to: The Breeders, Cub, Dilly Dally, Spinnerette, Veruca Salt Playing:: WL 744, Saturday, Nov. 25 @ Bike Pirates. Get tickets here! PONY are a Toronto based four-piece composed of Sam Bielanski on vocals and guitar, Eva Link on bass, Stephen Giroux on guitar, and new drummer Lucas Horne. After recording and releasing their first EP back in 2
Bonnie Trash – The WL Interview
November 20, 2017Purveyors of: Cannibalistic goth-noir fuckpop. File next to: PJ Harvey, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Feist Playing: WL 744, Saturday, Nov. 25 @ Bike Pirates. Get tickets here! Bonnie Trash are Guelph-based twin sisters Sarafina Troy and Emmalia Vash Bortolon-Vettor. Their latest EP Ezzelini’s Dead was inspired by an Italian folk tale about a medieval tyrant who was said to have
Contact + Allison Cameron: The Wavelength Interview
May 26, 2017Purveyors of: Accessible and varied “new” music. The intersections between improvisation, contemporary music, and the spaces in which they occur. File next to: Bang on a Can, Ann Southam, Norma Beecroft Playing: “Wavelength at Doors Open Toronto” – Saturday May 27, 2:15PM at Evergreen Brick Works. Free concert – information here! In 2015, prolific improviser and composer Allison Cam
Ainsley Naylor from Bike Pirates: The Wavelength Interview
May 25, 2017Purveyor of: DIY punk-rock community spirit & build-your-own-bike attitude. Bike Pirates has been an important part of the Toronto cycling community – and increasingly, its music community – for over a decade now. First opened in 2006 on Bathurst south of College (before moving to Bloor & Lansdowne in 2008), Bike Pirates now calls Parkdale home, having opened the doors of its curren