Völur: The Wavelength Interview
June 11, 2016Purveyors of: Stonefaced doom folk. Sounds like: The endtimes, in stereo! File next to: GY!BE, Mournful Congregation, Buried At Sea Playing: WL 702, Sunday June 12 @ Monarch Tavern. Get tickets here! Völur, made up of Lucas Gadke (Blood Ceremony), Laura C. Bates (Del Bel, Fresh Snow, Trent Severn) and James Payment (Do Make Say Think) sit atop the sure-to-be-growing list of Toronto-based, n
Echo Beach: The Wavelength Interview
June 9, 2016Purveyor of: Ever-evolving tides of drifting, divine gloom. File next to: Brigitte Bardon’t, Grouper, Moss Harvest Playing: WL 702, Sunday June 12 @ Monarch Tavern. Get tickets here! Echo Beach is the work of Montreal-via-Vancouver interdisciplinary artist Julie Matson. Through her gloomy, weighty drones, Matson channels an atmosphere that is deeply introspective, yet tectonically grounded
Thor & Friends: The Wavelength Interview
June 7, 2016Purveyors of: Minimalist percussive ecstasy. File next to: The Necks, Andrea Belfi, Ben Frost, Germaine Liu, Terry Riley Playing: WL 702, Sunday June 12 @ Monarch Tavern. Get tickets here! Thor Harris is a man who truly lives up to his name — when he’s not building houses or fixing plumbing systems in his hometown of Austin, Texas, he’s recording and performing with the likes of Ben Fr
Language Arts: The Wavelength Interview
May 19, 2016Purveyors of: Artful indie pop that goes down like sugar. File next to: The Bird and the Bee, The Most Serene Republic Playing: Manifesto x Wavelength, this Friday (May 20) at the Garrison. Get tickets here! Toronto-via-Halifax three-piece Language Arts are champions of an intricate flavour of indie pop that is at once isolated and lush, playful and introspective, complex and catchy. Their la
Pavilion: The Wavelength Interview
May 19, 2016Purveyors of: Post-punk goes to drama class. File next to: Wire, Stone Roses, Chameleons UK Playing: Manifesto x Wavelength, this Friday (May 20) at the Garrison. Get tickets here! Pavilion have been together less than 18 months but have already been through a name change — abandoning their original moniker of Mercury Girls — and developed a substantial buzz in the Toronto scene for their
Century Palm: The Wavelength Interview
April 22, 2016Purveyors of: Fresh and punchy new wave onslaughts. File next to: Odonis Odonis, Talking Heads, Devo Playing: WL 698, Saturday April 23 @ Monarch Tavern. Get tickets here! Century Palm self-describe their music as “retro-futurist,” and this proves itself to be an apt description: the Toronto five-piece, featuring members of the Ketamines, Zebrassieres, and Tough Age (among others), master
Germaphobes: The Wavelength Interview
April 20, 2016Purveyors of: Theatrical, off-kilter psych rock that begs you to release your inner spastic dancing nerd in front of all your cool friends at the bar. File next to: The Fleshtones, Talking Heads, Godley & Creme Playing: WL 698, Saturday April 23 @ Monarch Tavern. Get tickets here! Paul Elrichman and Neil Rankin are no strangers to the weird and wacky, having been involved in numerous solo
Long Branch: The Wavelength Interview
April 19, 2016Purveyors of: Bittersweet country-punk. File next to: Uncle Tupelo, Neil Young, Lucinda Williams Playing: WL 698, Saturday April 23 @ Monarch Tavern. Get tickets here! Long Branch is the sound of sleeping in on a beautiful day, hitting snooze endlessly and without shame, since you have nothing to do today and when you know you get your shit together to get out of bed and out of the hous
David Jones: The Wavelength Interview
March 23, 2016Purveyor of: Blackest noise and crystalline ambience. File next to: Prurient, Oren Ambarchi, Keiji Haino Playing: Wavelength “Don’t Speak” Friday, March 25th at Array Space. Get your tickets here! A true wizard of the wires and a technical tinkerer to boot, David Jones finds beauty in repurposed electro waste and transcendence in transforming junk into makeshift instruments. A force to be rec
Benoît Pioulard: The Wavelength Interview
March 25, 2016Purveyor of: Ethereal folky ambience, warm vignetted drones. File next to: Rafael Anton Irisarri, Lawrence English, Taylor Deupree Playing: Wavelength’s “Don’t Speak” Friday, March 25th at Array Space. Get your tickets here! It’s been nearly ten years since Benoît Pioulard released his debut full-length, Précis, on Kranky — the label known for housing other highly notable ambient art
North Atlantic Drift: The Wavelength Interview
March 25, 2016Purveyors of: Oceanic ebb and flow of such scale that only attentive ears may hear. File next to: Northumbria, Chasing Dreams, Dirty Inputs Playing: Wavelength’s “Don’t Speak” Friday, March 25th at Array Space. Limited number of tickets at the door for each! North Atlantic Drift is the collaborative effort of Toronto’s Mike Abercrombie and Brad Deschamps, whose music is a monumental, cycli
Moon King: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 22, 2015Purveyors of: Sophisticated cocktail music for people who are just as happy drinking beer. File next to: Cocteau Twins, Stereolab, Beach House Playing: Camp Wavelength, Saturday August 29 @ Artscape Gibraltar Point Get your ticket here! It’s a bold statement given that the year isn’t over yet, but I think Toronto’s Moon King have written the album of the year. With Secret Life, there
Prince Rama: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 21, 2015Purveyors of: Psychedelic tarot moon tunes. File next to: Petra Glynt, Gang Gang Dance, Geneva Jacuzzi Playing: Camp Wavelength, Saturday August 29 at Artscape Gibraltar Point. Get your ticket here! Brooklynites Prince Rama are a set of sisters curling up out of the world of bizarro electronic now-age. Rooted in the occult and odd, they bring a huge sound and serious fun. Taraka Larson answe
Zoo Owl: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 21, 2015Purveyors of: Smart, snappy electro-pop that’s infectious — but not in a clinical way. File next to: Dan Deacon, Doldrums, Pan Sonic, Orbital Playing: Camp Wavelength, Friday August 28 (Late Night!!) at Artscape Gibraltar Point. Get your ticket here! *Late Night Ferry Ticket Required. Purchase one here! Toronto’s Bryan Sutherland has been gigging around our city as Zoo Owl for a few years
Avec le soleil sortant de sa bouche: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 20, 2015Purveyors of: Intricate, unique sound achieved through samples and instrumental layers as a nod to ’60s pop arrangements. File next to: Fly Pan Am, The Redneck Manifesto, the Hotel2Tango recording studio Playing: Camp Wavelength, Sunday, August 30 at Artscape Gibraltar Point Get your ticket here! After almost three years perfecting their sound in the Montreal music scene, Avec le soleil so
LIDS: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 19, 2015Purveyors of: Dreamily layered noise rock, with hypnotizing, crushing beats backed by haunting vocals. File next to: Holy Fuck, Metz, Constantines, Odonis Odonis, The Prairie Cartel Playing: Camp Wavelength, Saturday August 29 @ Artscape Gibraltar Point Get your ticket here! It wouldn’t be surprising if your first reaction to someone describing LIDS was “How does that work?” followed by bein
Slow Down Molasses: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 18, 2015Purveyors of: Uniquely Canadian indie-rock with echo-y vocals and a consistently positive vibe. File next to: Sonic Youth, Amos the Transparent, Highs, Catfish and the Bottlemen Playing: Camp Wavelength, Saturday August 29 @ Artscape Gibraltar Point Get your ticket here! Hailing from Saskatoon, Slow Down Molasses brings their complex vocal harmonies and layered instrumental works to Waveleng
Mar Aberto SoundSystem: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 17, 2015Purveyors of: Afro-Brazilian-rhythmically-based dub-reggae-cumbia-down-and-dirty-funk-and-then-some. In short: A good time. File next to: The Meters, the Skatalites, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes, Manu Chao, Jimmy Cliff, King Tubby, Abyssinians, Luiz Gonzaga, MAKU Soundsystem and more. Playing: Camp Wavelength, Saturday August 29 (Late Night Set) at Artscape Gibraltar Point (Toronto Island) Get you
The Weather Station: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 23, 2015Purveyors of: Portraits of moments — of stillness and space, and of relationships and roads traveled. File next to: Will Oldham, Bahamas, Joni Mitchell Playing: Camp Wavelength, Sunday August 30 at Artscape Gibraltar Point (Toronto Island) Get your ticket here! “…for the most commonplace event to become an adventure, you must — and this is all that is necessary — start recounting it.
The Wooden Sky: The Camp Wavelength Interview
August 24, 2015Purveyors of: Tunes for adventures through the wilderness (both natural and man-made). Ideal or dusk and dawn. File next to: Yukon Blonde, Wilco, Fleet Foxes Playing: Camp Wavelength, Saturday August 29 at Artscape Gibraltar Point (Toronto Island). Get your ticket here! The record store is a special type of haven. It’s one of found gems, first listens, and decades upon decades of musi