Camp Wavelength – First Wave of Artists Announced + Early Bird Passes On Sale!
May 28, 2015We’ve just announced the first wave of artists performing at Camp Wavelength, our new festival launching on Toronto Island the final weekend of August, 2015. The first wave of announcements is an all-Canadian who’s who of innovators from across the independent music scene, including: beloved rock collective The Wooden Sky, 20-year post-rock veterans Do Make Say Think, critically buzzing fol
Wavelength 2015: Our Year in Review
December 24, 2015As we here at Wavelength look back on 2015, it’s no exaggeration to say we had a big year. Your friendly neighbourhood concert series turned 15, opened (and closed) a venue, and launched a new festival, the biggest event in our history. And we’re about to say farewell to 2015 with a big New Year’s party — in a small capacity venue — for which we highly recommend you get tickets! But b
HAPPY 2016 EVERYONE!! Well, that was awesome. Thanks to everyone for coming out and making our New Year’s Eve the (honestly no exaggeration) Best New Year’s Ever! We may have started a tradition here… Thanks to the good people at the Markham House City Building Lab for hosting us. We’d love to hear your feedback on the space and what else you might like to see happen here. Mark your calendars fo
Wavelength Nominated for Torontoist "Heroes" of 2015
January 6, 2016Where’s the nearest phone booth? Your mild-mannered concert series Wavelength is flattered to have been nominated as one of Torontoist’s HEROES of 2015! Vote for Wavelength – and cast your ballot before midnight tomorrow night (Thursday). Other worthies include anti-racist activist April Aliermo of Hooded Fang, Park People, and theToronto Public Library. You get three choices, so choose your vote
Most People – A Photo Interview
May 22, 2015What it’s like to hang out with Brandon Gibson-DeGroote and Paul McEachern aka Most People for a day. Photo interview by Mike Pereira [gallery size="full" columns="1" link="none" ids="11765,11764,11763,11762,11761,11760,11759,11758,11757,11756,11755,11754,11753,11752,11751,11750,11749,11748,11747,11746,11745,11744"] Most People’s new EP Violet Spaces out now!
Wavelength Music Festival 16 Line-up Announcement
January 7, 2016It’s here! The #WL16 line-up announcement. Wavelength celebrates our Sweet 16 with three nights of the best new music in Canada. Mark off the Family Day Long Weekend (Feb. 11-14, 2016) for WL16, your live mixtape of your year ahead of addictive listening… and get ready to get sweatily romantic with your BFF’s and SO’s on Valentine’s Day. Go here for the full line-up announcement and sched
Wavelength #ICYMI Gallery Exhibit open to February 21
January 16, 2016We’ve got a busy week ahead here at Wavelength. Tonight (Saturday, January 16) Wavelength is teaming up with our DJ friends at Synthesexer to provide the music for the popular DJ Skate Nights at the Natrel Rink at Harbourfront Centre. Sounds like our kind of winter fun: pack up your skates or rent a pair at Harbourfront, and hit the ice to sexy, synthy sounds — think Tiga, Pet Shop Boys, Donna
Volunteer Call: Wavelength 16 (February 12-14)
January 26, 2016Do you love music and meeting awesome new people? Then we want to hear from you! We’re looking for volunteers to help us out with our upcoming Wavelength Music Festival 16, taking place February 12-14, 2016. This is a great opportunity to engage with the music community and lend emerging Canadian artists a hand! Duties/Skills required: Assist the Wavelength staff in providing friendly fe
Happy Wavelength Day! Sincere thanks to all the bands, artists, venues, funders, sponsors, partners, and especially our amazing, hard-working volunteers, for making the#WL16 festival happen this long weekend. And of course, a big hand for everyone who came out and packed the Garrison on the coldest nights of the year. The musical community in Toronto is so strong, talented and supportive
Recap: Toronto Music City Town Hall
May 1, 2015The first-ever Toronto Music City Town Hall took place last Saturday (April 25), co-hosted by Wavelength and The Garrison. More than 200 people came out on a sunny Saturday afternoon to pack the back room of the Dundas West music venue, for a two-hour open-floor discussion with special guest, Mike Tanner, the City of Toronto’s Music Sector Development Officer. The turnout and resulting discussio
Camp Wavelength Submissions Close Tonight!
April 16, 2015REMINDER!! Tonight is your last chance to get your submissions in for Camp Wavelength, taking place August 28-30 on Toronto Island. You have until midnight (okay, 11:59PM) to submit your band or proposal. Please see the original Call for Submissions post for more info how to submit.
SET TIMES: Dirty Inputs – 9pm Hauschka – 10pm Seating is first come, first served, so get there early! Doors at 8pm. There will be tickets available at the door for . Polish Combatants Association Branch 20 (SPK) is located at 206 Beverley Street, south of College. The concert hall is on the second floor. There is an elevator for those who require wheelchair access. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOU
Call For Submissions: Camp Wavelength (August 28-30, Toronto Island)
March 26, 2015CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS CAMP WAVELENGTH August 28-30, 2015 Artscape Gibraltar Point Toronto Island SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN Closing Date: April 16, 2015 NO SUBMISSION FEE!! CAMP WAVELENGTH is a new, intimate, boutique festival launching on Toronto Island the final weekend of August, 2015. Presented by Wavelength Music, Toronto’s non-profit, DIY community hub, CAMP WAVELENGTH is seeking the best
Video: catl. – "Church on Time" (Live on Toronto Island!)
March 15, 2015Our latest live video from Toronto Island, featuring catl. playing “Church on Time” from their 2010 album With the Lord for Cowards You Will Find No Place, just premiered over at Exclaim. Here’s what they had to say about it: Blues-infused Toronto-based duo CATL are getting ready to head down to South by Southwest next week, and as a celebratory send-off, they’ve shared a new clip for “Church o
Can you believe it’s been more than a week since we wrapped #WL15? What an exhilirating weekend of battling the deep freeze with awesome music and good vibes! If you missed any of the festival shows, or wish you could do them all over again, here’s your chance to relive the festivities with hot shots by our intrepid trio of photogs, Tiana Feng, Sam Kadosh and OZO. Check out our #WL15 Photo Albu
#WL15 Breaking News: Brides CANCELLED
February 11, 2015Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, Brides will no longer be performing Friday night at Sneaky Dee’s for #WL15. The rest of Night 1 will go on as originally scheduled.
Fifteen years ago, when we started Wavelength as a weekly PWYC music night, we couldn’t have imagined we’d be celebrating our birthday 15 years with an amazing month like we’ve just had. We created a real community hub for independent music and the arts with the Wavelength Pop-Up Gallery and capped it off with a long-weekend-long blowout with #WL15. We want to say a HUGE “Thank You” to EVERYONE
Most People Talk Broken Social Scene
February 6, 2015Purveyors of: Really great music, but it doesn’t matter because they aren’t playing that stuff for this set. File next to: Sheezer, Vag Halen, Broken People Scene, Most Social Playing: Night 1 of WL15, Friday February 13th at Sneaky Dee’s. Most People are a local two-man psych-pop electro-indie dance party machine. No matter your age or gender, after you catch these guys play you will have
Wavelength Behind-The-Scenes: Del Bel's In My Solitude Music Video
February 3, 2015Wavelength Artist Incubator band Del Bel premiered the epic video for their song “In My Solitude” earlier this year. We asked the director of the video, and friend of Wavelength, Colin Harrington, to share a behind-the-scenes look at making Del Bel’s video. My life as a video producer is very much tied in with Wavelength Artist Incubator band Del Bel. It was actually Del Bel members
Most People: Wavelength Video Series Premiere!
January 9, 2015We here at Wavelength are very proud to unveil the premiere of the Wavelength Video Series, featuring our long-time Artist Incubator band, Most People, and their awesome new song, “Release.” Directed by our in-house photographer Sam Kadosh, Wavelength’s new Video Series has been in the works since last summer – remember summer, Toronto? The first of a series shot LIVE at a free concert at Artscape