MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH @ Placebo Space (1409a Bloor St W) - 9pm - $5 - All Ages
NIFTY (http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/artists/Prince-Nifty)
Toronto's Matt Smith (Owen Pallett, New Feelings, Blocks, etc.), throws around his voice like some lighter than air element, over electronic synth manipulations. Laid back beats grow into tight electronic soundscapes where twisted vocals dance with their textural counterparts in a house of mirrors. Abstract drones become dance music fodder, etherial vocals lost in a void of their own creation. Come to get down or nerd out over gear!
DENT-DE-LION (http://www.unpoisson.com/dentsdelion.htm)
Whoa, this rules! All the way from France, Dent-De-Lion is a live phenomenon, avant beat box meets noise music mash up and junk percussion. Blasting vocal rhythms distorting and playing with an orchestra of feedback waves dance through a garden of bells & chimes. Delicate accordion soundscapes speak to bells in a whisper. One man, one mouth dance party breakdowns. Don't miss this, seriously, you will say wow!
PON DE REPLAY (http://weirdcanada.com/2011/09/new-canadiana-pon-de-replay-what’s-all-this-then)
Brian Seeger, builds tape collage mash-ups, avant mandolin/guitar compositions and goblin-esque spaced out synth experimentations. Expect a plethora of found sound, tape loops, pre-recorded jargon and jingles, on the fly mandolin & guitar improvisation juxtaposed in a seamless continuity of collaged reality. Brian weaves together a web like the spiraling of a kaleidoscope, hypnotizing yet jarring. His mandolin & guitar work, beautiful and warm, sometimes layered with thick electronic rhythms that lazily provide structure to his avant textures. Varied approaches within a cohesive idea. Come on time to catch this genus at work.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH @ The Boat (158 Augusta Ave.) - 9pm - $5
WOMEN IN TRAGEDY (http://womenintragedy.bandcamp.com)
Toronto post-hardcore ragers celebrate the release of their new album. Heavy crushing guitars and driving drums make way for mathy jangles that become the angular base for this ferocious unit's destruction path. Percussion so rapid it blends into break neck guitar chungs under harsh raw vocals. Rough tech breakdowns, zig zag for a second before becoming obliterated into a drone like consitencey that is the driving force behind Women In Tragedy. Slow brooding strikes and terror filled screams reminiscent of Khanate, the band prods forward as if recovering from the exhaustion of their precious ferocity. Light guitar notes float over languid snare hits. A calm that can only anticipate the storm. Come support some Toronto avant heavy.
GODSTOPPER (http://godstopper.bandcamp.com)
Featuring members of Gates, the avant-metal project of Mike Simpson, gets real. Layering guitar textures, vocals and cymbal crashes like a shoegazer band would fuzz pedals, Godstopper creates an avant-pop symphony buried in a metal meets noise meets an industrial textured graveyard. Technical yet beautiful, haunting yet crushing. For fans of Kayo Dot, The Dirty Projectors, Black Sabbath.
METSU (http://metsu.bandcamp.com)
Sludged out metal droners take it heavy & slow. Distorted vocals howl out from below heavy guitars, as if caged below a mess of fuzz and feedback, constantly compacting itself with hints of mathy undertones, so cathartic and lethargic they can barrel stand their own weigh. Lighter notes spiral out still dripping with the remnants of fuzz. Nothing is too clear, post rock textures wavering off into the distance. Post-prog jammers get heavy, no regrets.
FOXMOULDER (http://foxmoulder.bandcamp.com)
Rapid fire abrasive post-hardcore punk, frantic angular guitar guitars jerk and jar against Matthew Cuthbert's yelping vocals. A furry of drum hits provides the semblance of constant motion. Like a human trapped in a room with no way out, bouncing off the walls, distorting in the lack of space, terrified to the last breath.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH @ Dickens Street Theatre (35 Dickens St.) - 9pm - $7/$10 - All Ages
FEAST IN THE EAST is a monthly east end music, food & installation series.
This month features a FREE 3 course macrobiotic asian dinner curated by Brandon Lim! He will also be releasing the second issue of his food zine, The Heathy Ninja.
SAILBOATS ARE WHITE (http://www.myspace.com/sailboatsrwhite)
Hamilton weirdo punks have reformed & return to Toronto for what is sure to be a mind melting show. Electronic drum beats meet hard edged frantic screeching punk rawness. Swirling guitar textures and electronic decay, provide a back drop for snarling vocals laden with fuzz. Sucking you in like quicksand, fighting to escape will only kill you, but all you can do is fight. Don't miss one of the evolution of one of Ontario's most ferocious bands!
LITTLE GIRLS (http://littlegirlsband.com/)
Toronto dark post-punk band murmurs their vocals under blurry fuzz layers. Cutting drum patterns shoot through the mix, dissonant guitars wail off into oblivion, only to be buried by heavy synth tones that rise and fall like ocean tides. A snare shuffles mechanically as layers of fuzz build and sway like a fog. New wave textures get harshed out by snarling guitars. Ghostly bass lines weave aimlessly through drum beats finding the perfect pattern. Effected music for the disaffected.
HELLALUYA (http://hellaluya.bandcamp.com/)
Every evolving noise punk/collage dance project of Alex Low featuring members of Teen Tits, Wild Wives & Hussy, busts out the punk rock with a new EP entitled "Iggy Pop" Choatic punk jammers, ride of the cloud of elevating synth tones and collaged electronic hip hop beats. Like a roller coaster that's about the break clattering along the track overflowing with humans.
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY (http://newfirmament.bandcamp.com/)
Nick Podgurski (Extra Life, Yukon) returns to Toronto, this time with his solo project. An ominous web of vocals multiplying over subtle waves of distortion and synth tones that ebb & flow seamlessly. Like traveling through some unknown planets atmosphere, calm yet uncertain.
Projections & Environs by Petrina Ng and Matt King!
$7 Adv. at Circus Books & Music, The Film Buff and Soundscapes.
$10 at the door.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/295354400511751/
This month features a FREE 3 course macrobiotic asian dinner curated by Brandon Lim! He will also be releasing the second issue of his food zine, The Heathy Ninja.
SAILBOATS ARE WHITE (http://www.myspace.com/sailboatsrwhite)
Hamilton weirdo punks have reformed & return to Toronto for what is sure to be a mind melting show. Electronic drum beats meet hard edged frantic screeching punk rawness. Swirling guitar textures and electronic decay, provide a back drop for snarling vocals laden with fuzz. Sucking you in like quicksand, fighting to escape will only kill you, but all you can do is fight. Don't miss one of the evolution of one of Ontario's most ferocious bands!
LITTLE GIRLS (http://littlegirlsband.com/)
Toronto dark post-punk band murmurs their vocals under blurry fuzz layers. Cutting drum patterns shoot through the mix, dissonant guitars wail off into oblivion, only to be buried by heavy synth tones that rise and fall like ocean tides. A snare shuffles mechanically as layers of fuzz build and sway like a fog. New wave textures get harshed out by snarling guitars. Ghostly bass lines weave aimlessly through drum beats finding the perfect pattern. Effected music for the disaffected.
HELLALUYA (http://hellaluya.bandcamp.com/)
Every evolving noise punk/collage dance project of Alex Low featuring members of Teen Tits, Wild Wives & Hussy, busts out the punk rock with a new EP entitled "Iggy Pop" Choatic punk jammers, ride of the cloud of elevating synth tones and collaged electronic hip hop beats. Like a roller coaster that's about the break clattering along the track overflowing with humans.
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY (http://newfirmament.bandcamp.com/)
Nick Podgurski (Extra Life, Yukon) returns to Toronto, this time with his solo project. An ominous web of vocals multiplying over subtle waves of distortion and synth tones that ebb & flow seamlessly. Like traveling through some unknown planets atmosphere, calm yet uncertain.
Projections & Environs by Petrina Ng and Matt King!
$7 Adv. at Circus Books & Music, The Film Buff and Soundscapes.
$10 at the door.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/295354400511751/
More Winter 2012 Shows Coming Soon!
SAT, MAR 3RD - Tonnstartssbandht + Wyrd Visions + Run DMT + Tropics @ Polyhaus
SAT, MAR 10TH - Feast In The East 11 feat: Wet Dirt + New Positions book launch + Sexy Merlin @ Dickens Street Theatre
SAT, APR 7TH - Feast In The East 12 feat: Blame Face @ Dickens Street Theatre
