SATURDAY, JANUARY 12TH @ Baby G (1608 Dundas St. West) - 9pm - $10/$12
PICASTRO (https://picastro.wordpress.com)
Long running Toronto goth folk project Picastro celebrates the release of their newest album "Exit" on Sleeping Giant Glossolalia. Led by guitarist / vocalist Liz Hysen with Nick Storring, Germaine Liu & Matthew Ramalo, their new recording showcases numerous guest vocalists including Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), Tony Dekker (Great Lakes Swimmers), Adrian Crowley, Caleb Mulkerin (Big Blood), Alex Mackenzie (Petra Glynt), and Chris Cummings (Marker Starling). Creaking strings wrap around ominous guitar notes. Liu's brooding percussion knocks at the door with understated relentlessness, while Hysen's meandering guitar passages whisper of foreboding. Electronic tones shimmer like loose spirits. Picastro's haunting compositions play in a world that melds electro-acoustic sensibilities with mutated folk forms under a dark blanket of whispered secrets.
FRESH SNOW (http://freshsnowmusic.com/)
Toronto kraut quartet adventures in the round. Undying synth lines and guitar fuzz merge into one vibrating beast driven by a drum beat locked into the warbling distortion. More space music for the 22nd century. Constantly moving forward building the humming, buzzing, clattering structure that is Fresh Snow. Rough guitar notes cut through pulsating fuzz to converse with formless electronics. Hard psych noodling becomes a back drop for groove repetition. Hints of jangle pop dig themselves out of a squealing wall of sound. Don't miss this space kraut unit about to alter life as know it.
COLIN FISHER (https://colinfisher.bandcamp.com)
Toronto multi-instrumentalist / improvisor Colin Fisher plays from his solo ambient guitar record "V Le Pape" out now on Geej Recordings. Fisher has been a pillar of Toronto's avant-garde music world for well over a decade. His work in Not The Wind, Not The Flag, Fake Humans, with Caribou, and in a plethora of other ensembles sees him move seamlessly through genres, moods & instruments. His latest work finds him playing with processed guitar, building fluid sonic worlds where notes ripple off each other. Methodical pieces of slow motion guitar vignettes stretch the frabric of Fisher's normally ecstatic work. Moments of New Age majesty flourish and then step aside as Fisher dives into his classic cosmic psych shredder territory, though pulling back the speed to accommodate V Le Pape's more paced trajectory. Never a dull moment with one of Toronto's (the world's?) unsung musical mavericks.
Environs by Bill Fussner (www.thewizardofoddd.com)
$10 Adv at TicketScene (https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/22776/)
$12 at the door
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/251039948854152/
Long running Toronto goth folk project Picastro celebrates the release of their newest album "Exit" on Sleeping Giant Glossolalia. Led by guitarist / vocalist Liz Hysen with Nick Storring, Germaine Liu & Matthew Ramalo, their new recording showcases numerous guest vocalists including Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), Tony Dekker (Great Lakes Swimmers), Adrian Crowley, Caleb Mulkerin (Big Blood), Alex Mackenzie (Petra Glynt), and Chris Cummings (Marker Starling). Creaking strings wrap around ominous guitar notes. Liu's brooding percussion knocks at the door with understated relentlessness, while Hysen's meandering guitar passages whisper of foreboding. Electronic tones shimmer like loose spirits. Picastro's haunting compositions play in a world that melds electro-acoustic sensibilities with mutated folk forms under a dark blanket of whispered secrets.
FRESH SNOW (http://freshsnowmusic.com/)
Toronto kraut quartet adventures in the round. Undying synth lines and guitar fuzz merge into one vibrating beast driven by a drum beat locked into the warbling distortion. More space music for the 22nd century. Constantly moving forward building the humming, buzzing, clattering structure that is Fresh Snow. Rough guitar notes cut through pulsating fuzz to converse with formless electronics. Hard psych noodling becomes a back drop for groove repetition. Hints of jangle pop dig themselves out of a squealing wall of sound. Don't miss this space kraut unit about to alter life as know it.
COLIN FISHER (https://colinfisher.bandcamp.com)
Toronto multi-instrumentalist / improvisor Colin Fisher plays from his solo ambient guitar record "V Le Pape" out now on Geej Recordings. Fisher has been a pillar of Toronto's avant-garde music world for well over a decade. His work in Not The Wind, Not The Flag, Fake Humans, with Caribou, and in a plethora of other ensembles sees him move seamlessly through genres, moods & instruments. His latest work finds him playing with processed guitar, building fluid sonic worlds where notes ripple off each other. Methodical pieces of slow motion guitar vignettes stretch the frabric of Fisher's normally ecstatic work. Moments of New Age majesty flourish and then step aside as Fisher dives into his classic cosmic psych shredder territory, though pulling back the speed to accommodate V Le Pape's more paced trajectory. Never a dull moment with one of Toronto's (the world's?) unsung musical mavericks.
Environs by Bill Fussner (www.thewizardofoddd.com)
$10 Adv at TicketScene (https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/22776/)
$12 at the door
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/251039948854152/
FRIDAY, MARCH 1ST @ The Jam Factory (2 Matilda St.) - 8:30pm - $20/$25 - All Ages
MARC RIBOT (http://marcribot.com/)
NYC guitar maverick Marc Ribot performs a rare solo set in Toronto. Ribot's legacy has seen him collaborate with Tom Waits, John Zorn, Elvis Costello & a plethora of others. His numerous diverse bands and ensemble projects, plus seven solo releases have worked to define him as one of the most unique and versatile voices on the guitar. From no wave, re-imagined blues, free improvisation, and avant jazz to contemporary composition Ribot moves from one mood to another with careful continuity. Intricate notes float off his strings with a natural abandon. His solo performances see him swim through the menagerie style and genres he's touched on through out his decades of exploration in the avant guitar world.
KEE AVIL (https://keeavil.bandcamp.com/)
Montreal experimental guitarist Vicky Mettler creates mutant compositions from looped guitar noise, angular melodies, creeping vocals and grumbling electronics. Her vocals whisper to rhythmic guitar notes, haunted textures ripple out from her guitar strings. Kee Avil sees Mettler's captivating compositions constructed out of what feels like bits of sonic refuse come to life. A beautiful and dazzling work of assemblage. If you haven't seen Kee Avil her live performance is not to be missed!
$20 Adv from Rotate This, Soundscapes & Ticketscene: https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/22399
$25 at the door
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1169521176547118/
NYC guitar maverick Marc Ribot performs a rare solo set in Toronto. Ribot's legacy has seen him collaborate with Tom Waits, John Zorn, Elvis Costello & a plethora of others. His numerous diverse bands and ensemble projects, plus seven solo releases have worked to define him as one of the most unique and versatile voices on the guitar. From no wave, re-imagined blues, free improvisation, and avant jazz to contemporary composition Ribot moves from one mood to another with careful continuity. Intricate notes float off his strings with a natural abandon. His solo performances see him swim through the menagerie style and genres he's touched on through out his decades of exploration in the avant guitar world.
KEE AVIL (https://keeavil.bandcamp.com/)
Montreal experimental guitarist Vicky Mettler creates mutant compositions from looped guitar noise, angular melodies, creeping vocals and grumbling electronics. Her vocals whisper to rhythmic guitar notes, haunted textures ripple out from her guitar strings. Kee Avil sees Mettler's captivating compositions constructed out of what feels like bits of sonic refuse come to life. A beautiful and dazzling work of assemblage. If you haven't seen Kee Avil her live performance is not to be missed!
$20 Adv from Rotate This, Soundscapes & Ticketscene: https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/22399
$25 at the door
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1169521176547118/
Upcoming Winter 2019 Shows:
SAT, FEB 2ND - Feast In The East 72
FRI, MARCH 8TH - Feast In The East 73
FRI, MARCH 8TH - Feast In The East 73
