Wavelength Presents –
In partnership with Harbourfront Centre, as part of Kuumba
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SAVE THE MONTH! 4 shows in February!
Wavelength Music announces the 21st edition of the Wavelength Winter Festival happening digitally throughout the entire month of February!
all FREE and ALL AGES. Audience members are encouraged to take part in the live chat alongside the livestreamed shows on Wavelength’s YouTube channel. With live music venues still shut down for the foreseeable future, Wavelength hopes to recreate the sense of community found at its long-running concert series in the online sphere, and bring some warmth to this socially distanced winter.
BACKXWASH – HANNAH GEORGAS – THE OBGMs – BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND – WITCH PROPHET – CLEREL – ZOON – MARYZE –SHABASON, KRGOVICH & HARRIS
Toronto – World-renowned indie-pop artist / Arts & Crafts + Brassland Records) – 9pm
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(Toronto/Vancouver – Pitchfork-acclaimed New Age art-pop trio) – 7pm
Plus talks & panels TBA – stay tuned!
Through dialogue and artistic expression, Kuumba 2021 addresses the international struggle for Black liberation today. We aim to strengthen Toronto’s Black community by connecting with voices beyond our City Lines. This year’s Kuumba is a series of events that runs throughout the month of February featuring the work of choreographers, authors, musicians, visual artists and thought leaders from across Canada. Stay tuned to Harbourfront Centre’s channels on harbourfront.live for more info as it becomes available and share your ideas online as we celebrate the Black community standing in their Blackness.
Order drinks from Collective Arts Brewing – free delivery w/ promo code “WAVELENGTHFRIENDS” !
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Wavelength respects the rights of each member of our diverse audience, and is committed to providing an environment in which everyone can feel safe. Any behaviour which could reasonably be perceived as physically, emotionally, or mentally harmful to individuals at Wavelength events will not be tolerated. This includes: racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, body shaming, ableism, ageism, and all forms of violence.
Please be respectful of others and help Wavelength create a fun and safer space for everyone.
For more information please visit Wavelength’s
Welcome to first show of our month-long Winter Festival! This online concert is set to carry you across a slew of sonic realms. We’re going to start in the electro-pop realm with Maryze, then to the swoony shoegaze noise-pop world of Zoon, then to the metallic rapper/producer AND 2020 Polaris Music Prize winner BACKXWASH. Pack your bags because this is one hell of a trip to go on!
Recorded at La Sotterenea + The Diving Bell Social Club in Montreal and Palace Sound in Toronto, this show is worth inviting all of your friends to “hangout” at.
“Although chances are that you may have first heard of Backxwash from the many music critic co-signs, culminating in her Polaris Music Prize win in October 2020, no one deserves credit for the success of God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It but the rapper-producer herself. Across a scant 22 minutes, the Montreal-based/Zambia-born musician manages to pull together a hefty and unlikely range of sounds, influences and moods, coming off compellingly dark and gothic on “Into the Void,” expertly melding a Black Sabbath sample into the album’s potent title track, and sharing the spotlight with a variety of expertly curated guest stars. God Has Nothing to Do with This is a sonically raw, emotionally honest and starkly creative piece of art that completely blows minds, challenges how we think about the art of hip-hop, and — most importantly — stands on its own merit.” — Daniel Sylvester, Exclaim (album of the year)
In the Ojibway language, the word Zoongide’ewin means “bravery, courage, the Bear Spirit.” It’s no wonder Daniel Monkman adopted Zoon as his musical moniker. The Hamilton-based musician has spent the better part of his 28 years finding and channelling his strength to overcome such adversities as racism, poverty and addiction. Music saved Monkman’s life. And, on Zoon’s debut album, Bleached Wavves, he paints a message of hope and fortitude, lessons he learned studying the Seven Grandfather teachings after experiencing the lowest point of his life. Bleached Wavves is the first true document of what has been dubbed “moccasin-gaze,” a tongue-in-cheek nickname for the amalgamation of Monkman’s shoegaze influences with traditional First Nations music. Like My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, a record that changed everything for him, Zoon pushes forward that famously quixotic, effects-laden sound with a distinctive, new approach.
is a bilingual alt-pop artist based in Montreal originally from Vancouver. Her stormy-sweet world blends haunting introspective lyrics with contagious beats offering a refreshing voice with fiery honesty.
Through dialogue and artistic expression, Kuumba 2021 addresses the international struggle for Black liberation today. We aim to strengthen Toronto’s Black community by connecting with voices beyond our City Lines. This year’s Kuumba is a series of events that runs throughout the month of February featuring the work of choreographers, authors, musicians, visual artists and thought leaders from across Canada. Stay tuned to Harbourfront Centre’s channels on harbourfront.live for more info as it becomes available and share your ideas online as we celebrate the Black community standing in their Blackness.
Wavelength respects the rights of each member of our diverse audience, and is committed to providing an environment in which everyone can feel safe. Any behaviour which could reasonably be perceived as physically, emotionally, or mentally harmful to individuals at Wavelength events will not be tolerated. This includes: racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, body shaming, ableism, ageism, and all forms of violence.
Please be respectful of others and help Wavelength create a fun and safer space for everyone.
In compliance with the Province of Ontario’s recently declared state of emergency, two of the event dates for online concerts as part of Wavelength Winter Festival 2021 have changed. Hannah Georgas and Clerel will now be performing on Feb. 21, and The OBGMs and Kali Horse will now be performing on Feb. 26 All other details will remain the same.
Audience members are encouraged to take part in the live chat alongside the livestreamed shows on Wavelength’s YouTube channel. With live music venues still shut down for the foreseeable future, Wavelength hopes to recreate the sense of community found at its long-running concert series in the online sphere, and bring some warmth to this socially distanced winter.