JON-RAE & THE RIVER
Saturday Feb. 12, 11pm @ The Music Gallery
First played WL 206, last played WZF III (Nov. '04)
www.deerandbird.com/jonrae.html
Drunk-gospel-country-rock troubadour Jon-Rae Fletcher has set the Torontopia ablaze since moving here from Vancouver just over a year ago. Permafrost Records will release his first disc with his T.O.-freak back-up crew The River later this year.

Jon-Rae's Top Five:
1. Music
2. Food
3. Sex
4. Friends
5. Love

FINAL FANTASY
Saturday Feb. 12, 10:20pm @ The Music Gallery
First played WL 212
www.blocksblocksblocks.com
Owen Pallett's incredible solo voice-violin-and-looping-pedal project has suddenly threatened to overshadow his home band, Les Mouches. He returns from a tour opening for The Arcade Fire to play WL250, with the release of Has a Good Home on Blocks set for this very date!!

SHAWN HEWITT
Saturday Feb. 12, 9:40pm @ The Music Gallery
First played WL 181 during zine hiatus, so see interview here. www.schmusic.com
Shawn Hewitt's Top Five things in no order, inspired by Wavelength and all its wonder:
* The first time I heard Can
* The first time I saw Deep Dark United play at Wavelength
* Moving back to Scarborough rather than moving to Parkdale
* The growing madness of the Toronto music scene
* First time noticing someone singing along and getting most of the words wrong

HOLY FUCK
Saturday Feb. 12, 9pm @ The Music Gallery
First played WL 148, last played WL 234
www.dependentmusic.com
Holy Fuck! It's Dependent Music boss and boss singer/songerwriter Brian Borcherdt, messing around with live loops alongside friends including King Cobb Steelie bassist Kevin Lynn. Holy fuck - these guys have hooked up a collaboration with rapper Beans, of Antipop infamy.

Brian Borcherdt's Top Five
1. Hey Jonny,
2. sorry to cop out on this.
3. I just can't think of
4. anything
5. at the moment.

Actually, there was that time that the pubic hair got stuck in the projector during the Michael Snow, Wavelength film screening. And then there was the time I was going to meet my date at Wavelength. The lighting at Ted's was pretty bad; we couldn't even find each other. She ended up getting drunk with the guys from Mogwai (who were heckling Doc Pickles from their perch at the bar). Then she left with them. Actually, that was more of a sad moment. But there's at least two "best of..." moments here if you include Doc getting heckled (God love him... he had it coming).

THANKSGIVING
Saturday Feb. 12, 8:20pm @ The Music Gallery
WL newcomer!
www.marriagerecs.com/thanksgiving
See interview here.