ELEVEN concluded with a grander-than-grand, worthy-of-the-overused-term EPIC finale last night at the Garrison. It's hard to believe it's all over.... five days of amazing music, discussions and community. We of course have many people to thank, so in no particular order, here are ELEVEN thank-you's to:

1. All the artists who performed, especially those who made the long-distance drive from Montreal, Hamilton, and elsewhere.

2. Our gracious venue hosts at The Boat, The Music Gallery, Steam Whistle, The Great Hall, and The Garrison. You are all pros.

3. General Chaos Visuals, who after ELEVEN years of hauling out his "dirty projectors" to Wavelength, continues to amaze us with his creativity and originality.

4. Our hard-working door staff, the true frontline workers of Wavelength, who deflect all the stupid people and their bullshit so the rest of us can have an awesome time at the shows.

5. Our awesome volunteers, especially stage-manager par excellence Adham and merch wizard Dorice.

6. All the house sound techs, who made every night sound incredible.

7. Our funders and sponsors, without whom we couldn't have made this happen - Toronto Arts Council, the SOCAN Foundation, Eye Weekly, blogTO, Soundscapes and Steam Whistle.

8. Everyone who participated in the Studio Sessions at the Tranzac and contributed to fascinating, vital discussions about the process of musical creativity with Woodhands and Not The Wind, Not The Flag - two very different but surprisingly complementary duos.

9. Likewise, all those who came out to listen and take part in our first Speaker Series at the Garrison - especially the Class of '77 punk vets! - and learned about the 30-year evolution of Toronto independent music via the very knowledgeable Liz Worth and Stuart Berman.

10. Lindsay Roe of Guelph, who at 5'2" single-handedly broke up a '77-style punk fistfight between two dudes a foot taller than her, during the dramatic finale of Simply Saucer's set!

11. Though we never want to single out any one of the amazing, talented artists who perform at our Anniversary Festivals, we do have to give a shoutout to Simply Saucer — thank you for being Canadian pioneers, for making incredible, groundbreaking music at a time and place when there was no support for anything of its kind, for laying the groundwork for the vital independent scene which we all now take for granted, for continuing to push forward and try new things, for playing a great and incredibly HEAVY set last night. Three guitars + theremin? Yes please.