You know we're always excited to share all our awesome shows with you, dear Wavelengthers, but this one is (trust us) extra special: On June 21st & 22nd, Wavelength is celebrating the summer solstice in that most sun-topian of neighbourhoods, Kensington Market. We've never done a show at the super-cool art loft space Double Double Land - a space run by a collective consisting of some of our favourite local musicians, DJs and presenters - and we're making up for this long-overdue occasion with three very fine shows over two nights.

The middle show - the 8pm early show on Friday (June 22) - is the one we're very thrilled to announce today: It's an incredible international "punk jazz" trio featuring Han Bennink, Terrie Ex and Brodie West!!! More info including ticket prices & availability here.Long-time Wavelength followers will know Toronto's boy Brodie as the alto sax whiz from such left-field local jazz ensembles as Eucalpytus, Drumheller and Zebradonk. He also appeared on-stage in 2009 at a memorable Wavelength presentation featuring Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Guests at the SPK Polish Combatants Hall. The Ex are an "all-time favourite band" for many in the Wavelength crew, and this Dutch avant-punk juggernaut has been going at it non-stop since 1979. We're very honoured to have guitarist Terrie Ex appear as part of this trio. Brodie connected with The Ex while studying in their hometown of Amsterdam, and it's there that he also connected with Han Bennink, a.k.a. the Greatest Living Dutch Jazz Drummer. Though he won't be playing on a drum kit made of cheese this time, it's equally an honour to have this founding member of the Instant Composers Pool performing live on a Wavelength stage.

Opening for Han, Terrie & Brodie are Detention, the pummelling free-jazz duo of Cairo-based guitarist Sam Shalabi and Montréal-based drummer, Alexander MacSween, who have returned after a decade-long hiatus. They played a handful of early Wavelength shows, notably including Wavelength #69 on June 24, 2001 at Ted's Wrecking Yard, playing alongside a then-little-known indie-rock collective, by the name of Broken Social Scene...