Announcing: The WL13 In-Store Series!

Exciting news! We've expanded the Wavelength Music Festival THIRTEEN line-up to include a series of FREE ALL-AGES IN-STORE performances plus guest speakers in local independent record shops across Toronto. The festivities will kick off with a pre-festival launch party at Sonic Boom (Annex) on Wednesday, February 13th with sets by Dusted and Absolutely Free, followed by solo performances from Andre Ethier and Laura Barrett, both interviewed live on stage by author/blogger Carl Wilson on Saturday, February 16th at Soundscapes. The in-store series will wrap up on Sunday, February 17th at Grasshopper Records with a punk-themed afternoon featuring a set by noisy garage punks The Soupcans and a talk by author Sam Sutherland.

The expanded festival line-up also includes:

  • Art Environment created by Adrian Dilena
  • Live Burlesque with The Harlettes joining Legato Vipers on stage
  • New Visuals by Live Action Fezz to accompany Doldrums
  • SPECIAL GUESTS to be announced for the Sunday night festival finale!

Here are the complete festival listings!

** IN-STORE SERIES: Wednesday Feb. 13 @ Sonic Boom (Annex), 782 Bathurst St. **

Dusted (Toronto - soulful basement indie rock w/ members of Holy Fuck & Ohbijou / Hand Drawn Dracula Records) 

Absolutely Free (powerful prog-rock with soul / ex-DD/MM/YYYY / Toronto’s best new band?)

8pm • ALL AGES • FREE!

 

Thursday Feb. 14 @ The Shop under Parts & Labour, 1566 Queen St. W.

Lullabye Arkestra

Ell V Gore

Fresh Snow

This Mess

* Slow-Pitch feat. Colin Fisher (turntablist trickster joined by sax playing guest from Not the Wind, Not the Flag and Bernice)

+ DJ Jesse Locke (Weird Canada)

9pm • $10 adv / $13 door • 19+

 

Friday Feb. 15 @ Black Box Theatre – The Great Hall Downstairs, 1087 Queen St. W.

* Doldrums feat. Live Action Fezz (“Lesser Evil” ALBUM release – with NEW VISUALS created by the Mansion parties artist)

Cadence Weapon

Blue Hawaii

Blonde Elvis

Thighs
+ co-presented & DJed by Silent Shout

9pm • $15 adv ($25 incl. Doldrums album purchase, Ticketfly only) / $18 door • 19+

 

** IN-STORE SERIES: Saturday Feb. 16 @ Soundscapes, 572 College St. **

Andre Ethier (one-time Deadly Snakes frontman gone solo troubadour / Blue Fog Recordings)

Laura Barrett (Toronto / kalimba popster shows off new tunes for piano!)

Both interviewed on-stage by:

Carl Wilson (author, Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste and blogger, Back to the World)

5pm • ALL AGES • FREE!

 

Saturday Feb. 16 @ The Great Hall Upstairs, 1087 Queen St. W.

Do Make Say Think

Evening Hymns feat. visuals by Jared Raab

Sarah Neufeld

Doom Squad

Bernice

+ DJ Max Mohenu

+ Food by FeasTO

9pm • $15 adv / $18 door • 19+

 

** IN-STORE SERIES: Sunday Feb. 17 @ Grasshopper Records, 1167 Dundas St. W. **

The Soupcans (Toronto - noisy garage punk trio / Telephone Explosion Records)

Sam Sutherland (talk by author of Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk)

4pm • ALL AGES • FREE!

 

Sunday Feb. 17 @ The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St. W.

Cookie Duster

The Magic

Henri Fabergé & the Adorables

* Legato Vipers feat. The Harlettes (surf-rock with LIVE BURLESQUE)
Cell Memory & Castle If

+ Special Guests to be announced!

Co-presented with Kazoo!

9pm • $10 adv / $13 door • 19+

 

PLUS – EVERY NIGHT FEATURES:

* Art Environment by Adrian Dilena

Projections by General Chaos Visuals

And your host, MC Doc Pickles!

 

Single night tickets $39 All-Access Passes are available online at Ticketfly.com and in stores (no pun intended) at Rotate This and Soundscapes.