Kevin Press

  • The Music Gallery in Toronto has announced plans for the 17th edition of its X Avant Festival. The event runs Oct. 12-16. “X Avant XVII: LifeWorld dives deep into various global and local cultures and encourages collaboration,” according to a press release. “It is intergenerational. It is traditional. It is experimental. It dreams of a…

  • Contemporary music from everywhere. Richie Culver & Pavel Milyakov – Track 1 0.00  Megan Ihnen – Sea Calm 4.14  Chaircrusher – Checksum 5.21  Ben Shemie – The Passage 26.48  Fantasma do Cerrado – Catanduva 31.00  Marcus Cato – Look Out, Man, the Kids Are Knitting 36.17  Natalie Beridze – Forensic Of The Thread 37.43  Bastien…

  • Five new favourites: Natalie Beridze – Of Which One Knows (Room40) Richie Culver & Pavel Milyakov – A Change of Nothing (Participant) Colin Fisher & Mike Gennaro – Tactile Stories (Cacophonous Revival) Iceberg – Final Thaw (Astral Spirits) Seaming To – Natural Process (Lo Recordings) Plus one from the archives: Adrian Corker – Music For…

  • Composer and cellist Lori Goldston has released a video of the piece “The Waves and What’s Under,” directed by transgender artist Clyde Petersen. “Lori Goldston and I convened on a secret island in the Salish Sea to create the music video,” says Petersen. “The Boatel, a private guest house for visitors, was constructed out of…

  • Toronto music journalist and radio host Dave Bookman is being remembered with a Heritage Toronto plaque outside the city’s famed Horseshoe Tavern. He passed in 2019. Dave was a tireless and enthusiastic promoter of independent music inside and outside Canada. In addition to his popular radio show, he hosted a long-running series of Tuesday night…

  • Esc.rec has pulled together a spell-binding 37-track compilation of sound art to mark the label’s 100th release. Hydra Ensemble, Nebula and Karen Willems are among the artists featured. Matter Affect features artists connected to De Perifeer, a Dutch music, art and performance platform launched in 2014 by Harco Rutgers. The sound artist and designer is…