Saturday, June 22th, 2013
Casa del Popolo
8-10$
Del Bel
Del Bel spent about a year and a half recording their debut album. It began as a personal recording project of Tyler Belluz, evolved into a collective of players ranging from all types of disciplines, and finally morphed into the live band it is today.
Momentum accelerated when Ontario Arts Council decided to fund the project in their Popular Music Grant Program in 2011.
Near the middle stage of recording, two Hollywood productions hired Tyler to compose music for a short and full length feature film respectively. Along with unreleased material, Del Bel lent some cuts from their record Oneiric to each.
Getting attention after the initial handful of shows, Del Bel released their debut album November 11, 2011 on Out Of Sound Records.
Stylistically Del Bel embodies an eerie cinematic sound infused with darkened soul and surf rock qualities.
Fresh Snow
Fresh Snow is sometimes known as that band with those guys that work at Sonic Boom. And much like The Two Koreas are at times known as that band of music critics, they also go way beyond any such rote characterization to make some damn good music. This amazing sonic wall of psych drones features tense keys and exciting bass lines, spacey, woven with narrative lilts and dives that are impossible to ignore. I’d probably slot them somewhere in the middle of a wide creative scale between My Bloody Valentine and Oneida, with a dusting of Can. They’re very new, and have only released a 3” (with one song) and a split 7” with METZ so far, with a full-length on deck. They’re also one of Wavelength’s inaugural 2013 Artist Incubator bands. Ryan McLaren cornered guitarist Bradley Davis and badgered him excitedly.
Bradley Davis- guitars
Andy Lloyd- bass
Jon Maki- drums
Tim Condon- none of the above
Most People
Most People is a pastoral pop project from Torontonians and multi-instrumentalists Brandon DeGroote and Paul McEachern – relative newcomers to the Toronto music community. Based around a guitar/bass foundation, they incorporate programmed electronics, double-drumming, and harmonized vocals into their live stage act – a truly mesmerizing display of musical multi-tasking. In December 2012, Most People self-released their self-titled debut album at a Wavelength-presented event at art space CineCycle, and the release set the Toronto indie music blogosphere ablaze with positive reviews.
“It’s hard not to like this record. It’s catchy, hooky, melodic, and smart. In short, Most People are better than most bands.” – Torontoist
Big Brave
Sometimes it’s the sound you don’t make. Big Brave chooses their silences carefully, oscillating between sparse, gentle arrangements and deep swells of noise. They are patient, their crescendos tidal and graceful. Heavy drums come up against haunting vocal melodies. Moody guitar tones swirl. Slowly they recede into something more atmospheric, a quiet that hangs thick like smoke. Something important is offered in the spaces between sounds. Listen for it, feel. It waits.
Big Brave is from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America.
They released their debut EP in December 2012.
