{"id":33384,"date":"2020-02-09T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33384"},"modified":"2020-02-08T11:40:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T16:40:20","slug":"top-five-acts-to-check-out-at-wavelength-winter-festival-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33384","title":{"rendered":"Top five acts to check out at Wavelength Winter Festival 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wavelength Music warms up winter with the launch to their 20th<strong> <\/strong>anniversary<strong> <\/strong>year and the Wavelength Winter Festival, a live curated mixtape featuring twenty of the best independent music artists from the Canadian underground scene February 13-16, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival launches Thursday, February 13, exactly 20 years since Wavelength\u2019s first show at Ted\u2019s Wrecking Yard. Despite that venue being a distant memory, Wavelength will provide a nostalgic nod to its older days by presenting the first night of the festival at Sneaky Dee\u2019s. Festival venues also include Longboat Hall (Fri &amp; Sat nights), Sonic Boom Records (Sat. afternoon &#8211; all ages plus it\u2019s free) and The Garrison (Sun night).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve pulled together our top five acts that you don\u2019t want to miss during the festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>SlowPitchSound<\/strong> lay down some ambient\/experimental turntablism at Sneaky Dee\u2019s on February 13.<\/li><li>Indie folk-pop collectivists <strong>The Hidden Cameras<\/strong> will play their first show in four years at The Longboat Hall on Valentine\u2019s Day. <\/li><li>Delivering some tasty post-punk energy wave, <strong>Psychic Weapons<\/strong> (ex-Creeping Nobodies\/Parts Unknown) will be playing a day show at Sonic Boom on Feb 15. <\/li><li>No-wave punk trio <strong>New Fries<\/strong> bring some of their weird sounds to your ears also at the free Sonic Boom day show.<\/li><li><strong>Mimico<\/strong> will give you some space-rock soundscapes also at Sonic Boom on Feb 15 for the day show. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Single-day tickets are on sale now for $15-$20 in advance, or $50 for an all access festival passes (limited number available). Tickets are available in person <em>at Rotate This (801 Queen Street West, Toronto) and Soundscapes (572 College Street, Toronto)<\/em> and online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavelengthmusic.ca\/wavelength-winter-festival-2020-wavelengths-20-anniversary\/\">wavelengthmusic.ca<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAs one of Wavelength\u2019s co-founders, I\u2019m grateful and elated to be celebrating this momentous milestone of reaching our series\u2019 20th anniversary,\u201d says Jonny Dovercourt (Jonathan Bunce), Wavelength Artistic Director. \u201cWhen our original collective of independent musicians came together two decades ago to find new ways to build excitement and a sense of community in the Toronto music scene, we never expected it to have this longevity &#8211; or grow into an institution that continues to champion grassroots artists.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as glancing back at the past 20 years, Wavelength\u2019s winter festival programming is future-forward, a \u201clive curated mixtape\u201d line-up of the newest, freshest and most exciting sounds in the Canadian independent music scene. Guest Co-Curator, Ian Steaman (<em>Different Kitchen, CBC<\/em>), brings a fresh new voice to the programming mix with the inclusion of more acts from the worlds of hip-hop, R&amp;B, electronica and art-pop, as Wavelength continues to expand the boundaries of \u201cindie\u201d music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>#WL2020 full festival line-up + schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday February 13 @ Sneaky Dee\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>LAL \u201cCorners\u201d 20th Anniversary Album Performance<\/li><li>LES MOUCHES<\/li><li>SANDRO PERRI<\/li><li>SLOWPITCHSOUND<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Doors 7pm<br>Tickets: <strong>$15<\/strong> advance \/ <strong>$20<\/strong> at the door<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday February 14 @ Longboat Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>THE HIDDEN CAMERAS<\/li><li>LITTLE SCREAM<\/li><li>KAIA KATER<\/li><li>SHEENAH KO <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Doors 7pm<br>Tickets: <strong>$20<\/strong> advance \/ <strong>$25<\/strong> at the door<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday February 15 @ Sonic Boom Music (Free Afternoon In-Store)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NEW FRIES<\/li><li>MIMICO<\/li><li>PSYCHIC WEAPONS<\/li><li>SILVER POOLS<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Showtime 2pm<br>Admission: <strong>FREE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday February 15 @ Longboat Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>HAVIAH MIGHTY<\/li><li>LOU PHELPS<\/li><li>YVES JARVIS<\/li><li>DESIIRE<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Doors 7pm<br>Tickets: <strong>$20<\/strong> advance \/ <strong>$25<\/strong> at the door<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday February 16 @ The Garrison<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NOTIFI<\/li><li>TORII WOLF<\/li><li>KEITA JUMA<\/li><li>TRP.P<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Doors 7pm<br>Tickets: <strong>$15<\/strong> advance \/ <strong>$20<\/strong> at the door\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Wavelength Music warms up winter with the launch to their 20th anniversary year and the Wavelength Winter Festival, a live curated mixtape featuring twenty of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33384\" title=\"Top five acts to check out at Wavelength Winter Festival 2020\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: Top five acts to check out at Wavelength Winter Festival 2020","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,25,28,36],"tags":[5346,5815],"class_list":["post-33384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-toronto","tag-live-music","tag-wavelength-music-festival"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/C9BE1DE9-02F7-4971-9A27-D146D1646326.jpeg?fit=851%2C316&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8Gs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33279,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33279","url_meta":{"origin":33384,"position":0},"title":"Wavelength Music announces line-up for Wavelength Winter Festival 2020","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"January 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Wavelength Music have announced details of their 20th anniversary year and the Wavelength Winter Festival, a live curated mixtape featuring 20 of the best independent music artists from the Canadian underground scene February 13-16, 2020. 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