Sonic Youth Gossip - Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer at X AVANT New Music Festival on October 21, 2011

X AVANT NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL VI: "TALES OF TWO CITIES"

The Music Gallery's annual festival celebrating the diversity of contemporary music returns for its sixth edition Oct. 15 to 23, exploring the creative connections that span geographic boundaries.

Event Details
The Music Gallery presents
X AVANT New Music Festival VI:
"Tales of Two Cities"
October 15-23 • Toronto, Canada

All-access festival passes available for $85 via http://www.TicketWeb.ca

Festival Event Listings:

Saturday, Oct. 15 @ SPK (206 Beverley St.)
AVANT AVANT: The X Avant Pre-Party featuring
JUNCTION SM (Dandy Jack + Sonja Moonear, Live/DJ)
Chilean/Swiss dynamic duo of techno — Toronto premiere!
with guests Mike Shannon (DJ), Martin Fazekas (DJ) & Hubble (Live)
Co-presented with Breakandenter
9pm | $25 adv | $30 regular | FREE for MG members

Tuesday, Oct. 18 @ MG Fellowship Room
LECTURE — TIM BRADY: Six Strings, Five Lines
A Canadian music icon talks about the role of the electric guitar in contemporary composition
8pm | FREE

Thursday, Oct. 20 @ MG
TIM BRADY'S 20 GUITARS + 1
Montreal composer/guitarist performs "20 Quarter Inch Jacks" for a 20 electric guitar ensemble + "24 Frames" for solo guitar, electronics + video
8pm | $25 adv | $30 regular | $15 member

Special Guest Artists - Just Announced!

Friday, Oct. 21 @ SPK (206 Beverley St.)
LEE RANALDO & LEAH SINGER: "CONTRE JOUR"
Sonic Youth member and his visual artist partner present a piece for "swinging" electric guitar and visuals!
EARLY SHOW! 6pm | $25 adv | $30 regular | $15 member

Friday, Oct. 21 @ MG
TIM HECKER + OVAL + GLOBAL CITIES ENSEMBLE
Exploring the beatless space of modern electronica with the Montreal ambient master + the German pioneer of the glitch + a new cross-cultural Toronto collective
Co-presented with Vague Terrain
8pm | $25 adv | $30 regular | $15 member

Saturday, Oct. 22 @ Goethe Institut
LECTURE — MARKUS POPP, OVAL: Full Circle
One of the inventors of glitch talks about how his creative process led him away from and back to music
2:30pm | FREE

Saturday, Oct. 22 @ MG
BUKE & GASS + MANTRA play "Timber" by MICHAEL GORDON + LORI FREEDMAN
A night of musical hardwood with the Brooklyn homemade instrument duo + a percussion premiere for pieces of wood + fiery improv for woodwinds
8pm | $25 adv | $30 regular | $15 member

Sunday, Oct. 23 @ MG Fellowship Room
LECTURE — MICHAEL GORDON: Where I Live and Work
Bang on a Can founder talks about the influence of New York on his music
3pm | FREE

Sunday, Oct. 23 @ MG
THE NIHILIST SPASM BAND + CONTACT play "Trance" by MICHAEL GORDON
An epic closing night, featuring a double bill of Michael Gordon's powerful, hour-long Trance + the London, Ontario legends and inventors of noise music!

8pm | $25 adv | $30 regular | $15 member
All events at St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John St., unless otherwise noted.
Advance tickets available at TicketWeb (TW), Rotate This @ 801 Queen W. (RT), Soundscapes @ 572 College St. (SS).

More info here:
http://www.musicgallery.org/

Music Gallery has uploaded a mix-tape that includes nice teasers by some of the artists participating in this festival:
http://soundcloud.com/music-gallery-...festival-2011/