Sounds from the Underground
introducing the people of Toronto to artists and music
they really should get down with
– since 2019 –
MORE NOISE PLEASE! x COWARD PATROL PRESENT: A Fundraiser for Toronto’s New Noise Festival: SEVERE EXPOSURE!
Coward Patrol & More Noise Please! will be presenting a NEW NOISE FESTIVAL Oct 10! This event is to raise funds to help facilitate SEVERE EXPOSURE!
FLUX Takeover
Flux Takeover is a night dedicated to forward-thinking electronic music. Crossing between techno, bass, breaks & experimental sounds, the focus is on flow rather than genre. Each set is built as a journey with unexpected turns.
GLUM “Nature Isn’t Healing” Record Release Show with special guests Dolly Sods (Buffalo) ++
Bummer rock sweeties GLUM celebrate releasing their new record, joined by DOLLY SODS from Buffalo, OUTPUT 1:1:1 & the debut of DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK (mems. of Cootie Catcher, Only God Forgives, Leona Hell)
Cut Flowers (LIVE!)
The Toronto vinyl release show for Cut Flowers with Long Branch opening
Bella Hayes & OST (LIVE!)
NDY presents an early evening of Pop Electronica from Baltimore
Down for Down: Double Dutch Night 2
Saharan dust blows across the Atlantic, bringing the double shows by Down for Down - get ready for night 2 at BSMT254! Microtonal desert blues for your shoulders, Latin/African grooves for your hips - dissect it as you wish, but 1+1=2
Stand Firm HiFi & Drumcraft Present Rumbleton’s 50th Bday Dub Conference
Having a little jam to celebrate Rumbleton's 50th orbit. Doing it in fine style, with great selectors, a great soundsystem, surrounded by great Junglists for a night of great music and positive vibrations.
HOLY SHIT AN UNDERGROUND RAP SHOW ‼‼
4 Toronto MC's, 2 New York MC's, 1 New York Beatmaker, Linking, Building, Rapping
OVERDRIVE
Once again together, in the dancefloor, moving all as one. This time with another local line-up that will have you grooving from beginning to end. @jul14nnnnn @cristiana_dj @burnin.vernon8. Same temple @bsmt254toronto
Beat Therapy
Local Djs (plus a couple from Edmonton) playing house music all night long!
Spike Hellis, Belly Hatcher, Grief Debt & Real Silk (LIVE!)
After laying low for the past year plus, one of the most exciting duos in EBM is coming back to Toronto in celebration of their new LP, "Successor" for an absolutely visceral & unrelenting live show. They'll be joined by Montreal's Belly Hatcher.
Saturday Night Rockers feat The Sattalites
Our monthly LIVE REGGAE series returns with one of Toronto's most beloved reggae acts THE SATTALITES, who have been rocking dancehalls in this city since 1981! Don't miss this crucial early evening show!!
DUTTY featuring Skratch Bastid & Choppa Chop
Toronto's heavy weight ALL vinyl reggae & dancehall session featuring the BBQ Boss, Skratch Bastid & BIG Toes HiFi head honcho, Choppa Chop! The last Saturday of each month means it's DUTTY time again. Arrive early... guaranteed to be a ram jam session!!
From Ghibli to Ryu: Howl Rises (LIVE!)
Jazz from the worlds of Studio Ghibli, Cowboy Bebop, and Ghost in the Shell to the legendary Ryo Fukui and Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sub-Sessions #16
Sub-Sessions returns with a MASSIVE bill featuring progressive art punks ASSEMBLY (Atlanta GA), angular post-rockers MEDIEVAL FOUND FOOTAGE (London, ON), sprawling noise punk quartet LEONA HELL (Toronto) & post-hardcore unit INSOMNIAK (Toronto)
Marker Starling Band / Tean Dream
Toronto's own Marker Starling brings his full 6-piece band to our stage for a return engagement, with support from London, Ontario's Tean Dream, led by keyboardist-singer Tina Powell.
