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This week’s must-see Toronto shows

Tim Hecker

The AGO pairs up Nuit Blanche and Tim Hecker for the October edition of First Thursdays, which focuses on boundary-pushing artists who experiment with new ideas and approaches.

Montreal-based electronic sound artist Hecker’s sombre, eerie Virgins album last year earned him a spot on the Polaris Prize long list. He finds ways to make drone thrilling by dramatically weaving dissonant noise with welcome moments of melody, all adding up to what’s been called “cathedral electronic music.”

Walker Court will be used to its fullest potential. While Hecker’s ambient soundscapes echo through it, Anandam DanceTheatre’s Cascade will fill the space with dancers climbing up and down ropes attached to the court’s glass ceiling.

Other Nuit Blanche artists include Fastwürms, whose Fortune Teller Machine will sit just outside the AGO Shasti O’Leary-Soudant and Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin, who present interactive installations and dance artist Ame Henderson, debuting her Rehearsal/Performance.

Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas West), Thursday (October 2), 7 pm. $12-$15. ago.net

Constantines, Cousins

Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth), Thursday and Friday (October 2 and 3)

Guelph art-punks return.

Beach House, Skyler Skjelset, Steve Strohmeier

Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (October 3)

Baltimore dream-pop.

U.S. Girls, Nature, Castle If, Farragoes

Jam Factory Co (2 Matilda), Friday (October 3)

Feast In The East 41.

Banks, Movement

Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne), Friday (October 3)

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Tennis

Virgin Mobile Mod Club (722 College), Friday (October 3)

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Kiran Ahluwalia & Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali

Royal Conservatory of Music Koerner Hall (273 Bloor West), Friday (October 3)

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Perfume Genius

Virgin Mobile Mod Club (722 College), Friday (October 3)

Mike Hadreas’s chamber pop.

Hercules & Love Affair

Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Saturday (October 4)

Thoughtful, provocative dance music.

Jungle

Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth), Monday (October 6)

English modern soul collective.

Judas Priest, Steel Panther

Casino Rama (5899 Rama), Monday (October 6)

Heavy metal icons.

Sharon Van Etten, Tiny Ruins

Opera House (735 Queen East), Tuesday (October 7)

Heart-wrenching singer/songwriter.

Cat Power, Vorshees

Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth), Wednesday (October 8)

Bluesy sadcore.

Big Freedia

The Hoxton (69 Bathurst), Wednesday (October 8)

New Orleans bounce.

Nas

Queen Elizabeth Theatre (190 Princes’ Blvd), Wednesday (October 8)

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