City Sonic

Updated on Nov 21, 2024

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Executive producers Robert Lang, Janice Dawe, David Oppenheim Nominations Gemini Award for Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Non-Fiction Similar Museum Secrets, Murder in Small Town X, The National Parks Pro, The Border, American Masters

City Sonic is a documentary series about Toronto-based musicians and the places that influenced their music. The first five City Sonic films were previewed at Toronto's 2009 North by North East Music and Film Festival.

Films

City Sonic is a series of 20 short film films about places where music happens. Directed by Canadian filmmakers and produced by White Pine Pictures and Kensington Communications, each City Sonic film features one artist and one Toronto location that influenced them and their work.

Cancer Bats at Adrift Clubhouse

Care Failure (Die Mannequin) at 102.1 The Edge

Barenaked Ladies at Ultrasound Showbar

Brian Borcherdt (Holy Fuck) at Sneaky Dee's

Danko Jones at Maple Leaf Gardens

Jason Collett in Kensington Market

Justin Rutledge and Bazil Donovan (Blue Rodeo) at The Cameron House

Damian Abraham (Fucked Up) at Rotate This

D-Sisive at Planet Mars

Serena Ryder at the Dakota Tavern

Geddy Lee (Rush) at Massey Hall

Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers) at Spadina Subway Station