JIANTS Release Video for "Plan"

As a born and bred Canadian west coaster there are certain aspects about life east of, well, anywhere past Vancouver city limits that consistently surprise me. One of these aspects is the Toronto Islands, a small chain of islands south of Toronto on Lake Ontario that I have never heard of. Toronto Island life, specifically the life of its only year-round caretaker, is the subject of the brand new video by Jiants. The clip stars our unnamed hero, a basketball-shooting, pizza-loving resident who has a lot of dreams that he doesn’t seem able to make materialize.

I M U R Debuts New Song

Vancouver has become quite the hotbed for independent hip hop and R&B over the last couple years. Artists such as Tonyé and Tee Krispil have been turning heads with their sophisticated take on the genre, and rising up to join their ranks is local trio I M U R.  The band released their debut album, Little Death, last year and followed that up with a string of successful tour dates, and today we are treated to the premiere of the first single off their upcoming EP THIRTY33,  “Miss You Hate You”.

Petra Glynt Releases New Single "New Growth"

Petra Glynt isn’t just your average EDM bedroom producer. The Montreal-based artist, not a term we are using loosely here, is quite honestly a force to be reckoned with. Her debut album, the delightfully trippy The Trip, was released last year to positive acclaim and now Glynt is following that up with My Flag Is A Burning Rag Of Love, a record that shatters any expectations and puts to shame any worry of a sophomore slump.

Captain America Calling: The Kinks’ “Catch Me Now I’m Falling”

The ‘70s weren’t exactly a great time for the Kinks – or America for that matter. After an amazing run of critically beloved albums to close out the ‘60s, the Kinks were now languishing in pop purgatory, with neither the rave reviews nor chart success of old to keep the Davies brothers warm at night – although given the soaring cost of oil in the ‘70s, who could afford to heat their home anyway?

Norway's Datarock Release Superman II-Inspired Video

It’s been a number of summers since Computer Camp and you may wonder what does one gain from attending; a diploma, a trophy, perhaps the upper hand on the technology of the future? Apparently what Datarock got was banished to a cold void much like General Zod. Luckily they’ve applied all the knowledge they gained from camp and turned that void into some sort of interstellar transport. Superman may have stolen the red tracksuits to make a cape but that hasn’t dampened the unrelenting fun of a sunglasses clad dance track.

SONG OF THE DAY | FOXTROTT'S "WAIT"

Marie-Hélène L. Delorme, also known as FOXTROTT, started a pretty remarkable journey in 2015 with the release of her Polaris Prize nominated album A Taller Us. The Montreal-based performer and producer started to write the songs that made up her debut record as way to cope with the anxiety she felt. Through the process of that album's creation and subsequent touring, which found FOXTROTT performing all over the world, this unease drifted away and the artist has captured a more confident tone with her three new EPs Mediations I-II-III.

Insufferable Dave Matthews Band Releases Not Terrible New Single

When he’s not being mistaken for actor John Cusack, Dave Matthews (still) fronts the Dave Matthews Band, a travelling bastion of missionary sex and white middle class values. Though commonly billed as a rock group, the Dave Matthews Band’s tuneless drivel is so watered down it makes Don Henley sound like GG Allin. Forget Tex-Mex, this is the Delaware-Mex of rock music.

Monsoon Moon Premiere New Video

Monsoon Moon’s music is a hauntingly humid blend of stripped down, lo fi psych-y stompers flirting with some devastatingly dark harmonies and wrapped in a bow of delight.  The Vancouver based duo has been keeping very busy lately showing off their brand of rock 'n' roll, and yesterday they just debuted their new video for the track “Saw Through”. The clip, directed by vocalist and guitar player Riley McMaster, comes across as a combination of It Follows and Abbott and Costello‘s Hold That Ghost.

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