Perhaps it’s his outsider perspective, being an Ontario transplant residing in BC, that has allowed songwriter Justice McLellan to craft an album of songs that are so quintessentially Vancouver. Whatever the case may be, McLellan with his band Blue J have been putting out consistently winsome, sardonically melancholic songs that detail the plight of being young and struggling, with music, work and in love, in our fair city.

When your rap rock outfit’s big riffs and take-no-prisoners approach leave you shitlisted from every club in Europe, how can the show possibly go on? By playing some historic ruins, I guess. Pissy suburban icons Papa Roach accomplished just that with “None of the Above”, the eighth music video culled from their 2017 album Crooked Teeth. Eight music videos, can you believe that shit?

Jo Passed are gearing up to release their debut album Their Prime on May 25th through Royal Mountain Records (Canada) and Sub Pop (US/INTL), and before that gets to hit our ears the Vancouver, BC foursome have just released the video for their track “Millennial Trash Blues”. Directed by Justin Gradin (Louise Burns, White Lung), the surreal clip brings us into band leader Jo Hirabayashi’s nightmare-ish dystopia which features his bandmates as ghoulish monsters who tempt him with trash and melt off his face amongst other horrifyingly hilarious things.

The Go! Team is known for their hyperactive collage-esque arrangements. The band has a way with filtering their organized chaos into some of the most highly addictive pop songs of the last decade. With their highly anticipated new album, Semicircle, now out on record store shelves around the world, the team has decided to change things up a bit with the debut of their brand new single “The Only Thing New Is U Finding Out About It.” Driven by the catchiest little kalimba line, the track is almost chill compared to their past releases.