Toronto artist Victoria Staff writes music for the same reasons that we all run and bake and hang out with friends and family – it makes us feel better. Writing music has always supported her through mental health issues, and it gave her a way to process complex emotions at a really young age. She […]

Toronto’s Theo Tams has just released his take on the R.E.M. single, “Losing My Religion,” on June 1st to coincide with Pride Month. The artist’s moody and intense rendition of this song has a personal resonance, given his queer identity and the toxic role that religion played in his upbringing. Beginning as a piano ballad, […]

Singer/guitarist Craig Northey and his fellow Odds – bassist Doug Elliott, drummer Pat Steward and guitarist Murray Atkinson – are thrilled to finally unveil their long-awaited seventh studio album, Crash The Time Machine, on August 4th.  After laying down most of the basic tracks, the band enlisted co-producer Steven Page in Syracuse, NY to help […]

Encore – the fiery pop-rock group fronted by brothers Donald and Richard Plant, have stepped into the limelight as one of the music industry’s most vibrant new artists. Since their debut, the Plant brothers have launched themselves into orbit as a band that focuses on creating a community through their music and building a legacy […]

Apryll Aileen is a classically trained pianist with a touch of science and spirituality; an alt-pop soulful vocalist, guitarist and songwriter from Atlantic Canada. Sultry vocals and an alluring stage presence make Apryll a fan favourite at music festivals worldwide. She transcends genres, creating her own undefinable sound with influences coming from pop, rock, electronic, […]

JAD evades definition accidentally, intentionally. A young life spent caught between identities, JAD’s music seems to follow suit — not lost, per se, as it is unwavering in its right to exist in multitudes and in-betweens. Born in Canada to Lebanese immigrants, the implications of identity, both public and private, have been the unraveling and […]

Brothers Mikaël and Rafaël Fortin from Sherbrooke, QC carried the influences of their favourite bands like Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, and the Black Keys to the studio and guided the musical imagination of what would become the art-rock of Hey Major. The brothers’ fraternal, if not symbiotic, chemistry that gives us a song as embodied as […]

Toronto duo TANDM’s songs seem to transcend time, place, and even stylistic categorization.  The core duo of vocalist/guitarist Maxine Beck-Sinderby and drummer Thomas Franklin firstmet in their mid-teens and quickly united over a unique creative chemistry. Their influences are as subtle as they are diverse, weaving tinges of genre-bending modern innovators from Alvvays to Regina […]

Vancouver’s Aline Deanna aims to capture the present moment with poeticism and humor all wrapped up in a bow of timeless country melodies. Half French-Canadian half doukhobor, and born in the small mountain town of Nelson, British Columbia. Inspired by the likes of Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch the spirit of old time country/western music […]