Originally from Uxbridge, Ontario, Tom Hanley began his musical journey as the singer/guitarist in a slew of pop punk bands with “terrible names,” performing at high school parties. It was there he fell in love with playing in bands and writing music. In college, he started a six-piece funk band, JUICE, recording and touring for […]

This Mad Desire is Mackenzie Kristjon’s rock and roll brand, specializing in indie rock that has been described as “like Neil Young on David Bowie drugs.” Kristjon is Icelandic-Canadian songwriter and author who operates in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton area.  “Ready For The Weekend” is a collaboration between Kristjon and Marcus Manderson a.k.a. Da Fingaz. The […]

Following 2023’s Split with Chad VanGaalen, discordant art-pop songwriter Astral Swans (Calgary’s Matthew Swann) is back with Split 2 – a 7’’ with garage legend Julie Doiron to be released on June 14th via Swann’s own Stoner Bird Records and on lathe cut vinyl via Red Spade Records. Ahead of that, Astral Swans is sharing […]

The Dream Eaters have evolved from a dream pop band into a full-on video art project with an extensive catalogue of weird and darkly humorous music videos of their catchy pop songs. The duo started working together after vocalist Elizabeth LeBaron, originally from Calgary, started working at the same bar as singer/songwriter Jake Zavracky, originally […]

Vicky von Vicky delves into themes of love, loss, and life experiences, expressing themselves with candidness, vulnerability and a big serving of humour. Their distinctive sound draws inspiration from punk, grunge, classic rock, as well as soul and hip-hop. Following the release of two albums in 1998 (self-titled) and 2000 (Farmers & Artists), the band […]

Toronto indie pop singer-songwriter Liam Barrack is following up his January single release, “Empty Spaces,” continuing a string of releases which embrace pop production while mining the complexities of Barrack’s inner world. With only a handful of releases under his belt, Barrack has already amassed over 500k streams, fueled by organic Spotify discovery/playlists and fan-created […]

Edmonton singer-songwriter Billie Zizi is sharing her first new music since 2016, the dreamy and transcendent “A Picture of a Picture,” a song which Zizi wrote early on in the pandemic as she pondered the “ephemeral nature of existence.” Co-produced with close friend Austin Parachoniak, “A Picture of a Picture” couples pedal steel guitar careening […]

For over 15 years, with his heart on his sleeve, Mike Evin has been writing immediate and disarming piano pop songs with adventurous melodies that live inside you. Joyful new single, “Dancing To Sir Duke,” encapsulates the wide-eyed spirit of his music and comes in tandem with the announcement of his 7th album, Something Stirs […]

Montreal (Tiohtià:ke) based neoclassical composer/producer Erik Lankin is sharing “No Escape By Land or Sea But the Air and the Sky are Free,” the third single from his forthcoming debut The Icarus Album. The title is the only quote by Daedalus from the Edith Hamilton rendition of the myth. He is declaring his intent to […]