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Miesha & The Spanks Miesha & The Spanks offer a dynamic mixture of punk, garage, and hard rock embellished with straightforward lyrics, gritty production and hard-hitting performances. Inspired by proto punk classics like The Runaways, MC5 and The Stooges, and 90s riot grrrl/grunge like L7 and The Gits, M&TS conjure an energy that hits you…
Mauvey Born in Ghana, Mauvey grew up in the UK and Vancouver, and his raison d’être is to create and generate love, both on and off stage. He says, “My mission is to distribute love, and there’s no better way to do that than through music.” Filtering his energized, articulate, and emotional alternative pop through…
Lights Lights is many things: Singer; songwriter; producer; multi-instrumentalist; comic book author; DJ; artist. She’s also unabashedly honest and unapologetically confident. Navigating alternative, indie, electronic, and dance music, she makes boundless pop, speaking her heart musically and her mind lyrically. This Canada-born disruptor has garnered four JUNO Awards, including 2020’s Dance Recording of the Year…
LowDown Brass Band LowDown Brass Band deftly synthesizes the gritty sounds of Chicago with the high energy street beat of the Crescent City. With a powerful frontline of trumpets, trombones, and saxophones; and a funky backline of drums and sousaphone, LowDown Brass Band combines the poetic ferocity of Billa Camp with stellar vocal harmonies, adventurous…
JESSIA Vancouver-based JESSIA started singing before she could talk, and at age two, had already charmed a crowd at the local legion. After struggling to find her place in a sometimes-cruel industry, everything changed for her in 2021 with the massive success of “I’m Not Pretty”. Fuelled by TikTok popularity, the four-time JUNO nominee is…
Jarvis Church Jarvis Church has worn many different hats with distinction over his fascinatingly varied and highly successful musical career. If forced to choose, Jarvis would unhesitatingly select the one labelled soul singer. As Gerald Eaton, he came to prominence as the frontman of The Philosopher Kings, the popular ‘90s R&B-rooted pop group. As half of…
Bridging cross-cultural aesthetics while exploring her own struggle has been an important part of iskwē’s vision since her self-titled debut album. Her lead single “Nobody Knows,” was featured in the Netflix series Between, captivating audiences by turning a spotlight on the more than 1200 missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Unafraid to challenge her…
Hyaenas Embodying the energy and ferocity of the animal they’re named after, Hyaenas is a new indie rock band with fun, catchy hooks and a queer feminist view on acceptance, love, witchcraft, and social justice. Drawing inspiration from ‘80s icons The Go-Gos to modern day indie darlings Warpaint, Sophie Heppell (guitar, vocals), Jessie Robertson (bass),…
Hotel Mira Hotel Mira has taken the sound out of the garage and into a considerably lusher landscape on the band’s debut LP Perfectionism. Mastermind Charlie Kerr writes sharp hooks and memorable melodies full of anthemic, rock ‘n’ roll energy wrapped up in a polished, yet untethered and cracked aesthetic. Influences range from Nirvana to…
Haley Blais Based in Vancouver, Haley Blais has been DIY-ing it since 2014 with bedroom pop anthems recorded in her actual bedroom. Her self-deprecating, self-loving balladry, which won her a legion of social media fans, is reflected on Below the Salt, her debut studio LP. The record opens with a flurry of drums and keys,…