Music essentials

Heavy Feelings

Heavy Feelings

Nadia Garofalo’s sick-and-tired vocal paired with Ben Shillabeer’s post-punk instrumentals make Anatomy dark, gloomy and blisteringly good.
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Loud with You (Angel)

tibia

tibia’s 2000s-era dance-rock is inspired by epic nights. The duo’s four singles would soundtrack a road trip perfectly.
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Orange / Peppermint / Individualism

Anna Justen

Anna Justen’s new singles mark an evolution of her sound from indie-folk to something much more complex and adventurous.
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i Haxa

i Häxa

I Haxa is an epic, immersive experience, and a mistake to miss: kind of the love child of Edgar Allan Poe and Angela Carter, soundtracked by Trent Reznor.
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Meteor Heist EP

Meteor Heist

Toronto’s Meteor Heist makes smart and lush indie rock, at times reminiscent of The Tragically Hip, both in sound and lyrics.
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Nobody Ever Warned Me

TOVI

TOVI’s newest single is off-kilter trip-hop reminiscent of Portishead, and there’s a lot more great music from her to dig into.
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wanderlust / outsider

naya mo

naya mo’s simple, often haunting melodies feel familiar on first listen. I can’t wait to hear her EP.
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Club 20

Otha

Otha’s off-kilter dance music is made fun and memorable by the detached and antisocial vocal delivery.
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In The Flood Light / Are You Gonna Speak?

WILDES

“In The Floodlight” is the third single in the leadup to the new EP from WILDES and St. Francis Hotel, Kopfkino. It’s cinematic, melodic and absorbing trip-hop.
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Acopia

Acopia

Acopia’s melancholy sound and mix of electronics and live instrumentation make for a moody and compelling trip-hop record
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Slags

The Umlauts

The Umlauts make artsy, multilingual punk rock. On their album Slags, there’s a constant, thrilling feeling that anything can happen.
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High Wire / Runner / Sucker

Kaput

Sinister, intense art-rock from Chicago. Kaput’s music sounds like it was crafted in a lab to appeal to me.
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