Music Essentials
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Honeysuckle
Lucky Break is from California, and her striking voice perfectly suits the laid-back indie singer/songwriter’s musical style
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Skin
Kid Tigrrr (aka polymath Jenna Fournier) makes absorbing indie pop music and a lot of other things. I think she’s about to have a very busy schedule
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Home Among Your Bones / I Went Swimming
Their recent single “I Went Swimming” sent me into all of Soot Sprite’s releases. There’s a lot to like, and the new stuff is perfect indie pop
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A Deaf Portrait of Peace
Sham Family is one of the fiercest bands on the Toronto scene right now. I can’t get enough of their debut album
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Where Did I Go? / Uncle Fred
I can’t believe I haven’t heard Shelf Lives until now. Their ferocious energy is contagious
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Heat
I seem to be on a pop music streak lately – maybe it’s the heat (and broken air conditioning, parts on back order, don’t get me started), or maybe it’s just the internet smiling on me. Whatever the case, I first heard Lena Hessels’ voice on the Dork website. She’s the vocal on the great…
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Water
Ani After Death has a knack for the provocative, atmospheric and magnificently off-kilter. It’s Portishead via Twin Peaks.
