Music Essentials

  • Suzy Clue – Remember Me / Holy Touch

    Remember Me / Holy Touch

    She’s released two 90’s influenced alt-rock songs and they’ve been stuck in my head for days

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  • Sunken – Charm

    Charm

    The recent stuff from this indie act kind of defies genre, but it’s all great

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  • Slow Fiction – Crush EP

    Crush

    I’ve been waiting for this since I discovered the band in March. It doesn’t disappoint

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  • Hornet – a fantastic day/Silkworm

    Silkworm

    I wish there were more, but these two tracks are too good not to share

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  • Antenna – Antenna EP

    Antenna

    It’s only 12 minutes long, but I’ve been palying it for an hour straight

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  • MINDREADER – Cope With Me EP

    Cope With Me

    80’s revival from Montreal. It’s dark and propulsive and mysterious and catchy as hell

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  • Taraneh – New Age Prayer

    New Age Prayer

    If genre is dead and this is what we can expect of music to come, sign me up

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  • mary in the junkyard – this old house EP

    this old house

    I almost ignored this artist at first, but they’re so magnetic I kept coming back. Glad I did

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  • Cemento Atlantico – El que puede hablar/Garawek Khaos

    El que puede hablar/Garawek Khaos

    Field recordings from travels around the world turned into the funkiest history lessons ever.

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  • Loma – Pink Sky

    pink sky

    This is the second song from Loma’s upcoming album How Will I Live Without a Body? being released next month. It’s soft and hypnotic with a slight trip-hop feel. There are some surprising (but perfect) instrumentation choices in the second half of the song that give it a real cinematic, dramatic feel. The video is…

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  • triage – Fox Hours EP

    Fox Hours

    some mystery around this off-kilter indie band, but their debut EP is an instant favourite

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  • The OBGMs – All My Friends

    All My Friends

    Sometimes you need to see a band live to get it. Sometimes a band’s recorded music actually sounds different after you see them live. This is the OBGMs. My kid is a huge Good Kid fan (they’re great!), so when they announced the Toronto show it was a no-brainer. The opener was a punk rock…

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