Music Essentials

  • Anna Justen

    Orange / Peppermint / Individualism

    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 Häxa – i Häxa

    i Haxa

    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 — Meteor Heist

    Meteor Heist EP

    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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  • TOVI

    Nobody Ever Warned Me

    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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  • naya mö

    wanderlust / outsider

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

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  • Otha — Club 20

    Club 20

    Otha’s off-kilter dance music is made fun and memorable by the detached and antisocial vocal delivery.

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  • WILDES

    In The Flood Light / Are You Gonna Speak?

    “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

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

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  • The Umlauts – Slags

    Slags

    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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  • Kaput — High Wire / Runner / Sucker

    High Wire / Runner / Sucker

    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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  • Camille Schmidt – Nude #9

    Nude #9

    Camille Schmidt’s debut album Nude #9 builds on her indie singer-songwriter sound by borrowing from other genres, but it’s the stunning lyrics that steal the show.

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  • TAPE TOY — Launch the Rocket EP

    Launch the Rocket

    Each of the five tracks on Launch the Rocket, the new EP from Amsterdam’s Tape Toy, is strong enough to be a lead single, or a standout track on a 90s alt-rock mixtape.

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