Music essentials

Carnival / Situations / Talking Around

Better Joy

Better Joy has five singles out but their sound is distinctive – jangly indie pop with soft and catchy melodies. It’s irresistible
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Black Cat

8mm

Black Cat is 8mm’s first album in a decade, and my first time hearing them. It’s cinematic, hypnotic and consuming
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Bad News / Noise / Pushover

Michy Tree

Michy Tree’s combo of crunchy guitars, cynical lyrics and catchy melodies is killer stuff. It’d be a guilty pleasure if I believed in the term.
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Can’t Catch Me Now / Woman Photographer of the Year

Emmeline

Emmeline makes hip-hop songs with hyperliterate lyrics, fierce lyrics, and killer production
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Twist Grip EP

Hank

Hank’s debut EP Twist Grip is a moody, noisy, enigmatic beast of a record. I need to know more about them
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Psychic/Help It/Frenchie

My Cosmic Girl

My Cosmic Girl has released three very different indie pop singles. I can’t wait to see what’s next
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Sex Week

Sex Week

Sex Week’s debut EP is full of hooky lo-fi melodies, meticulous production and glorious weirdness
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Changing Seasons, Breaking Even

Moondoggy

On their second album, Toronto’s Moondoggy finds new confidence in a classic sound. It’s the retroactive soundtrack to my 20s.
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First Listen

Public Works

Public Works has four songs out, and each one is more striking than the last. He’s a bit of a mystery, but probably not for long
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stoned + animald

kid tigrrr

The new record from blog fave Kid Tigrrr sounds soothing and atmospheric on first listen, but Jenna Fournier’s lyrics have teeth
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Shame / Money

Kynsy

Kynsy’s been putting out music for a few years, but her recent indie power-pop reinvention is a killer new sound
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that’s honey/negative fantasy/sKill isSue

untitled (halo)

untitled (halo) is a little enigmatic and mysterious, and their breakbeat-backed indie sound is fresh and addictive
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