The Tear Garden
The Tear Garden is a psychedelic/gothic/electronic band, formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1985 after Key served Ka-Spel on tour in Canada as a sound engineer. The Tear Garden was released that same year, with Dave Ogilvie producing.The group reconvened in 1987 to release Tired…
Read MoreThe Trews
The Trews have gained a reputation as one of Canada's most intoxicating rock bands. Ten years, five studio albums and thousands of gigs in, they've had 14 Top 10 singles on Rock radio, two Gold Certified albums and received numerous JUNO Award nominations. Their lateset effort is an electrifying punch of 70s rock with tight vocal…
Read MoreThe Weepies
Deb Talan and Steve Tannen began writing together the night they met and soon formed The Weepies. On the strength of their simple yet insightful songwriting and distinctive harmonies, they have quietly sold more than a million records, with over 17 million streams on Spotify, 20 million views on YouTube and over 100 TV/film syncs. Five…
Read MoreThe Submarines
Working as solo artists in Boston, the two members of the band, John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard, were introduced through a mutual friend. Dragonetti and Hazard formed a romantic and musical partnership, then took their show to Europe. The relationship lasted for four years, but ended in the fall of 2004 when the pair moved…
Read MoreThe Sweeplings
The Sweeplings make music that settles comfortably into the canon of classic American acoustic music. Haunting yet hopeful, together Whitney Dean and Cami Bradley create luring melodies and lyrics that touch on the universal and the fleeting; those shared experiences that while they’re happening might seem trivial but go on to become waypoints in the memory…
Read MoreThe Romance of Improvisation
The Romance of Improvisation in Canada was recorded in February 2018 at the NFB’s historic studio in Montreal, the very studio where Rathburn had worked and collaborated so frequently during his career. This versatile all-star combo consisting of Petr Cancura, Kevin Turcotte, Marianne Trudel, Adrian Vedady and Jim Doxas takes the listener on a voyage…
Read MoreBOY
The ladies behind BOY—Valeska Steiner and Sonja Glass—captured the hearts of North American fans in 2013 with their critically acclaimed debut album Mutual Friends, featuring the infectiously catchy “Little Numbers.” They made their stateside live debut with sold-out tour dates, including a successful run at SXSW, where they came out a favorite among festival attendees and landed…
Read MoreBlanco White
Upcoming album Tarifa is Londoner Josh Edwards (aka Blanco White) second full length album following his 2020 debut On the Other Side which has since seen over 130 million streams and led to tours with Jose Gonzalez and Gregory Alan Isakov as well as hugely popular world tours of his own, including a sold-out night at London's famous Union Chapel. New album Tarifa was written predominantly in the…
Read MoreCiaran Lavery
Ciaran Lavery is a Belfast-based, award-winning, multi-nominated singer-songwriter and musician who has released four acclaimed albums with over 150 million streams to date. Lavery’s music has been nominated four times at the NI Music Prize, winning album of the year in 2016, as well as being nominated for the Hot Press Magazine ‘album of the…
Read MoreElina
Nurtured in a small Swedish village embraced by the serene Scandinavian forests, Swedish singer-songwriter and Ivor Novello-nominee, Elina derives her boundless energy from this idyllic setting. Her artistic journey is influenced by the rich tapestry of ‘60s and ‘70s pop-culture icons, including the likes of Joni Mitchell and The Mamas & The Papas, while also…
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