The promise  of  spring  could  not  have  come  sooner,  a season  of  transition, a  shift  to  find  positive  balance. KESMAR specializes in songs tailor-made for this moment. Basking in the glow of bright analog synths, lush guitars, and organic beat-craft, Sydney-based singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Nathan Hawes strikes a distinctive, infectious, and inimitable balance…

LADYTRON earned a decade's worth of acclaim by relentlessly pushing boundaries, carving out new sonic and conceptual space and refusing to abide any formula or trend.So it's testimony to their craft to say that Gravity The Seducer, the fifth album from the electro-pop provocateurs, is vintage Ladytron — because, like each of the four preceding…

Boy Willows' music tells a story of unbridled, modernist creativity. The vocalist, producer, and multi-creative, also known as Landon Fleischman, makes music that is spacious and special. The BANGS EP (Nettwerk Records) is a delicate example of Boy Willows's aptitude for worldbuilding.  While about specific experiences and moments, his songs also capture those unique, diaphanous moments that seem to only…

Singer-songwriter and producer Miki Ratsulais a Southern California-based, Finnish American singer/songwriter who has built a sizable audience by openly and honestly welcoming people into their world. As an out, nonbinary artist, Miki uses their platform to candidly document their life, from coming out to getting top surgery. It’s the kind of storytelling that queer kids…

Growing up watching her dad perform at various clubs around Toronto, Abby Sage was enchanted by the magic of the stage and crowd, and felt the pull towards creating something her own. She began writing and recording tracks with her musician dad, and by the start of high school, she was beginning to post her…

50 miles off the coast of mainland British Columbia, you’ll find Haida Gwaii. This collection of islands serves as home to just shy of 5,000 residents who all contribute to its quiet magic. Seemingly removed from the rest of the world, yet intrinsically connected to its rawest essence, Carsen Gray calls this place home. Born…

Veterans of the New York underground scene, the four members of altopalo – lead singer Rahm Silverglade, guitarist Mike Haldeman, bassist Jesse Bielenberg and drummer Dillon Treacy – disintegrate the boundaries of genre, folding in elements of R&B, electronica, ambient and jazz through their deconstructionist approach to guitar-driven music reminiscent of artists such as Bon Iver, Moses Sumney and Black Midi.altopalo have come a long way since…

Fletcher Reed, the nom de plume of American music producer Andrew Smith, grew up learning various instruments and playing in different bands at an early age. A few years back, he and a friend took off for Zimbabwe, their first destination on what would become a mostly non-stop journey across several continents for two years. While…

Formed in 2017, CODE Quartet (formerly DJVF) is a powerhouse collective of Canada’s leading jazz composers and improvisers. The Montreal-based quartet includes Jim Doxas, Christine Jensen, Adrian Vedady, and Lex French.

Lo-fi producer, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist Nathan Kawanishi was looking for a new challenge after the breakout success of Nostalgia, his debut LP with Nettwerk Music Group. Nostalgia, a pandemic project that reflected on his time in Japan, rocketed Kawanishi from rising producer to an important new voice in lo-fi hip hop. Kawanishi could have leaned…