by Emily Plunkett | Sep 25, 2026 | Festivals & Events
Angine de Poitrine take home both the Polaris Album Prize and SOCAN Polaris Song Prize during a celebration of Canadian music at Massey Hall. Angine de Poitrine, Saguenay’s masked, micro-tonal, math rock duo currently dominating music spaces around the world, are the...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 25, 2026 | Reviews
Sandra Sutter Shares New Single to Honour the Children who Never Made it Home from Residential Schools Ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Cree-Métis singer-songwriter Sandra Sutter shares “River of the Past,” a deeply moving single inspired by the...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 25, 2026 | Promos
LES SHIRLEY GET LOUD AND PERSONAL ON HAIL MARY After years spent taking their music from Montreal to stages across Canada and Europe, Les Shirley arrive at their third full-length album, Hail Mary, louder, bolder and with plenty on their minds. The official video for...
by Emily Plunkett | Sep 24, 2026 | Festivals & Events
Five nights, countless genres and one unforgettable CityFolk debut at Ottawa’s RA Centre grounds. A diverse weekend of folk, country and the most legendary punk rock welcomed Ottawa’s concert goers to 2026 CityFolk at its debut at the RA Centre grounds. Night one saw...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 24, 2026 | Promos
Dead II Society Turn Grief and Anger Into Outlaw Punk on “Dead and Buried” Dead II Society was born during the pandemic, when vocalist and guitarist Buzz found himself isolated at home in Chelmsford, Ontario. After years of fronting metal band Garden of Bedlam and...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 24, 2026 | Promos
Allegories Turn an Existential Tug-of-War Into Kaleidoscopic Indie Pop on “Pure Comedy” Experimental duo Allegories share “Pure Comedy,” an ethereal and emotionally volatile new single that moves restlessly between optimism and pessimism, intimacy and...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 24, 2026 | Promos
Fingerstyle Guitar Virtuoso Alexandr Misko Brings ‘Final Boss’ and Frankenstein Guitar to Sprawling North American Tour Alexandr Misko builds machines out of wood and steel string, and then he plays them like nothing else exists. The German-based...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 23, 2026 | Promos
Edmonton’s EVERETT LAROI releases new live-in-studio EP The Dept. 9 Sessions featuring Richard Thompson cover Since co-founding Idyl Tea in the mid-1980s, Everett LaRoi has been a longtime presence in Edmonton, Alberta’s alternative music scene, going on to...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 23, 2026 | Promos
Danish Singer-Songwriter Tina Dico Joins Forces With Emilíana Torrini on New Single “This Fire!” Tina Dico shares “This Fire!,” the second single from her forthcoming album, Balancing Small Things On Sharp Edges, out October 23, 2026. The song...
by Jenna Melanson | Sep 23, 2026 | Interviews
INTERCONTINEN7AL, The World’s First Rock Band To Record Across All Seven Continents, Releases “Lighthouses (Acoustic Remix)” INTERCONTINEN7AL, the project that bills itself as the first rock band in history to record music across all seven...
