Klô Pelgag has released long awaited record Abracadabra, out now. As a final teaser for the album, Klô Pelgag debuted ‘Le goût des mangues’ which premiered via the magazine Elle Québec, having just returned from Paris, where she launched her new album during an exclusive event for her fans. About her latest song, Klô whispers enigmatically that “the season is a weapon we must know how to fear.” The song...
Toronto rapper Shad and Michigan based producer 14KT have surprised everyone by dropping a brand-new EP showcasing their recent collaboration. Reel Speakers, a four-track EP stemming from freestyles Shad did on socials, is a compact, high-energy listening with beat, grit, soul, and hope. It is out now on all streaming platforms. The pair, having met at DJ Jazzy Jeff’s iconic Playlist Retreat years prior, connected over freestyles Shad was doing...
Basia Bulat announces her new album Basia’s Palace – co-produced by frequent collaborator Mark Lawson, and mixed by legendary engineer Tucker Martine – will be released on February 21, 2025. As well as sharing the glistening lead single ‘Baby’, an elegant dance-inflected track augmented by strings courtesy of GRAMMY-nominated arranger Drew Jurecka. The track showcases the stunning, silvery voice of three-time Polaris Music Prize finalist and five-time JUNO Award nominee...
Fernie announces brand-new EP Hopeless Dreams, available on February 14. Fernie also unveils ‘Bones & All’, a hauntingly introspective new single. This track captures the EP’s exploration of navigating heartbreak and emotional struggle with both elegance and intensity, reflecting the signature grace and grit that define Fernie’s music. “The song generalises the horrors of being in an abusive environment.” Fernie explains, “Do we truly know the deep psychological impact we place upon younger generations? If I...
Leif Vollebekk reveals ‘Peace of Mind (Evening)’, a memorable and melodious single co-produced and mixed by David Baron. His new album Revelation is out September 27th. “This is the ‘evening version’ of ‘Peace of Mind’,” says Leif. “This version isn’t even on the record. It just wanted to be its own thing… I suppose I wanted it to remind me of the bliss I feel when a great song come on the radio on...
Two years after the release of his record Dungeon Master, former pro snowboarder reborn nomadic psych-pop prophet Gus Englehorn announces brand new album The Hornbook, due for release January 31st. Today he shares a first glimpse of the new record with the nervy post-punk propulsion of a track that is ‘Thyme’. “This song is about someone who travels back in time to Scarborough fair,” Gus says. “A song about yearning...
Singer-songwriter Klô Pelgag unveils her ode to lasting love with new single ‘Sans visage’, which appears on her album Abracadabra, out 11th October, and is accompanied by a lyric video directed by Laurence BAZ Morais. Watch below! “Abracadabra is a quest for the absolute, a desire to still believe in something. For all the knots we must untie in order to appear as we really are, without fear or embarrassment,”...
Flore Laurentienne announces an expanded edition of the outfit’s 2024 album 8 tableaux, out September 13th. Flore Laurentienne also shares a brand-new track entitled ‘Les oies III’, which premiered last Sunday on KEXP’s show Pacific Notions. Watch Flore Laurentienne perform a special KEXP session from last fall below! The digital deluxe edition of 8 tableaux features four new songs, each expanding on Gagnon’s method of transmuting visual art into musical...
Leif Vollebekk reveals ‘Southern Star’ a poignant ballad as second single, including backing vocals by Australian singer-songwriter Angie McMahon and steel guitar by legendary Cindy Cashdollar. Watch the accompanying video, directed by longtime collaborator and award-winning filmmaker Kaveh Nabatian, below! “I think this might be my favourite song I have ever written, and it took a while to reveal itself,” says Leif. “I spent about two years waiting for the last verse to come. It was recorded in one...
Nearly three years after the release of his critically acclaimed EP Aurora, Brazilian-Canadian singer-songwriter Fernie returns with a new single titled ‘Pain.’ His first official release via Secret City / Remote Control Records, this song was produced in collaboration with Montreal artist Patrick Watson. “Ultimately this song is about the universal feeling of emptiness. From my experience surrounding the idea of pain… it blinds you. Aside from love, pain is one of the most powerful feelings on earth....
Bibi Club, the duo consisting of Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque, share their new single ‘Parc de Beauvoir,’ which was written in London during a tour. Premiering on Brooklyn Vegan, this is the first English single from the album Feu de garde, which will be released May 10th. The duo explains what inspired the writing of this song, saying “We were in a contemplative, exhausted state as our kid was playing in the park. Parc de Beauvoir is an ode...
Jeremy Dutcher – the classically trained Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in Eastern Canada – shares his new record, Motewolonuwok (Muh-del-wool-en-oo-wug). Motewolonuwok heaves with dynamic orchestration and the inherent drama of grand piano, recalling a long line of artists who have turned the classical establishment on its head to deliver compositions that are doubly ecstatic and modern. Stream / Purchase Motewolonuwok here.
Emilie Kahn unveils Maybe, her third album that will be available in digital format on October 20. The album is at once laid-back and feverish, with a pop energy that recalls Arlo Parks, Olivia Rodrigo, Lana Del Rey, and Kahn’s viral affection for Taylor Swift. Kahn is also sharing a second single off the new album — ‘Parallel’ — as well as the accompanying video. “I had just met someone with whom I felt a deep connection, and I envisioned...
La Force, the mesmerizing solo project from Ariel Engle, unveils her sophomore full length XO SKELETON out now. XO SKELETON is the supple, steady, uncanny new album by La Force: a mixture of haunted pop and hot-blooded R&B that glistens at the meeting-point between life, death, and love. The album was coproduced by La Force and Warren Spicer (Plants and Animals). “The theme of the album revealed itself in the making,” she explains, recalling how the title track is...
La Force, the mesmerising solo project from Ariel Engle, unveils today a poignant third single and video titled ‘how do you love a man’. This brand-new offering is “a swan song to a dead a man”, where La Force questions love beyond the grave. XO SKELETON the sophomore full length album will be out September 29th. Pre-order / Pre-save XO SKELETON: here.
Emilie Kahn is thrilled to share a brand-new song and video titled ‘Search History.’ This is Emilie’s first new material since the release of ‘Gemini’. Fans on socials will be excited to finally hear this recording in full, since the audio was teased on platforms earlier this summer. A whopping 4.5 million views on creation featuring the ‘Search History’ snippet has been counted on TikTok and it keeps on climbing. Stream / Download ‘Search History’ here.
