De.Ville - ATLANTIQUE "While mellow funk hooks, soothing sax solos, and velvety vocals are transplanted from the duo’s previous works, Montréal/Moroccan Ziad Qoulaii and Simon Pierre hit a deeper nerve on their latest offering."
DACEY - SATIN PLAYGROUND "Heartbreak abounds on DACEY's debut EP, SATIN PLAYGROUND, but the Vancouver quintet lift themselves up with a breezy mix of jazz, pop, hip-hop, and R&B."
Bleu Kérosène - L'artifice de l'aube "While there's nothing here as explosive as the album title, L'artifice de l'aube (the fireworks of dawn), might suggest, what Bleu Kérosène have accomplished is less about the bombast of a pyrotechnics show and more closely resembles the careful choreography of colours, shapes, and contours that ar
Air Creature - Every Emotion "Spencer Schoening might be best known as the former drummer in JUNO Award-winning indie rock band Said the Whale, but few people know that within him lies a different beast."
Afternoon Bike Ride - Skipping Stones "The Montréal trio's EP is a blissed-out array of blinking electronics, hushed guitar-picking, synth melodies, and LIA's balmy vocals."
Deep Digs: The Poppy Family – Which Way You Goin' Billy? (1969) In the installment of Deep Digs, Kaelen Bell revisits the radio pop-warping psychedelia of the Poppy Family's Which Way You Goin’ Billy?
It's Time to Deal With the Trauma of Money Why artists should adopt Vancouver-based financial coach Chantel Chapman's new money ethos, where financial literacy is served with a heavy dose of compassion.