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."
Montreal
Population II - À la Ô Terre
Showcasing their instrumental agility, Population II flow from one section to the next with passages of dreamy ambience turning on a dime into tumbling drum fills and earth scorching riffs.
La Fièvre - La Fièvre
"The music of La Fièvre’s self-titled debut album unapologetically reveres the power of femininity, and does so by rooting that power in another constant and enduring force: nature."
Rhododendron - La jachère
When winter arrives, it feels like somebody has taken a giant eraser and removed all of the colour from your surroundings. In place of green, red, and pink hues there are whites and greys.
Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu - Renegade Breakdown
Davidson is confident. Just as confident as she was on Working Class Woman, except now she really gets to put her unflappability to work.
Le Couleur - Concorde
Looking back at the peak of air travel through the lens of loungy disco on their latest album Concorde, Montréal’s Le Couleur deftly avoid the pitfalls of nostalgia by balancing their retro longing with a healthy dose of tragedy.
Itchy Self - Here’s the Rub
Joe Chamandy (Protruders, Kappa Chow) continues to push back against the modern world with the tunefully scuzzy proto-punk of his new band Itchy Self.