Saskatchewan-born singer-songwriter Jeffery Straker shares A Very Prairie Christmas, a 12-song recording shaped by nearly a decade of his beloved annual holiday shows. Blending nostalgic classics, intimate arrangements, and Straker’s signature piano-driven storytelling, the album captures the way Christmas memories evolve while still holding their magic. “When I was selecting these songs, I had the … Continue reading
Toronto rock band Dead Broke return with “Hypernormal,” a blistering, clear-eyed indictment of modern life where everything is reactive, monetized, and endlessly overwhelming. Anchored by jagged guitars, volatile dynamics, and a seething, desert-rock pulse, the track captures what it feels like to live in a world of nonstop disruption: doomscrolling through microdoses of trauma while … Continue reading
Arlie’s new album Someone You Can Believe In arrives at a moment when authenticity and creative self trust feel harder to claim than ever before. The record unfolds like a personal declaration that the internal compass matters as much as any external measure of success. For Nathaniel Banks, the writer, producer, and entire creative engine … Continue reading
Colombian-born DJ, producer, and electric violinist Esther Anaya continues to redefine the intersection of classical training and modern dance music. Following the release of her vibrant house single Push Play with Parker Matthews, Anaya has launched a new sample pack on Splice, giving producers an inside look at the sounds that make her sets and … Continue reading
indie pop/new wave duo The Dream Eaters return with their new album Year End Report. A collection of their singles from 2024 and 2025, framed as a tongue-in-cheek yearbook, the LP is a self-portrait of a band who thrives on bending reality, blending humour with tightly crafted indie pop, and turning the bizarre into something … Continue reading
Toronto songwriter and composer Neil Haverty (frontman of alt-folk ensemble Bruce Peninsula, and composer of the Wildhood soundtrack) returns with “What I Don’t Need,” a contemplative indie single that grapples with the tension between personal autonomy and the responsibilities we carry toward others. Written and performed by Haverty and produced by long-time collaborator Leon Taheny … Continue reading
There’s a kind of heartbreak that creeps in quietly, rewiring the way you hear your own voice. On her brand new single “What Fun,” ellakate captures that slow unraveling with a level of emotional accuracy that is a little disarming. Continue reading
There are artists who release music, and then there are artists who release a feeling. With “Con C.ALMA” Amana Melome’ does the latter. The song, which is her first offering after several years away from the spotlight, unravels with a quiet confidence that can only come from a life fully lived. Continue reading
Every once in a while, an artist returns with a song that is more like a confession than a brand new release.
Daniele Odasso’s “Living In Between” lands exactly at this spot, in that vulnerable space where music is not just music but a whole creation. It’s very much the sound of someone coming back to their own voice after life has rearranged the pieces a bit. Continue reading
London-based composer and singer-songwriter Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi makes a striking entrance with her debut album, Undertow. Across its tracks, voice and cello form a tightly intertwined core, carrying listeners through landscapes of grief, memory, and the raw edges of human connection. The album feels immediate, intimate, and unflinching, a collision of shadowed ambience and corporeal emotion. … Continue reading
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