Denise Marsa, the internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter, and producer, continues to make waves in the music world with her unrelenting creativity and resilience. Her remix singles “Kiss Me in the Rain (Until Dawn Remix)” and “Rainbow (Until Dawn Remix)” have recently peaked at #6 and #9 on the UK Music Week Commercial Pop Club Charts, earning her widespread recognition and five Grammy submissions.  Her third remix from PIVOTAL “Don’t Count Yourself Out Yet (Until Dawn Remix)” is currently being promoted by her collaborators UK’s Until Dawn (Euro-Solution) and has been submitted in the Best Remixed Recording category. In its first few weeks on the scene, the track has already gathered great traction from her club-going fans.  These accomplishments are yet another testament to Marsa’s staying power and ability to connect with global audiences across generations.

Following the success of her latest single and music video, “Dry Spell,” which highlighted her powerful storytelling and soulful vocals, Marsa is now preparing for the release of her upcoming single, “The Pendulum.” Set to drop this Friday, “The Pendulum” is a holiday-themed track that promises to capture listeners with its poignant lyrics, and timeless appeal.

Marsa’s album PIVOTAL, released June 14 has garnered high praise from international press, DJs, and industry insiders, who have noted the energy and emotion she brings to her songwriting. Her remixes have gained popularity and are bringing new listeners to her table. “Denise Marsa’s remixes are electrifying—she seamlessly blends soulful vocals with captivating beats that keep the crowd moving,” reflecting the growing excitement around her latest releases.

Last month, Marsa released the visually stunning music video for “Dry Spell,” which features a mix of nostalgic and modern visuals, set against the backdrop of vintage New York City crane footage. The video, with its deep purple tones and cinematic flair, perfectly complements the song’s themes of love, desire, and self-reinvention, drawing viewers into a reflective and intimate experience. With its hypnotic rhythms and sultry guitar riffs, “Dry Spell” stands as a powerful reminder of Marsa’s ability to combine personal storytelling with broader emotional themes.

As anticipation builds for “The Pendulum,” Marsa continues to push creative boundaries, proving that her unique sound and relentless passion for her craft keep her at the forefront of the music scene. With a career defined by perseverance and reinvention, Marsa remains a musical force to be reckoned with.

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Award-winning DJ/producer W/FRNDS (originally from Toronto and now based in Nashville) began creating music in his late teens while pursuing a professional hockey career and is now blending ingredients of pop, house, country and techno to create a new flavour of music that has something for everyone’s musical taste buds.

Award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Paige Penney, originally from Newfoundland, fell in love with music from a young age and has been writing and performing ever since. Now based in Nashville, TN, Paige has the privilege of writing with some of Nashville’s top writers. She has been showcasing her original music all over Music City and has played some of Nashville’s most iconic venues including the Bluebird Café and The Listening Room Café.

W/FRNDS and Paige Penney’s brand new single, “SOUTHERN DRAW(L),” uses creative word play and catchy melodies to land their hook about a charming Southern accent.

This was such a fun song to work on with amazing people. We think it’s going to be a great song for the post summer szn, when the moody vibes come alive. – W/FRNDS

As Child Actress, Rena Kozak toes the line between a tangible reality and an infinite universe. While Calgary was her initial foundation, her move to Montreal in 2017 solidified her work not just as a performer and songwriter, but as a sought-out producer and mixing engineer. Having released her latest full-length, Ancestor Worship, last year, Kozak is now sharing the last of the songs she wrote after her boyfriend died in 2012 in the form of an EP entitled Just Fine Never Better.

This year, it became important to Kozak to finish and release the final remaining songs so she can cleanse herself of that phase and see what might happen next. The first two tracks are from early on in her grief phase, while the second two were written in the last couple of years. She wanted to include them on Just Fine Never Better as a way to symbolize forward motion and growth. The EP’s title track was originally written by Kozak’s late boyfriend, Chris Reimer of Women and The Dodos. It’s one that the couple both really liked, and after Reimer’s death, his parents gave Kozak permission to use it with Child Actress.

The official “Just Fine Never Better” music video was filmed in Montreal, QC at Studio Saint Zo and in San Francisco at Musée Mechanique. For a song about staying in, staying sober and taking a night off from the party, this video takes us to a surreal soirée in a psychedelic dream state. Mechanical alter-egos waltz and sing our subconscious thoughts to us while the only thing grounding us to the reality of the human world is a single wind turbine on the horizon. A reminder that even when we let ourselves get swirled away by substances and revelry by night, the wind is always there in the morning as the world turns around us – whether we like it or not.

I struggled to understand what Chris was saying in the lyrics on the cell phone recording of us jamming together – beyond the phrase “we could have a regular time tonight,” I couldn’t make out much else. I had never asked him what he was singing, I was always delicate with Chris and his creative output. He was shy about his songwriting and was just starting to develop lyrics and I didn’t want to push or influence him by prying. I figured he would make the words clear when he was sure of himself. 

I took the one phrase I could hear to be an implication of his desire to slow down on drinking and partying – a concept we had been talking about a lot. His lifestyle on tour was full of alcohol, and we were having a lot of conversations about how when we moved in together we would slow down on the drinking, we would have more “regular nights.” I built a little on the idea that he was musing on this with the song – what would it be like to fall asleep sober and wake up feeling fine… and then, for me, I inserted my own self into the theme of what would it be like to wake up with him still alive that day instead of waking up to find he had passed while I slept. In the end that’s what I made the song about – what if we just went to bed that night and woke up to another day instead? – Rena Kozak of Child Actress on “Just Fine Never Better”

The Boneheads have kept true to their roots while emerging from the Toronto music scene. They deliver a refreshment of blues-tinged rock ‘n’ roll, combining old school and modern influences that brings a familiarity of the golden age of the blues with contemporary expression.

The band have explored an Americana and roots inflected direction on new single, the infectious and rollicking “Feel The Light.” This highly melodic track finds the band blending bright vocals, driving guitars, and tumbling drums as the song gradually builds into a collective message of positivity.

“Feel The Light” came into being earlier this year when The Boneheads’ producer, Jon Savard, got married. The band traveled to Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania to attend his wedding and rented an Airbnb together to stay the weekend. 

Having a cabin full of musicians can be either a recipe for disaster, or a good time. Naturally, we brought our guitars with us and jammed a lot in our free time. Next thing we knew we had “Feel The Light” written in about twenty minutes. – The Boneheads

Vancouver’s Petunia & The Vipers’ genre- transcendental sound is an eclectic and engrossing bar room mix of style and innovation. As described by Saving Country Music, “Petunia & The Vipers are one of these creative generators and innovators, and their music and moxy can be found defining the cutting edge of what is considered creative in country and roots today, while still keeping alive what made country music great in the past.”

Inspired by the sting of unreciprocated love, latest single, “Loved in Vain,” is a unique and swaggered blend of yodel, folk, western and bold Latin horns, fitting of a sun-soaked cantina with a psychedelic-infused patronage.

I played “Loved in Vain” for the first time down there to a crowd of 200 Argentines. The audience started clapping a latin rhythm in time after about three seconds! I wasn’t aware of it at the time, but I had written a song that galloped along in traditional Argentine folk time. I had written a Chacarera. The applause after the song was stupendous. I felt like finally, I had found a home for this song. – Petunia & The Vipers