Poetic, painful, and empowering — Bryn dives into the depths of her psyche and identity, divulging the complexities of her inner world. The Toronto-based artist explores everything from toxic femininity to hereditary trauma in her upcoming project which heralds in a new era.

“Making Monsters” is her latest single, about being so committed to your anxiety that you can’t see or feel anything else, except alone in your own head.

The new video is a metaphor for the messiness and pervasiveness this song details.

Darling Congress is a band that should have never existed. What began as a reclusive solo project from Teenage Kicks founder, Peter van Helvoort, quickly grew into a collaboration among friends and trusted allies in the strangest of times.

The band’s new single, “Your Dog Don’t Like You,” is a slice of heartland rock with a poppier side. Sunflowers and dogs are cut from the same cloth, meant to represent devotion, admiration, and faithfulness. At the time, the dog that sparked this whole song was severely lacking in all three qualities, so dying sunflowers were used in this song’s visual.

Lyrically, “Your Dog Don’t Like You” explores how we can go to war with people our whole lives just to avoid having to admit we’re wrong. Compromise is easy on paper, yet it can be very difficult to come to in reality.

Kodiak Arcade is an ongoing art project spearheaded by Graeme Cornies, an award-winning composer best known for his film and television work with Voodoo Highway Music and Post. A hi-fi homage to the lo-fi sounds of the past, Kodiak Arcade is where the humanity of the organic performances are intertwined with sounds that can only be created by modern tech.

“Something Real” is Cornies’ first collaboration as a trio with Brian Pickett (Strumbellas, Simon and the Island, Warped 45s) and Joshua Van Tassel (Great Lake Swimmers, Sarah Slean, KIRTY). A mood-propelling song about the moments where we stop ruminating on the past or planning for the future in favour of being present. It’s also about the futility of trying to have it all.

Based in Wakefield, Quebec, up and coming alt-rockers Rebelle earned more than half a million Spotify streams with the title track of their 2017 EP, Hide. Now, they are gearing up to release a new album, Kicks, produced by Anton DeLost (Cleopatrick, Bearings). 

Based on what frontman David Taggart witnessed as a bartender at the only bar in his small town, “Kicks” is Rebelle’s latest track about people coping with the ups and downs in their lives.
The video explores the downward spiral of a struggling heroine maintaining a facade of happiness in a dark reality.

Toronto-based songwriter and performing artist Keegan Powell began his journey writing and recording in Teenage Kicks as the guitarist on their debut album Spoils Of Youth. Shortly after, he went on to compose songs for Chastity on both their debut LP Death Lust and sophomore record Home Made Satan. 

Powell’s album is due out for release later this year. “The Wildcard” is an ode to the underdogs and freaks; the ones who will always go their own way no matter how hard it gets, fully and completely. The music video manifests into his own surrealistic nightmare, inspired by The Warriors and Clockwork Orange.

Ekelle is a multi-genre artist and songwriter from Toronto. Ekelle rhymes about what she knows best: her real life experience.

We are in 2021 now but a lot of the wounds of 2020 haven’t been fully healed so Ekelle wants people to remember who they are, to seek supportive relationships and keep on pushing through.

“I chose to call the song ‘Come Back’ because 2020 was a hard year for all of us. Some of us are still feeling the effects of what we went through that year today. The title ‘Come Back’ is a call to action. It invites you to get back on your feet and keep pushing forward as your authentic self.”