Sarah Brix is a Canadian singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist performing in the genre of alternative pop. Now based in Toronto, Sarah was born and raised in the picturesque town of Elora before moving to the city to pursue a career in music. She recently graduated from Seneca College for performance, songwriting and music production and since then has performed at multiple Toronto venues such as The Supermarket and Handlebar. 

Sarah’s brand new single, “Ended Here,” tells the story of being ghosted by her best friend and working through the loss and plethora of emotions that she experienced. The song was produced by Columbian producer and mixing engineer JUYI.

The song was inspired by the experience I went through when I was ghosted by my best friend. For three years, we had been inseparable and one day she completely cut off communication out of nowhere. This song not only tells the story of working through my emotions but is also a message to my long lost friend. – Sarah Brix

Snez is the artist name of Ezra Mendel, a hip hop artist from the Annapolis Valley, NS. Snez’s versatile fusion of elements from rock and pop with hip hop and rap are key aspects of his style. As a young teen, he dropped his first two singles which immediately garnered attention in his home town and would be asked to freestyle at parties, leading to being referred to as the “Jewish kid who can actually rap.” He is currently building his local and online audience and working on his first full-length release. 

The inspiration for new single, “Never Enough,” comes from Snez’s regular inner back-and-forth dialogue about his struggle with substance abuse, pride, overthinking and self-worth. He also opted out of working with a professional producer to record, mix and master the track themselves to add a personal and unpolished feel to the raw lyrics.

The music video for “Never Enough” by Snez is a visual representation of the fight for control between a man struggling with substance abuse and the temptations that follow him. The video begins with the man seeing a daunting woman with black eyes in the bushes, representing these self-deprecating impulses. The man returns from the pool as a blue, more erratic version of himself. The unnamed woman is seen lurking in the background throughout the video and providing substances to the man, who has been entirely consumed by this blue alter-ego. 

The lyrics feature a fight for control between my two conflicting personalities, Ezra and Snez; a desperate man trying to keep his head above water, and the drugged up alter ego pulling him under. For the last several years I have been struggling with substance abuse, and in trying to better my lifestyle, stay sober and make better decisions I noticed something always compels me to do otherwise. – Snez

In this era of bottomless content consumption, pssyclwz is committed to creating campy content for outsiders who can’t relate to songs written by popular girls. After a year of imagination and production, the pssyclwz EP dropped May 2024 and was very well received. pssyclwz can’t stop/won’t stop writing bangers to turn bad days into dope tracks, and will continue to release singles while she works on her debut album.

pssyclwz and self-proclaimed “goddess in progress hermaphrodite” Delilah Jolie have spent over a decade collaborating, spirituality bonding through their worship of Lana Del Rey, and supporting their respective creative pursuits. The duo teamed up on the brand new single, “party animalz,” an acoustic sad girl song turned party bop. Reminiscent of Bloodhound Gang’s “The Bad Touch,” this summer jam oozes 90s nostalgia.

I’m all about the alter ego when it comes to art and wish everyone embraced this perfect medium to understand their “shadow side.” The hypersexualization of pssyclwz that seems like a direct contradiction to healing is very much in gest and a commentary on being misunderstood in my pursuit of validation, but thankfully writing music has filled that void. For all the times I haven’t been able to say what I mean, it’s very satisfying to find the perfectly sassy words and to share them as intended without stuttering or defecating. – pssyclwz

Opeongo is the moniker of Keegan Trumpour and an ever-rotating cast of musicians. Keegan is from Midland, Ontario. Opeongo has released two full length albums (2019’s Miasma and 2021’s we’ll all go with the will-o’-the-wisp); fall 2024’s Eventual Mt. Lee marks their third release, with a fourth underway in the near future.

Like everything you’ll hear on Eventual Mt. Lee, the mournful single, “Ceiling Rats,” was inspired by the passing of Keegan’s best friend, Liam Steffler; inspired, too, by the beautiful, albeit short, existence he blessed those around him with. At the time of his passing, they were living together in a basement unit on Westmount Avenue in Toronto, Ontario. There was a problem with rats or mice or rodents of some sort in the ceiling in between their unit and the folks on the main floor. 

After Liam passed, Keegan was sorting through all of his stuff in the apartment, and he liked to imagine that it was his late pal’s ghost that he was hearing, rather than a bunch of rats roaming around. Not too great at humour amidst intense grief, the song’s title is Keegan’s self-described “sad attempt” at such.

Apryll Aileen is a classically trained pianist turned dynamic pop artist, captivating global audiences for over a decade. She was a finalist in the Juno Wavemakers Tour and recently showcased her talent at the VIVA Sounds Music Festival in Sweden, representing Women in Music Canada.

Get ready to dance with “Take Me,” a high-energy pop disco anthem that fuses the introspective essence of Madonna’s Ray of Light era with Dua Lipa’s modern flair and features powerful vocals, profound lyrics, and innovative production. Pulsing with electrifying beats, the brand new single delivers a message of playful confidence with lyrics like “gonna make you love me in the dark.” It describes finding passion in the shadows of the dance floor and was written between Apryll, Lazermortis (Monika Ouellet) and Assteroidz (Philip Clark). 

I wrote this song to inspire others to open up and express themselves, especially in romantic partnerships. Ever meet someone and feel like they were holding back their true feelings and acting reserved? This song is meant to embolden the listener to take charge in their love life and open up to new possibilities of what the future can offer. – Apryll Aileen

Emerging from the bright, wide skies of Canada’s west coast, Sam Weber has spent the last decade variously honing his craft as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Now based in Los Angeles, he is set to release a new collection of solo work with Clear and Plain, a group of simple and beautiful folk and jazz inflected songs which lean into sensory experiences and underscore Weber’s values.

Clear and Plain features the focus track, “Tamarindo Sunsets,” what Weber calls a “social media song.” “Tamarindo Sunsets” couples Weber’s gentle vocals with warm upright bass, searching piano, and understated acoustic guitar playing. “If I stay at home, can I still get free? If there’s something new, can you text it to me? ‘Cause I’m going offline, I’m going offline, I’m going offline until the end of time,” he asserts.

[It’s] about staring into the digital abyss and being confronted with greener and greener grass. Reckoning with what it means to find that beauty, peace, satisfaction in your heart.
– Sam Weber