Multi-disciplinary artist Vivek Shraya has a body of work that crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. Among her list of accomplishments is an impressive catalog of music—including the Polaris Prize-nominated Part-Time Woman with Queer Songbook Orchestra (2017) and Angry by her band Too Attached (2018), which CBC described as one of “Canada’s most incisive, radical and galvanizing albums.”
Declaring their resolution to party down in 2023, Miesha & The Spanks are hitting the town with a fresh coat of lipstick, a dapper bolo tie and a vibrant new single, “It’s My Year,” the first single off their forthcoming album titled Unconditional Love In Hi-Fi.
Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, TV and film. She is a Canadian Screen Award winner and Polaris Music Prize nominee. Her best-selling book I’m Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel.” She is also the founder of the award-winning publishing imprint VS. Books, which supports emerging BIPOC writers.
Where have all the riot grrrls gone? You ask–Miesha and The Spanks answer. If you’ve got a yearning for flashy yet classic hard rock, look no further–this Calgary-based duo has the guitar hero-worshipping, face melting, whisky belting sound that you’ve been seeking.
Described as “Bjork's light-footed nymph child,” (Beatroute) Vancouver quintet Only A Visitor brings a precise and buoyant live energy to song-crafting with their “kaleidoscopic compositions” (Dusted Magazine.) Fusing together avant-pop, jazz, classical and DIY influences and substituting guitar with three part harmonies that “display a delightful innovation” (HuffPost,) they have released three albums to date and have recently signed to Mint Records for their fourth release
“The Vancouver quartet is restless and ruthless, making rowdy post-punk that questions and analyzes everyday life.” –Stereogum
“Dumb lace their upbeat songs with jagged dissonance to keep things weird.“ –Exclaim!
“The sound is the sort of angular-but-melodic new wave that doesn’t grow old like punk and hardcore did long ago” –Vancouver Sun
Vancouver-based queer synth pop icons Kellarissa and Devours have released an end of summer banger called “Change My Mind” and share upcoming joint tour dates.
‘My life: a slow clap progression, pace rising; to celebrate in the smallest finding - feels right to show admiration that grows,’ Mark Grundy begins on “Slow Clap”, the first track from Heaven For Real’s sophomore full-length Energy Bar, out September 1