Class of 2018

Meet the Nude Dogs, Young Toronto Rockers Who Want to "Fuck Shit Up"

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2018

To get what Toronto rockers the Nude Dogs are all about, you don't have to look much further than their name, which vocalist/guitarist Kali...

Meet Tush, the Toronto Troupe Embracing the Darker Side of Disco

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2018

Whoever said disco is dead hasn't met Tush. The Toronto-based troupe have been spreading the disco gospel in one form or another since 2015...

Loon

"Threads" (video)

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2018

The last thing we heard from Montreal-based dream pop project Loon was 2016's Threads EP. Now, ahead of the project's spot at Exclaim! and...

Meet WHOOP-Szo, Ontario's Fuzz-Rocking Community Healers

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2018

There's an inescapable quality to WHOOP-Szo's music, a heavy, fuzz-laden hodgepodge of grunge, psych, folk and post-rock, incorporating inf...

Meet Fleece, the Psych-Rocking, Alt J-Parodying Viral Video Stars

PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2018

Since it was first uploaded to YouTube in May 2015, nearly eight million people have watched Matthew Rogers' and Ethan Soil's viral video "...

ggpeach

"Lacy" (video)

PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2018

Sweat guitarist/vocalist Georgia Gleason has been making dream pop as ggpeach, and the Montreal-based musician dropped the Melt EP last May...

Meet Blind Matty, the No Warning Guitarist-Turned-Cowpunk

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2018

Though long-removed from their heyday, blues and country scenes thrive all around the world, including in Toronto. One of the city's more i...

Meet Jody Upshaw, Halifax's Teenage R&B Sensation

PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2018

It can be tough figuring out what you want to do for a living, but Halifax's Jody Upshaw has her mind made up. The 14-year-old has been per...