Toronto-based singer-songwriter Estyr landed on our best songs of 2019 list with her debut single “Human Alchemy,” a gorgeous reflection on the vagaries of a relationship. Her latest single “Slow Drip” widens the scope of her music by taking a more playful approach, drawing from such diverse influences as soul, easy-listening, and bossa nova to […]
Toronto-based “emo queer east asian rock band” cutsleeve are breaking barriers in a lot of ways, but they also have a sense of their place in tradition. Taking their name from a Chinese folk tale about an emperor and his lover as a “reminder that queerness is always in our history,” cutsleeve continues the lineage […]
“This is a love letter but it might not be for you.” So starts Toronto/Vancouver-based songstress Kristin Fung on “Straight to the Heart of It,” a swooning, direct R&B love song perfect for Valentine’s Day. A vocalist, keyboardist, and composer, Fung started her career seven years ago with the release of her funky first project […]
Seven years ago, Montreal native JeffreyFever (Jeffrey Chang) uploaded his first video. Facetiously titled, “My First Video,” Chang’s debut as a YouTuber captured the zeitgeist of what YouTube was all about in 2011–a breeding ground for young teenagers who wanted to be the next big YouTube star by way of abrupt jump cuts, #relatable content, […]
In most cases, debut songs are very straightforward. Most have an obvious chorus, a memorable (and often catchy) hook, and production that’s safe and familiar. First impressions are everything. Maybe that’s why we were so surprised when we first listened to Vancouver-based seungjin’s debut single “RollerCoaster”, a song that breaks all of those rules from […]