Maxwell spent the first twelve years of his life growing up in a small mining town, Marathon, Ontario, situated on the North shore of Lake Superior. Northern Ontario is a special place, and in the darker days of the six-month-long winters, there’s not much around to save you from yourself, so that’s where most of these songs came from.
Maxwell José Band
Maxwell spent the first twelve years of his life growing up in a small mining town, Marathon, Ontario, situated on the North shore of Lake Superior. Northern Ontario is a special place, and in the darker days of the six-month-long winters, there’s not much around to save you from yourself, so that’s where most of these songs came from.
Hailing from Montreal, Léona brings us back to the sweetness and excitement of discovering the other; with her 60’s French yéyé, mixed with garage-psychedelic grooves.
Léona
Hailing from Montreal, Léona brings us back to the sweetness and excitement of discovering the other; with her 60’s French yéyé, mixed with garage-psychedelic grooves.
OMBIIGIZI – pronounced om-BEE-ga-ZAY, meaning this is noisy – is a collaboration between Zoon (Daniel Monkman) and Status/Non Status (Adam Sturgeon), Anishnaabe artists who explore their cultural histories through sound.
Ombiigizi
OMBIIGIZI – pronounced om-BEE-ga-ZAY, meaning this is noisy – is a collaboration between Zoon (Daniel Monkman) and Status/Non Status (Adam Sturgeon), Anishnaabe artists who explore their cultural histories through sound.
Pink Mountaintops will bring the audience their first new music in 8 years. Their new album Peacock Pools is a body of work with its own enchanting power, the sonic equivalent of falling down a thousand rabbit holes at once and landing somewhere gloriously strange.
Pink Mountaintops
Pink Mountaintops will bring the audience their first new music in 8 years. Their new album Peacock Pools is a body of work with its own enchanting power, the sonic equivalent of falling down a thousand rabbit holes at once and landing somewhere gloriously strange.
The ever-strange and deeply conceptual Space-Rockers, Teleporters, are already in the Next-Town-Over. You’ve already seen them play but you just can’t seem to remember. The reprogramming was successful. Re-experience those stolen memories as TELEPORTERS will soon emerge from the murky depths of a river near you.
Teleporters
The ever-strange and deeply conceptual Space-Rockers, Teleporters, are already in the Next-Town-Over. You’ve already seen them play but you just can’t seem to remember. The reprogramming was successful. Re-experience those stolen memories as TELEPORTERS will soon emerge from the murky depths of a river near you.
“Fuzzy, loud and fast, Wine Lips are a garage/ punk/ psychedelic band whose music feels like a shot of adrenaline to the heart. A no holds barred kind of rock n roll that’ll make you want to buy a motorcycle, just to crash it.” – Sled Island
Wine Lips
“Fuzzy, loud and fast, Wine Lips are a garage/ punk/ psychedelic band whose music feels like a shot of adrenaline to the heart. A no holds barred kind of rock n roll that’ll make you want to buy a motorcycle, just to crash it.” – Sled Island
Over the past 5 years the L.A. veterans have been mutating and perfecting their high-powered rock n’ roll sound. Known for their explosive performances, with their rowdy and visceral approach to live shows, each member brings their own devilry to induce an experience of bacchanal proportions.
Frankie & the Witch Fingers
Over the past 5 years the L.A. veterans have been mutating and perfecting their high-powered rock n’ roll sound. Known for their explosive performances, with their rowdy and visceral approach to live shows, each member brings their own devilry to induce an experience of bacchanal proportions.
Whoa, these bananas have got a lotta grapes! Webster’s dictionary defines bananas as, ‘nuts’, and these bananas are nuts. With short songs and even shorter tunes, Barry & the Bananas will make you laugh, cry, and bake you into a pie.
Barry & the Bananas
Whoa, these bananas have got a lotta grapes! Webster’s dictionary defines bananas as, ‘nuts’, and these bananas are nuts. With short songs and even shorter tunes, Barry & the Bananas will make you laugh, cry, and bake you into a pie.
PACKS’ songs have a way of creeping up on you, and showing new depth with each listen. Be it a subtle harmony, a zig-zagging melodic turn, or Link’s lyrics, which wring a commandeering poetry out of every-day building-blocks as she navigates the growing pains that linger beyond adolescence.
PACKS
PACKS’ songs have a way of creeping up on you, and showing new depth with each listen. Be it a subtle harmony, a zig-zagging melodic turn, or Link’s lyrics, which wring a commandeering poetry out of every-day building-blocks as she navigates the growing pains that linger beyond adolescence.
Bodywash was formed in 2014 when Chris Steward and Rosie Long Decter began jamming in a basement rehearsal room at McGill University. Their music blends the warmth of shoegaze to the stark electronics of 90s trip-hop and IDM.
Bodywash
Bodywash was formed in 2014 when Chris Steward and Rosie Long Decter began jamming in a basement rehearsal room at McGill University. Their music blends the warmth of shoegaze to the stark electronics of 90s trip-hop and IDM.
After being a touring musician for the better part of a decade, Jasmyn embarks on her solo journey with her new album “Into the Wild”, where she asks what happens when two outsiders come together.
Jasmyn
After being a touring musician for the better part of a decade, Jasmyn embarks on her solo journey with her new album “Into the Wild”, where she asks what happens when two outsiders come together.
Known for their studied sound and supercharged live performances, Casper Skulls have been hailed by the likes of FADER, MTV and Billboard. There’s a new depth to the arrangements here, realized with an arsenal of ethereal effects, illustrative percussion, cinematic guitar noise, and vividly on-point singing and songwriting.
Casper Skulls
Known for their studied sound and supercharged live performances, Casper Skulls have been hailed by the likes of FADER, MTV and Billboard. There’s a new depth to the arrangements here, realized with an arsenal of ethereal effects, illustrative percussion, cinematic guitar noise, and vividly on-point singing and songwriting.
Inspired by kosmische-disco, new wave and house music (just to name a few), their relentless second record Choses Sauvages II is presented live in a new, ambitious and dancier-than-ever show.
Choses Sauvages
Inspired by kosmische-disco, new wave and house music (just to name a few), their relentless second record Choses Sauvages II is presented live in a new, ambitious and dancier-than-ever show.
The vivid music of Austra is born of the creative force that is the producer, songwriter and recording engineer Katie Stelmanis and the most powerful instrument at her disposal – her voice, one that is capable of effortlessly evoking moments of personal and universal drama.
Austra
The vivid music of Austra is born of the creative force that is the producer, songwriter and recording engineer Katie Stelmanis and the most powerful instrument at her disposal – her voice, one that is capable of effortlessly evoking moments of personal and universal drama.
ROSINA is a new global dance music project from Toronto, Chile, Bangladesh and Barbados, that comprises vocalist / producer Rosina, Producer Murr and drag performer/multidisciplinary artist Franny Galore-Wngz.
ROSINA
ROSINA is a new global dance music project from Toronto, Chile, Bangladesh and Barbados, that comprises vocalist / producer Rosina, Producer Murr and drag performer/multidisciplinary artist Franny Galore-Wngz.
“One of Toronto’s most incendiary groove machines, [TUSH surfaced] from the city’s fertile warehouse scene where Kamilah Apong and Jamie Kidd ignite dance floors with their transcendent live show –– a celebration indebted to the glory days of early disco that cleverly [avoids] pastiche thanks to the troupe’s sheer talent.” – (Exclaim!)
Tush
“One of Toronto’s most incendiary groove machines, [TUSH surfaced] from the city’s fertile warehouse scene where Kamilah Apong and Jamie Kidd ignite dance floors with their transcendent live show –– a celebration indebted to the glory days of early disco that cleverly [avoids] pastiche thanks to the troupe’s sheer talent.” – (Exclaim!)
Amrita “Ami” Kaur Dang is a South Asian-American, Sikh composer, music producer, vocalist and sitarist from Baltimore. Combining ideas from South Asian music with synthesizers, MIDI controllers, lighting design and gestural movement, her work invites the audience to reframe their assumptions about the colonial history of music, the arts, technology, and performance and its place in the contemporary musical landscape.
Ami Dang
Amrita “Ami” Kaur Dang is a South Asian-American, Sikh composer, music producer, vocalist and sitarist from Baltimore. Combining ideas from South Asian music with synthesizers, MIDI controllers, lighting design and gestural movement, her work invites the audience to reframe their assumptions about the colonial history of music, the arts, technology, and performance and its place in the contemporary musical landscape.
Known for his sleek vocal tones, sultry melodies and music which oozes with personality, Tafari Anthony leaves listeners in awe – somewhat apt considering his name means “He who inspires awe”.
Tafari Anthony
Known for his sleek vocal tones, sultry melodies and music which oozes with personality, Tafari Anthony leaves listeners in awe – somewhat apt considering his name means “He who inspires awe”.
Beams is a psychedelic folk-rock band formed in 2011 in Toronto, Canada. Their beguiling sound pairs the stunning harmonization of female voices with the shimmering textures of banjo and vibraphone.
BEAMS
Beams is a psychedelic folk-rock band formed in 2011 in Toronto, Canada. Their beguiling sound pairs the stunning harmonization of female voices with the shimmering textures of banjo and vibraphone.
Toronto’s Ducks Ltd. (formerly Ducks Unlimited), the bright jangle-pop duo of Tom McGreevy (lead vocal, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Evan Lewis (guitar, bass, drum programming), accomplish the impossible. The pair craft songs that play to very specific inspirations without drowning underneath them.
Ducks Ltd.
Toronto’s Ducks Ltd. (formerly Ducks Unlimited), the bright jangle-pop duo of Tom McGreevy (lead vocal, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Evan Lewis (guitar, bass, drum programming), accomplish the impossible. The pair craft songs that play to very specific inspirations without drowning underneath them.
A self-proclaimed introvert who’d rather dash off on her own than feel disconnected in the wrong crowd- she arrives in Montreal at the age of 16 to pursue a degree in composition. She invites you to be comfortable in the lucid, to be sensual without the sexual, in the possibility of communicating what you may not yet know.
Ouri
A self-proclaimed introvert who’d rather dash off on her own than feel disconnected in the wrong crowd- she arrives in Montreal at the age of 16 to pursue a degree in composition. She invites you to be comfortable in the lucid, to be sensual without the sexual, in the possibility of communicating what you may not yet know.
Hyper-strange post-grunge and glam-pop outfits who seem to take in all the vagaries of the internet age and recycle them into something unique and fantastic. You won’t want to miss them take the Main Stage at 7 pm on Saturday! It’ll undoubtedly be a great show!
The Effens
Hyper-strange post-grunge and glam-pop outfits who seem to take in all the vagaries of the internet age and recycle them into something unique and fantastic. You won’t want to miss them take the Main Stage at 7 pm on Saturday! It’ll undoubtedly be a great show!
Experimental rock trio Yoo Doo Right (Montréal, CA) wed noisy, melodic guitar parts, effect-heavy synthesizer soundscapes, deep bass grooves and patented percussive furies into a literal wall of sound. In their honest approach to experimentation, they engage with elements of krautrock, shoegaze, post-rock and psychedelia, crafting a unique sound that could be described as a “car crash in slow motion”.
Yoo Doo Right
Experimental rock trio Yoo Doo Right (Montréal, CA) wed noisy, melodic guitar parts, effect-heavy synthesizer soundscapes, deep bass grooves and patented percussive furies into a literal wall of sound. In their honest approach to experimentation, they engage with elements of krautrock, shoegaze, post-rock and psychedelia, crafting a unique sound that could be described as a “car crash in slow motion”.
Ben created GUV III & IV, a collection of songs dedicated and testifying to the eternal healing power of love – how to find it in the world, in others, and most importantly, in himself. In the Spring of 2020, Ben Cook – a.k.a. Young Governor, Young Guv or just Guv – and his bandmates were living moment to moment in something called an Earthship. By the New Year, almost in spite of himself, he had created an album, two new albums actually, and through the ordeal was forever changed.
Young Guv
Ben created GUV III & IV, a collection of songs dedicated and testifying to the eternal healing power of love – how to find it in the world, in others, and most importantly, in himself. In the Spring of 2020, Ben Cook – a.k.a. Young Governor, Young Guv or just Guv – and his bandmates were living moment to moment in something called an Earthship. By the New Year, almost in spite of himself, he had created an album, two new albums actually, and through the ordeal was forever changed.
That love is the beating heart of Dilly Dally. Monks and guitarist Liz Ball formed the band after bonding over a shared passion for explosive, grungy rock and roll in high school, and the two have been inseparable and unwavering in their vision ever since.
Dilly Dally
That love is the beating heart of Dilly Dally. Monks and guitarist Liz Ball formed the band after bonding over a shared passion for explosive, grungy rock and roll in high school, and the two have been inseparable and unwavering in their vision ever since.
Based in Cranbrook, BC (originally formed in Whitehorse, Yukon), Rare-Earth Magnet is a synth playing, prog-ish, guitar soloing, show gaze, bedroom pop, modern rock band fronted by Zach and Amber Pelland.
Rare-Earth Magnet
Based in Cranbrook, BC (originally formed in Whitehorse, Yukon), Rare-Earth Magnet is a synth playing, prog-ish, guitar soloing, show gaze, bedroom pop, modern rock band fronted by Zach and Amber Pelland.
Highlighted by an artistic acumen and an amazing ability to evoke emotion, Stokes’ music is demonstrative of a songwriting craftsperson at work, with music, words and vocal performances that connect to the hearts and spirits of all who hear them.
Rose-Erin Stokes
Highlighted by an artistic acumen and an amazing ability to evoke emotion, Stokes’ music is demonstrative of a songwriting craftsperson at work, with music, words and vocal performances that connect to the hearts and spirits of all who hear them.
Picture this: two people meet in small-town northern Ontario on a Saturday night as summer is coming to end. A chance encounter that eventually will define the narrative of the rest of their lives. The end result is a sunny and often upbeat record that is highlighted by Sowka’s melodic harmonies & taking inspiration from the warm lush sound of late-60s early-70s singer-songwriters.
Summersets
Picture this: two people meet in small-town northern Ontario on a Saturday night as summer is coming to end. A chance encounter that eventually will define the narrative of the rest of their lives. The end result is a sunny and often upbeat record that is highlighted by Sowka’s melodic harmonies & taking inspiration from the warm lush sound of late-60s early-70s singer-songwriters.
For the past 10 years, OX’s Mark Browning has shifted his creative energies from playing with his acclaimed alt-country band to starting a family and investing in his community. Somewhere amidst all of this, Browning found time to complete OX’s sixth album. Singing about the joys of his newfound communal experiences, while reflecting on the burnout he suffered as a nomadic touring musician, his voice has the wizened sound of an indie-rock road dog who’s seen it all.
Ox
For the past 10 years, OX’s Mark Browning has shifted his creative energies from playing with his acclaimed alt-country band to starting a family and investing in his community. Somewhere amidst all of this, Browning found time to complete OX’s sixth album. Singing about the joys of his newfound communal experiences, while reflecting on the burnout he suffered as a nomadic touring musician, his voice has the wizened sound of an indie-rock road dog who’s seen it all.
