Francis Baptiste (Vancouver, BC) is an Indigenous songwriter who sings in Nysilxcen, the endangered language of the Syilx.

 On Lived Experience in East Vancouver (2025): 

"The intense and emotional Lived Experience in East Vancouver focuses on battling addiction and coming to terms with trauma and moving beyond. It's visceral and full-on rocking."  — The Vancouver Sun   

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Super Pyramid. The debut LP of Super Pyramid (the project of Montreal’s Ben Rowley), Comment if This Is Paradise! feels like watching summer clouds change shape–slow, beautiful, and surprisingly absorbing once you give it your attention. 

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Yellerjack is a punk-a-billy band from Montreal.

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You won’t get enough of “CIGARETTE AFTER SCHOOL”, a Ukrainian post-punk trio based in Montreal, led by the charismatic singer and bassist Myroslav Murha! “Loud but emotionally clear music”, “ADHD punk”, “Rock for the brave and the desperate”: that’s how the band members describe their work! Surely making its way into Montreal’s local scene, “CIGARETTE AFTER SCHOOL” has been playing in multiple venues around the city, slowly building its own fanbase and has release first EP this year “NOTHING BUT A GAME”.