The Allah-Las are massive music nerds and turned their talents to dub reggae on this tune inspired by a Jamaican movie from the Eighties.

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I’m so not the target audience for Canadian hyperpop singer 8485, but this song is such an earworm I can’t resist it.

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Sophia Stel is a Canadian electronic artist who blends her emotional vocals with elements of hyper-pop and, on this mellow breakup tune, trip-hop.

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It took me a while to work out which of David Boring and Jenny Rotten is the band name and which is the song title but I’ve worked it out now.

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PVA describe their sound as “country-fried techno” though that’s probably not how you or I would describe them at first listen.

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The Oklahoma city of Tulsa, sometimes known as the Capital of Route 66, has a fine musical pedigree, including Johnathon Ford’s project Unwed Sailor.

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There’s a thin line between homage and pastiche and you can make your own mind up about teenage siblings The Molotovs.

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Packaging are a duo from Seattle who combine krautrok rhythms with swirling synths on this pulsating ode to airport anxiety. (more…)

Canadian musician Konner Whitney channels the ghost of Lou Reed in his gritty baritone and the country-tinged music of Whitney K.

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Lavinia Blackwall dives deep into the folk-rock past with the title track of her second solo album since leaving Trembling Bells.

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