Diggin’ This: Afternoon Bike Ride – “Couch Party” (Friends of Friends)
The Montreal trio’s two-word bio on their SoundCloud describes Afternoon Bike Ride‘s sound perfectly: warm vulnerability. Afternoon Bike Ride – “Couch Party” … Continue reading
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Diggin’ This: Vancouver Sleep Clinic – “Middle Of Nowhere”
Tim Bettinson returns with “Middle of Nowhere,” an acoustic-led gossamer folk imagination with flecks of plucked banjo and pedal steel washes to give it that cosmic country glimmer. Vancouver… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Kerri – “Self”
Textured late-night R&B from the 21-year-old Montreal artist. I’m all about that guitar that comes in at 1:54. Kerri – “Self” “Self”… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Marker Starling – “Silk Rock” (Tin Angel Records)
Impossible not to groove to this. Toronto’s Chris A. Cummings is Marker Starling. His latest single, “Silk Rock,” is a winding and casually circular whirl of retro-indie-boogie,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Benny Gebert – “Night Life” (Arts & Crafts Records)
This cricket chirp-fueled piano hypnosis on repeat. Recorded in a farmhouse in the woods of upstate New York in the midst of a heatwave with all of the windows… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Yagi – “Timelessness” (Jakarta Records & BRRWD aka Ta-ku & Repeat Pattern)
Saitama, Japan producer Toru Yaginuma, bettter known as Yagi, is a central fixture in Tokyo’s beat scene. It was in Tokyo that he first met Ta-ku and Repeat Pattern, who… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Charlotte Day Wilson – “After All”
I first got introduced to Charlotte Day Wilson by hearing her vocals on fellow Torontoist jagged jazzists BadBadNotGood’s “In Your Eyes” from their latest album IV. Since collaborating with BBNG, Charlotte… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Tor – “Days Gone”
Way into this moody beat shuffle from Vancouver producer Tor. Track of the day. Tor – “Days Gone” Tor’s new album, Blue Book,… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Swim Good x Merival – “Since U Asked” (Free Download)
The Canada is strong in this one. Ryan Hemsworth‘s Secret Songs series just keeps getting better and better. Here he’s highlighted Canadian beatsmith Jon Lawless aka Swim Good‘s collaboration… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Mocky – “Living in the Snow” (Official Lyric Video)
Since moving to LA, it appears that Canadian songwriter and producer Mocky has missed the ice and cooler temperatures of his homeland, as the title of his brand new song “Living in… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Alessia Cara – “Here” (Official Video)
I wasn’t sure if 18-year-old singer Alessia Cara was Canadian, but then it was immediately confirmed when I heard the line “Pardon my manners, I hope you’ll understand it.” “Here”… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: BadBadNotGood – “Kaleidoscope” (Kaytranada’s Flip) (Free Download)
I’ll be honest, whenever I see the words “Bad Bad Not Good” and “Kaytranada” on a track, I know my headphones are in for some quality. Listen to the 22-year-old… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Milosh – “Right Never Comes”
Toronto singer Mike Milosh is one half of Rhye. Based in Los Angeles, Milosh and Copenhagen producer Robin Hannibal make downtempo, orchestral R&B that sounds like having both too little… Continue reading
Diggin’ This: Potatohead People – “Blossoms” (Nick Wisdom Remix) (Free Download)
Bastard Jazz, the label best known for global jazz ambassadors Captain Planet and Lord Echo, frisbees us a freebie in the form of a dancefloor-ready remix of “Blossoms” from Montreal producer and one… Continue reading
Congruence – “Let Go”
Poolside music for summer in the year 2173. Love this woozy and wavy jam from Tennessee beat producers Soundpalette and Escpe, who recently started working together as Congruence. … Continue reading
Harrison – “Akira” (Official Video)
Let Toronto’s Harrison take you back in time with this monochromatic, retro-fantastic music video for his track “Akira.” Harrison – “Akira” (Official Video) Hear more… Continue reading
AlunaGeorge – “Kaleidoscope Love” (Kaytranada Remix) (Free Download)
Montreal producer Kaytranada can do no wrong. AlunaGeorge – “Kaleidoscope Love” (Kaytranada Remix) Download Kaytranada‘s remix of AlunaGeorge‘s “Kaleidoscope Love” for free here. … Continue reading
Mélissa Laveaux – “Pie Bwa”
With spritely yet melancholy fingerpicked guitar inches from your ears, Haitian-Canadian singer Mélissa Laveaux reworks and riffs on Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” singing entirely in Creole and from the viewpoint of the blood-stained… Continue reading
Slakah the Beatchild – “I Surrender” (Official Video)
That chunky bass guitar, that soaring soulful vocal, that acoustic guitar strim-strum, that pleasing woodblockish beat from Toronto’s Slakah the Beatchild. “I Surrender” sounds like it could be an unplugged Raphael Saadiq jam. Slakah the… Continue reading
Fitz Ambro$e & Ohbliv – “FAIFF” (Official Video) & “CANI” (Free Download)
Fitz Ambro$e originates from Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada and currently lives in Tokyo. Here he teams up with Richmond, Virginia’s Ohbliv to produce Zen Vapors: a 14-track musical collage of beats,… Continue reading
Half Moon Run – “Full Circle” (Official Video)
Canadian Pastoral both in scene and sound. Montreal indie-folksters Half Moon Run pair Fleet Foxes vocal melodies with shimmering post-rock guitar. Half Moon Run – “Full Circle” (Official Video) Listen to… Continue reading
Mano D’iShango aka Tysmé – “Future School (Ipòp Elòj)” (Free Download)
Guadeloupe’s Tysmé fuses 90s hip-hop flows in French with the electronics of the early 2010s. “Future School (Ipòp Elòj)” is produced by Toronto beatmaker Sunclef. Free download of Tysmé’s latest album… Continue reading
Black Atlass – “Castles” (Official Video)
London, Ontario, Canada’s Alex Fleming is Black Atlass. Bleak yet monumental, as castles often are.
Bad Bad Not Good ft Leland Whitty – “UWM” (MP3 from the “BBNG2” LP) (Free Album Download)
Jazz (We’ve Got). Bad Bad Not Good are no strangers to the shores of Neon Milk, and they’re back with their second full-length LP BBNG2, where James Blake, Gucci Mane, and Kanye West… Continue reading