by Tiana Feng

While we’re on the subject of weird melodies, I’d like to introduce you to Prince Nifty. Experimental in nature, the vocals are free-flowing like Gregorian chant. Avant-garde artist Thomas Gill is one of the contributors to their latest Pity Slash Love, most audible in the keyboards album’s second track. Prepare for an otherwordly adventure below.

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Release Date: February 5th, 2013
Label: Hidden Pony Records

It’s been 3 years since Rishi Dhir released Polaris long-listed The Seven Seas. Within it, he integrated Indian influences with middle-eastern vocal techniques, tabla and dilruba. In his sophomore release, and the band’s self-titled release, the line-up has changed but Dhir still maintains the stuck-in 80′s brand of hindi-pop rock. Continue Reading

by Tiana Feng

Toronto’s The Highest Order is releasing their debut album If It’s Real on March 19th. The album is a psychedelic journey through lost love, loneliness, addiction, death and murder. Listen to the reverb-filled “Lonely Weekends” below.

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Walrus has released a split casette with Sheepman. They will also be heading out on an Eastern Canadian tour late February. Check out their side of the cassette, a tune called “Lamb Girl” below.

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Theater-influenced rockers Radius and Helena are going to release 2 LPs in 2013. For now they’ve teased us with 3 tracks on their Bandcamp. Below you can listen to the slightly weird and eerie Science Fiction.

by Tiana Feng

Led by Marie Davison, Essaie Pas is a Montreal psych-pop group. Their tunes range from electropop sounding to a more atmospheric tone to the likes of Sonic Youth and Velvet Underground. In August, they released an EP called Tout est Jeune. Listen to the more bouncy Carajou below. Thanks to Silent Shout for the discovery.
Essaie Pas- Carcajou

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Here’s the latest video from Beliefs for Catch My Breath. They will be releasing a self-titled album sometime in March.