A great house-party soundtrack should feel immediate without becoming predictable. It needs bright hooks for the first arrivals, enough rhythmic lift to keep…
Championing Female Indie Artists
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A Playlist for House Parties: Upbeat Indie Pop by Female Artists
The Song That Was Recorded Live in a Library During Closed Hours
There is a particular kind of tension in a recording made after the doors have locked. The building is still, the phones are silent, and every small sound…
Interview: The Drummer Who Composes the Band’s Songs on a Glockenspiel
In a Montreal rehearsal room filled with cables, battered amplifiers, and the faint rattle of a broken window, Maya Desrosiers begins a song with eight bright…
How a Female Indie Band Crowdfunded a Tour Across Canada in 2014
In 2014, an independent band could have a strong record, loyal local fans, and almost no money for the road. Canada’s geography made touring especially…
The Underground Map Turned Into A Montreal Song Cycle
The singer who wrote a concept album about Montreal’s metro stations began with a simple local obsession: the city sounds different underground. Trains arrive…
When One Microphone Is Enough for a Folk Album
There is a particular intimacy in hearing a singer take a breath before a verse, or a guitar string buzz against the fretboard as a chord changes. Mara Venn’s…
Ten free MP3 downloads from 2015 featuring indie blues guitarists
The best music discoveries often arrive without fanfare: a compressed MP3, a handwritten recommendation, or a small blog post pointing toward an artist who…
How women artists make the vocoder feel human
The vocoder is often associated with chrome-plated futurism: robotic speech, synthetic harmonies, and voices folded into the machinery of a dance track. In…
Uncovering the Backstory of a 2013 Indie Classic That Almost Wasn’t Released
In 2013, independent music still moved through a wonderfully improvised network of small labels, bedroom studios, local promoters, and listeners who shared…
The 2015 indie compilation for a Montreal women’s shelter
In 2015, an independent music compilation gave Montreal’s female and female-fronted artists a way to share the spotlight while supporting women facing housing…
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