A kazoo usually lives in the back of a joke shop novelty drawer or gets passed around at a backyard barbie, but one female indie rocker flipped that script…
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When a Female Indie Rocker Made the Kazoo Her Lead Instrument
Samantha Crain’s Kid Face Finds Beauty in a Fast-Made Record
Samantha Crain’s Kid Face arrived in 2013 with the rough-hewn confidence of a record that did not spend years polishing away its imperfections. The Oklahoma…
Montreal Cafe That Gave Women the Mic Every Wednesday Night
In a city already famous for its coffee culture and francophone cool, a small Mile End cafe quietly built something rare between 2013 and 2015: a weekly indie…
The Small Format That Made an EP Feel Personal
At a local show, an artist handed listeners something they rarely receive from a new release now: a floppy disk. The small square carried her EP, turning a…
The 2015 Indie Album Recorded Inside a Converted Church
Three winters before a small group of Montreal musicians set up microphones between wooden pews, the building had been a place of candles and Latin hymnals.…
Ten indie rock songs by women that feature trumpet solos
The trumpet has a way of slicing through an indie rock arrangement with a voice that feels both vintage and urgent. When a woman steps up to the microphone and…
A Sunny Handclap Playlist for Summer Indie Pop
A great summer playlist should feel immediate: bright guitars, buoyant bass, warm vocals and a rhythm that makes even a slow afternoon move. Handclaps bring…
A bassist who composes on a ukulele: an interview
For years, the bassist has been cast as the steady anchor of a band: locked to the root, minding the low end, holding everything in place while singers and…
Four Bands, One Van: The 2014 Tour With All Female-Fronted Acts
In the autumn of 2014, a battered twelve-seater van with a temperamental gear box rolled out of Montreal carrying four independent acts, a stack of hand-sold…
How a Female Indie Artist Used a Broken Guitar to Create a Unique Sound
A snapped guitar is usually treated as a disaster: a split neck, a loose bridge, or a pickup that cuts out at the worst possible moment. For indie artist Mara…
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