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For fans of: Lil Peep, Elliott Smith There is very little information about ekkstacy available online, beyond the fact that he s an 18-year-old from Vancouver. Despite the secrecy, the word is already out about his haunting music, which is doing big streaming numbers by mixing whispered acoustic ballads with SoundCloud emo rap. His standout singles combine his ghostly voice with catchy instrumentation, as on the new wave bounce of i walk this earth all by myself or the 1979 -esque alt-rock of i want to be by your side. Alex Hudson ....
8 Escape from Planet Devours was born from a nervous breakdown. Jeff Cancade, a.k.a. Vancouver electro-pop gaylien Devours, spent the pandemic isolated and unemployed. His already waning obsession with making it as a musician died as the entire industry plunged into uncertainty. Disillusioned and depressed, music stopped being fun, and he nearly quit. Throughout this time, he continued struggling with body image issues. They largely stemmed from his experiences among gay communities that worshipped at the altar of hypermasculinity. On Escape, he s extricated himself from the resultant insecurity, shame and guilt by transforming into the superhero he always wished he saw, one who didn t conform to the beefcake ideal he grew up watching in wrestling rings and 90s action blockbusters like ....
Little Piece of Hair is a joyful rebellion for those trapped in their minds. With most people confined to their homes, too, the six-song EP provides sweet release for all their pent-up energy. The Halifax quartet project their exuberant, rough-around-the-edges racket in an attempt to bring down the mental and physical walls around them. Like Century Egg s 2020 EP, We Can Play, their latest offering contains no shortage of earworms. Shane Keyu Song s voice still bobs atop Robert Drisdelle s thick-cut and cutting guitar lines like a buoy behind a speeding boat. But on Little Piece of Hair, the band s new rhythm section, drummer Meg Yoshida (Not You) and bassist Matty Grace (Cluttered, Future Girls), steers Century Egg in a heavier direction. ....
Published Apr 06, 2021 8 Since the mid- 90s, Sook-Yin Lee has embedded herself in Canadian culture through her work as a broadcaster, actor, filmmaker, musician, and performance artist. In 2015, she embarked on a new musical journey with poet and composer Adam Litovitz. Calling themselves Jooj, they released a self-titled album of tense torch songs as serene as they were unnerving. At the time, Lee and Litovitz were partners in love. Though they later separated after 12 years together, they remained a central part of each other s lives until Litovitz tragically died in June 2019. Before Litovitz s tragic passing, he and Lee had begun laying down tracks for what would become their followup, ....