Tweet this page Share this page to Facebook Link to this page. Listen to us on Spotify. Listen to us on Apple Music. Whether it be playlists, radio, blogs, writers or even music festivals, we all have our own trusted sources for discovering new music. Musician, filmmaker and activist: Born in the Canadian Arctic to an Inuk mother and a father with Newfoundland origins and awarded with a Juno Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year with her former project Taima in , the Montreal-based singer combines aboriginal musical elements with classical folk and stripped-down songwriting.
Her new album The Ballad of the Runaway Girl — sung in Inuktitut, English and French — tells the story of an expatriate Inuk and the reconnection process to their roots, as a way of honoring her heritage. By embracing them, Elisapie can now sing truthfully about her past in a soulful, soothing way while evoking in her music the purity and vulnerable atmospheres of the northern lands.
Its easy sweetness is tempered with self-deprecatingly witty lyrics and just the right amount of crunchy guitar. Fans of Alvvays should find a lot to love with The Beth and their instantly likable music.
Amanda Hatfield is a photographer and writer from New Jersey. Ski-masked quartet Blood Cultures hail from New Jersey, and not much else is known about the enigmatic artists. All gimmicks aside, the music confidently speaks for itself. Their signature lo-fi tones are at once delightfully vintage and firmly futuristic. Katey hails from Atlanta and currently resides in Brooklyn. She is a publicist by day, and can be found raving in dark warehouses by night. Her second album will be released on Domino Records in She combines Chicago house with electro-pop suitable for the radio formula and reminds us both of Fever Ray and M.
The fact that Georgia has written, recorded and produced the album herself reaffirms her ability as an artist, as does the fact that Kate Tempest or The Flaming Lips already wants to work with her. Josie Boivin, a Quebec-based singer-songwriter and producer, is a classically trained pianist, opera singer, and jazz student who set up her studio at home in the kitchen. Amy graduated with a masters degree in comparative biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley before discovering how deep her passion for music runs.
