Nelson Sobral is a singer-songwriter and guitarist hailing from Toronto, equally inspired by the vast, wide open spaces of the country he calls home and the labyrinthine maze of the city in which he resides. His music is as much Americana and blues as it is soul and rock ‘n’ roll, perfectly balanced with the energy and sound of each of his respective influences, uniting them all with one, singular mission: to move and energize audiences into an all-night frenzy and travel the world on the might of his song.

His gritty new single, “Hang On,” is delta blues shot up with electric rock and roll. This is the third taste of his upcoming full-length album, the follow up to 2022’s Second Arrow.

Formed in early 2008, Nok Novum is an instrumental band from Canada. The band was originally conceived as a two-piece, with guitarist Grant Cooper and drummer Brady Mason with the addition of Scott Giffin on guitar and Cam Dougall on bass in 2013. The band has developed a textured sound that cleverly fuses 70’s progressive rock, jazz-fusion, and heavy metal, creating a sound that is chaotic yet mesmerizing.

All of the production choices were purely instinctual on Nok Novum’s new song, “Funky Shins.” The great thing about this band is that there are no rules. Each member has so many musical influences that they have a bottomless pit of inspiration to throw at the canvas, and that’s how this became the first Nok Novum song to use acoustic piano. 

ROKI stands poised at the vanguard of a new wave of artists who are redefining the boundaries of contemporary music as she continues to carve her niche in the alternative pop landscape. Brooding, charged single “The Fall” demonstrates an honest and heartfelt perspective on human existence amidst today’s complex social climate.

“It’s about a mixture of things: life, and the fragility of it, feeling societal pressures, the fact that we’re all made up of energy and vibration, and we’re sensitive to the environment around us,” ROKI explains. 

“In this big world, sometimes we can feel so small, like we’re unable to make change but still feeling like we have to take responsibility of the situation we’re in.

‘The Fall’ moves me; it gets me thinking about life and our potential as people. You have to listen to it LOUD, on a bass -y system; you need to feel it rattle your insides.”  

Owen Marchildon is a songwriter and guitarist who has been part of the Toronto music scene since 2002. Owen‘s creative output has been prolific, producing volumes of his own music independently since 2005. 10 full-length albums, one EP, and several singles under four different monikers: Purple Hill, Rough Skeletons, Marchildon! and High Wasted. Owen has also played bass for the critically lauded Math Rock Quartet, From Fiction, and later with Julie Kendall’s surf-soul project, 1977.

2024 has seen Owen pulling back the veil of all his previous monikers and releasing new music under his own name, starting with the sweet pop ode to his wife, “Heavy Dreams.” 

His latest release, “Celebrity Singles,” is a jangly rock ‘n’ roll tune about the loneliness and isolation of fame and the endless amount of energy that goes into maintaining the dream. After all, “in Hollywood nothing ever lasts forever, except plastic surgery and sunny weather.” Longtime bandmates and collaborators, Jordan Bruce and Brent Hough, spread out the sound, complimenting the style, imagination, and fabric of Owen‘s songwriting.