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Montreal's sea oleena has returned with her first release since 2014's shallow, and after a few listens, I feel good calling this one a contender for the most gorgeous album of 2020...

Sweet throwback synth vibes for New York nights and West Coast drives, this one sparked some serious nostalgia for half-remembered late-'80s movie montages and classic new-wave bands...

Canadian producer Patrick Holland, who you may already know from his stellar work as Project Pablo, drops the first release under his own name with the emotional "Up to You". The glowing track showcases Holland's deft (and in this case, beautifully tender) melodic touch, with some sweet vocal samples from a familiar voice enhancing the light, dreamily wistful vibe...

RACQUET mag just released their sick California-focused 9th edition for Spring 2019, and as usual, we came through with some appropriate jams to soundtrack the issue from the likes of CHROMATICS, Solange, Toro y Moi, Kaytranada, MUNYA, and more, with some audio from budding young stars Bianca Andreescu and Felix Auger Aliassime prominently featured up in the mix. Pick up issue #9 here + listen to

Model Express, the extremely limited tape release from Cindy Lee -- aka Patrick Flegel, formerly of beloved Canadian band Women -- is one of our favorite records of 2018, a haunting and occasionally unsettling evolution of the classic, lost-girl-group-melodies-meet-experimental-noise-pop that Pat explored on brilliant earlier releases Act of Tenderness + Malenkost...

Shout out to Tobias on Facebook for the heads up on this charming new vid from Quebec City band Men I Trust, featuring old VHS home video footage courtesy of the group's family and friends, set to the infectious, sunny groove of their new jam "Tailwhip"...

Super charming new song and video from Caylie Runciman, aka Boyhood, from her forthcoming album Bad Mantras. Vid shot + edited by travis boisvenue.

You've already heard the lovely title track and the heartbreaking follow-up single, and today London, Ontario duo You'll Never Get To Heaven share yet another gem from their stellar new Images LP. "Beyond the Clouds" is one of the album's dreamiest highs, floating above the haze like a mystical, soft-focus Canadian version of Dear Tommy...

Images, the haunting forthcoming LP from Canadians Chuck Blazevic + Alice Hansen aka You'll Never Get To Heaven, is officially our favorite record of 2017 so far (apologies to Julie Byrne, Migos, Hater, Talaboman, RAMZi, Hand Habits, Sampha, etc)...

Canadian duo You'll Never Get To Heaven shares the intoxicating title track from the long-awaited follow up to their haunting 2014 EP Adorn. The group's new LP Images is out March 31st. Listen to the dreamy "Images" below + pre-order the record here.