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“You’re not ladylike, you’re not what ladies like,” Charlie Houston declares on her grunge-y new single. It reads as an anti-etiquette lesson, as she snatches back her autonomy from patriarchal pessimists" CBC Music calls Charlie Houston "Ladylike" a Song You Need To Hear www.cbc.ca/music/new-mu...

LISTEN: SO FAINT – SO FAINT spillmagazine.com/spill-album-... | via Spill Magazine

Ghostkeeper Premiere Short Western Film 'The Wild Sheriff' exclaim.ca/film/article... | via @exclaimdotca.bsky.social | New album 'Balloon Moon' out everywhere today

Q&A: STACEY on Feminine Independence, Psych Pop and Letting Her Freak Flag Fly www.thelunacollective.co/journal/qa-s... | via The Luna Collective

'The soul-folk star shone at Toronto's Concert Hall' @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social takes in Allison Russell's recent Toronto performance for @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

"A contemplative tour de force of calming folk tunes with country flourishes and catchy moments ...honest and vulnerable, the Winnipeg singer/songwriter's best work to date." CupsNCakes spins Jacob Brodovsky's new LP 'Tell The Kids We Tried' www.cupsncakespod.com/quick-picks/...

Visit @exclaimdotca.bsky.social's 'The Eh! List and discover new music from Helena Deland, MOONRIIVR, and more open.spotify.com/playlist/4Un...

#WokeUpWithThisSongInMyHead Son Volt “Last Minute Shakedown” www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H4O...

On !earshot's latest National Electronic Radio Chart CG Tears' self-titled debut album repeats at #1 www.earshot-online.com/charts/index...

Tune in to The Verge on SiriusXM Canada and hear new music from Jordan Klassen (and more) www.siriusxm.ca/channels/the...

Ryan Guldemond (Mother Mother) Introduced So Faint to Each Other talkhouse.com/ryan-guldemo... | via @talkhouse.bsky.social

LISTEN: Tinnitist spins Evan Roderick's new single "Solar View" on the latest 'Canadian Beacon' tinnitist.com/2026/10/23/c...

Jean‑Michel Blais Set for Royal Conservatory Performance exclaim.ca/music/articl... | via @exclaimdotca.bsky.social

#WokeUpWithThisSongInMyHead Art Pepper "Four Brothers" www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sy6...

On the latest !earshot National Radio Chart True Mountain Laurel's 'Angel So Bad' retakes #1, Magi Merlin's 'POWER HOUSE' is #8, Allison Russell's 'In The Hour of Chaos' is #10 www.earshot-online.com

"Mouzourakis and Bethel draw on books, art and history with melodies that stay with you after the references have registered. ...an oustanding debut" @montrealrocks.ca dives deep into Tommy Lefroy's 'The Precariat' montrealrocks.ca/album-review...

Helena Deland Shares Dreamy Single “Tip of My Tongue” photogmusic.com/helenadeland... | via @photogmusic.bsky.social

#WokeUpWithThisSongInMyHead Way Dynamic “Material” www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ7e...

LISTEN: @3amrevelations.bsky.social spins So Faint's 'Begin Again" and calls it a 'Song of the Week'. From the self-titled debut album, out everywhere now www.3amrevelations.com/listen/songs...

Press play on @exclaimdotca.bsky.social's 'The Eh! List' and hear new music from Charlie Houston (and more) open.spotify.com/playlist/4Un...

WATCH: Tinnitist's new 'Canadian Beacon' kicks off with the live performance video of MOONRIIVR's new single "Lady Of The Lake" tinnitist.com/2026/10/23/c...

#WokeUpWithThisSongInMyHead Dionne Warwick “Walk on By” www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGs...

Helena Deland Announces New Album ‘Eternity Shrugs’ www.clashmusic.com/news/helena-... | via @clashmusic.com

"Les missions d'Allison Russell : se diversifier et résister à Trump par l'art. L'autrice-compositrice-interprète d'origine montréalaise ajoute le théâtre musical et le cinéma à son bagage artistique" www.journaldequebec.com/2026/10/22/l... | via @journaldequebec.com

Andy Shauf — the afterparty phoenix-mag.com/reviews/andy... | via Phoenix Magazine

Tommy Lefroy Are Learning to Live with Uncertainty cult-machine.com/tommy-lefroy... | via Cult Machine | Debut album, 'The Precariat', out everywhere today

Hannah Georgas and Lyn Heinemann on forming So Faint www.cbc.ca/arts/q/hanna... | via CBC Q with Tom Power

10 years of 'Secret Path' marked with special concert Oct 23 at Concert Hall www.slowcity.ca/sound/10-yea... | via Slowcity | @willmcguirk.bsky.social

Helena Deland announces new Album ‘Eternity Shrugs’ northerntransmissions.com/helena-delan... | via @northern-trans.bsky.social

WATCH: Tinnitist presses play on the music video for Dana Lee's "Circus'. From the album 'Big Time', out now everywhere tinnitist.com/2026/10/16/c...

#WokeUpWithThisSongInMyHead Jackson Browne "Late for the Sky" www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3SJ...

Tommy Lefroy Can't Help but Sing About Our "Decaying and Post-Apocalyptic" World exclaim.ca/music/articl... | Debut album 'The Precariat' out everywhere tomorrow

Young Friend Stages an Ensemble Day in “Michael Wakes Up” seerocklive.com/young-friend... | via See Rock Live | 'New Entertainment' Album out November 6

“We accidentally recorded the amp using a microphone with a bag over it, about 15 feet away in another room. This distant, muffled sound became the haunted centrepiece that defines the rest of this recording." MOONRIIVR share new single "Lady Of The Lake" www.killbeatmusic.com/media-releas...

Dial up @onestowatch.bsky.social's #NowWatching and hear new music from So Faint, Ten Kills the Pack, and more open.spotify.com/playlist/0EV...

Allison Russell | Femme d’espoir heureux www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique... | via @lapresse.ca

Montreal artist Helena Deland reveals plans for new album, Eternity Shrugs www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/montrea... | via @thelineofbestfit.com

Press play on @exclaimdotca.bsky.social's 'The Eh! List and hear music from the Jeremy Dutcher Trio's 'Live in Japan' open.spotify.com/playlist/4Un...

"Qui aurait cru que le piano néoclassique, les chœurs liturgiques et la musique andine feraient aussi bon ménage ? Musicien sans frontières, le Québécois Jean-Michel Blais innove une fois de plus avec mirador" @lactualite.com spins Jean-Michel Blais' 'mirador' lactualite.com/temps-libre/...

#WokeUpWithThisSongInMyHead Rickie Lee Jones "Living It Up" www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaHj...

"It’s a fully realized sound from a songwriter who has always had a talent for penning introspective tracks, and has once again lifted the veil on his innermost thoughts with aplomb." CBC Music calls Jonah Yano's "Holding On" a 'Song You Need To Hear' www.cbc.ca/music/new-mu...

"Tracing the events of a single evening, the Canadian songwriter’s cult-favorite concept album gets a new reissue with demos and outtakes that add darker shades to its intimate, soft-rock vignettes." @pitchfork.com spins Andy Shauf's The Party (10th Anniversary Edition) pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Tune in to The Verge on SiriusXM Canada and hear music from Bodywash's upcoming album 'Laughing at Noise', out November 20 www.siriusxm.ca/channels/the...

“I believe everyone is a little bit masculine, a little bit feminine and I hope this song gives people the confidence to lean in any direction that makes them feel most like their self.” Charlie Houston releases new single "Ladylike" www.killbeatmusic.com/media-releas...

LISTEN: CBC's Saskatchewan Weekend chats with Begonia about JUNO Award Winning album 'Fantasy Life'. The 'Fantasy Life' Tour continues this week www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

WATCH: @3amrevelations.bsky.social screens the music video for Ten Kills the Pack's new single "We Both Care" and calls it a 'Song of the Week' www.3amrevelations.com/listen/songs...

Hannah Georgas and Lyn Heinnemann Show Their Instant Chemistry on So Faint's Self-Titled Debut exclaim.ca/music/articl... | via @exclaimdotca.bsky.social

#WokeUpWithThisSongInMyHead Reverend Baron "Every Promise" www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWMi...

Tune in to Afterdark with Odario Williams on CBC Music tonight and hear new music His His (and more) www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Jonah Yano Announces New Album 'Spin': Hear Two Songs stereogum.com/2514567/jona... | via @stereogum.com