Marie Davidson, a French-Canadian producer, has always defied norms in dance music. Her albums blend introspective storytelling with diverse sounds, from techno to Italo disco. Her sixth album, City of Clowns, merges pre-pandemic and evolving elements, tackling Big Tech as her new antagonist.

HALLOWS is a Los Angeles-based dark electronic duo consisting of Vanee Dusoruth and Dom Rolando. The band’s seductive and melancholic sound explores themes of unease, longing, and sadness in their music inspired by 80s synth nostalgia, coupled with modern electronics, disco, and punk influences.

Devours (they/them) is the DIY electropunk project of Vancouver-based musician Jeff Cancade. Across four acclaimed underground albums, including the recent Polaris Prize-longlisted Homecoming Queen, Devours has written confessional and confrontational electronic music about masculinity, body image, gay politics, and inner-city queer existence. They have toured Canada and the US, received coverage from Vice, CBC, Exclaim, and the Globe and Mail, and have performed at festivals such as SXSW, Treefort Music Fest, Up Here Festival, Purple City, Vancouver Jazz Fest, and more. Their anticipated fifth record will be released in March 2025.

Small Pleasures is a post-punk duo from Victoria, BC, Canada. Inspired by early 80s dark-wave pioneers, the band is a fusion between Viny’s fuzzed out bass backed by Nevada’s textured drums and triggered synth mixed with lofty vocal melodies. In July 2024, Small Pleasures released their sophomore EP “Limits” recorded by Colin Stewart at The Hive. In support of this new release, the duo embarked on a tour across the Canadian Prairies in November, followed by a Japan tour in December. Small Pleasures will be releasing their first full-length album in the spring of 2025 combined with a second European tour.

Goth pop duo Fauxcils excavate and sift the work of Jenn Herd and Dunstan Topp, two francophone artists from Sudbury, Ontario. Fed by cold love, androgynous fashion and synthesizers, fauxcils burn a lush soundscape of sequin sequences, jarring drum machines, chorused lashes and painted faces. With modern textures fixed in ageless arrangement, they construct ornate video performances of ceramic collage. As artists working in screen printing, ceramic and video; masters of DIY, their live shows often feature installation and performance, transforming any space. Channeling coldwave classics such as New Order and Kraftwerk, as well as contemporary acts like Xiu Xiu and Geneva Jaccuzi, Fauxcils evoke remorse for loss with their debut album,Tears of Paint, out April 25th 2025. // Le duo Goth pop Fauxcils creuse et tamise le travail de Jenn Herd et Dunstan Topp, deux artistes francophones de Sudbury, Ontario. Chargé de mode androgène et de synthétiseurs cillés, fauxcils brûlent un paysage sonore luxuriant de machines séquencé, instruments chorusé et de visages peints. Avec textures modernes fixées dans des arrangements intemporels, ils construisent des performances vidéo ornées de collage céramiques. Artistes travaillant dans la sérigraphie, la céramique et la vidéo, maîtres du DIY, leurs concerts comportent souvent des installations qui transforment les espaces de performances. S'inspirant des classiques du Coldwave tels que New Order et Kraftwerk, ainsi que d'artistes contemporains comme Xiu Xiu et Geneva Jaccuzi, Fauxcils évoque le remords de la perte avec leur premier album, Tears of Paint, qui sortira le 25 avril 2025.

Mox Jet is a darkwave/indie rock duo from Edmonton, Alberta, featuring Taylor Jade on vocals and guitar and Daniel Sedmak on bass and programming. Formed in the cold Alberta hinterlands, Mox Jet brings the vibe of '80s goth and post-punk bands into a synth driven sound.