ARTISTS
EX COWBOY
Victoria, BC
Humans naturally seek order, finding satisfaction in classifying and organizing to make sense of the world. The band ex-cowboy disrupts this craving for control by oscillating between scathing and carefree, mysterious and decisive, making music inspired by a diverse range of influences converging to shape their unique sound.
Jody Glenham
Vancouver, BC
Ethereal songwriter Jody Glenham is a whole ass mood — so much so that her latest album is called Mood Rock. Her songs are gentle but immediate, drifting along with muted drums and hazy guitars and synth. Her alluring vocals are always front and centre, pulling you into a dream-like world you won’t want to leave. An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Jody has toured as a member of Louise Burn's live band from 2012-2018 and is a current member of FRANKIIE. Mood Rock is her first full length album in 10 years, and can be heard on CBC's The Drive, the wistful airwaves of KEXP overnights and as the sentimental backdrop to multiple Netflix's series (The Order, Snowpiercer, Tiny Pretty Things).
Gadfly
Vancouver, BC
A power trio on the edge of utter chaos. With powerful guitar sounds and slow builds with throbbing bass lines, they are sure to provide a proper headbanging experience with a buttery smooth but also chaotic snare hit sound.
Earth freaks
Victoria, BC
Earth Freaks strike with contagious psych-rock energy. Simultaneously carefree and precise in approach, the quartet cruises atop driving rhythms and desert-tinged riffs. Explosive live shows bring it all to life, offering an invitation to float beyond current reality and into a space untethered by time
Queens park
Victoria, BC
In the midst of covid and a lack of live shows Queens Park was put together by Clayton Ikuta, Owen Rees, Sina Valizadeh, and Tom Cepeda. Driven by post-punk and garage rock, Queens Park aims to created catchy dancy but dark fuzz driven music with disco undertones.
Trophy dad
Victoria, BC
Forged through pain, suffering and countless hardships, this band of misfit toys chose to utilize playing high energy rock shows as therapy… Mainly because it was the closest thing to therapy they could afford ultimately proving that tough times don't last but the people do. These good time rock and rollers might break a heart or two but promise to put it back together in 4 chords or less. If Friday was a band, it would be Trophy Dad.
Curves
Vancouver, BC
Curves are a three piece from Vancouver. Their names are Jet, Sarah and Luis and they play garage(ish) rock music to cross your arms and drink PBR to.
wack
Vancouver, BC
Wack is a Psych-Dance Rock group from Vancouver, Canada. Comprised of 6 members: Rodo, Michael, Marie, Eduardo, Isaac and Pasang - they keep things groovy and psychedelic sonically while simultaneously exploring themes of emotional vulnerability, systemic inbalance, and mind altering states. Their diverse backgrounds; Nepal, Brazil, Mexico, Indigenous Canada, Ukraine, and Canada; bring a unique perspective to the music they create. While Wack’s experimental nature is often on display - they know how to rock. Their live shows are an infectious, high-energy experience that will have you dancing throughout.
conjure hand
Victoria, BC
Conjure Hand is a Canadian rock band formed in 2022. The band resides in Victoria, BC. Fronted by Canadian-Caribbean front man Andrew Kovar AKA “Black Caesar”, the band plays a diverse collection of rock and roll influenced by rock, blues,and soul music of the 1960s and 70s. Lyrically the band's themes stem from African American and Canadian history, voodoo from the African Diaspora, and lower class struggles. With a trio of harmonizing guitars, psychedelic organs, powerful lyrics, huge drums, and stand out bass, the band takes its listeners on a journey that could remind one of great acts such as Thin Lizzy, The Allman Brothers, Deep Purple, and BB King. With an ever expanding stage show , and deep roster of original and cover songs, Conjure Hand looks forward to leaving its next audiences in a trance.
poppa don gernie
Victoria, BC
Poppa Don Gernie is a Victoria based band that plays bluegrass and traditional Americana style music, mixed with a swing beat that comes from New Orleans.
Hopecity waters
Victoria, BC
HopeCity Waters is a Victoria based indie folk-soul band, with top notch songwriting, performances that are touching and tasteful, and a sound that is reminiscent of bands like Big Thief and Frazey Ford.
Slugger
Victoria, BC
Slugger makes hard-working slacker rock - the band’s nonchalant attitude belies an artistic commitment to top-shelf tunes and direct, high energy performance. Formed by an eclectic trio with esoteric tastes, Slugger’s set veers from alt-rock guitar melodies to hardcore rippers, from post-punk balladry to krautrock psych jams, punctuated with equal amounts of earnestness and humour. Slugger relishes musical contradiction: high concept songs with catchy melodies, arty lyrics with earworm hooks, dextrous fretwork and brutish chords. Above all, the band is unrelentingly committed to fun, cerebral, enrapturing rock.
WHOLLUM
Vancouver, BC
Whollum's sound dances around the fringes of what defines any given genre. Their songs, at times, may contain minimal resemblance to how they've been previously heard, yet their set on the whole delivers a sturdy coherence. Offering, in full energy, an established and curated performance. May Contain: chaotic bending vocals, weepish droning spells, concerning lyrics, and Krautrock.
Sofia miller
Victoria, BC
Sofia Miller, is an independent solo artist, producer based in "Victoria", British Columbia. She has made her most recent mark with her first full-length studio album, 'Prologue'. This release is her fullest realization as an artist thus far as she departs from her makeshift bedroom sound to a more vivid and rich aural world. She has banded together with members all across Victoria's music scene to bring her songs to life and make them something to experience live.
Silvertone
Victoria, BC
Silvertone is a sonic trip. Coming from the Westshore Woodlands of Colwood on Vancouver island, Silvertone is a trip to the past, harnessing sounds of the late 60’s and 70’s. With booming drums that shock you like cannons, deep bass that makes you groove, ripping guitar to make your body come alive, and swirling, soul shaking vocals to bring your spirit rise, Silvertone aims for the top of hard rocking, mind provoking, blues-rock.
Elbow kiss
Victoria, BC
Elbow Kiss is the solo folk project of Em Boreen, based in Lekwungen Territories (Victoria BC). Their songwriting combines haunting vocal melodies and lyrics with gentle plucking of the guitar, harp and heart strings.