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July
Your Friend, Death Boasting a total of nine musicians collaborating on the track, “As Good As Dead” is the band’s most ambitious release to date. “As Good As Dead” can best be described as a New Orleans-inspired jazz rock odyssey that blends the emotional wreckage of a dying romance with the feeling of drifting through the French Quarter.
TRAUMAQUEEN TRAUMAQUEEN is a 4-piece Canadian rock band from Ontario. Their unique blend of soaring vocals and killer guitar riffs find the perfect balance of paying homage to their classic rock idols of the past while still sounding current. TRAUMAQUEEN combines catchy melodies and lyrics that bite. TRAUMAQUEEN just released their debut single Heard of You – out now on streaming platforms everywhere!
Pat Rees Pat Rees has released his latest single, “Missing Piece,” available now on all major streaming platforms. Released on July 15, 2026, the contemporary indie folk track pairs warm acoustic textures and intimate songwriting with a driving full-band arrangement. Missing Piece tells the story of finding your way back home after getting a little lost along the way.
Nelson Sobral Nelson Sobral has released the new single “Searching for a Higher Love”
Nelson Sobral Nelson Sobral has released the new single “Searching for a Higher Love”
Kylie Fox Kylie Fox has released the new single “Bachelorette”
Dumb Crush Dumb Crush has released the new single “Losing My Best Friend”
Tuned Out Tuned Out released new 15-song album “No Apologies No Excuses”
Bellows Bellows released new single “MONEY”
Gregory Childs & Heart Lung Gregory Childs & Heart Lung have released their self-titled debut full-length album, Gregory Childs & Heart Lung, out now independently. The 11-song, 45-minute record brings together new material with five earlier songs that were reworked, remixed and remastered, documenting a band moving from intimate alternative folk toward a rougher blend of alt-country and roots rock
IssaBel “Two Faced” isn’t just about sharing a song. It’s about honoring the younger version of herself who dreamed of becoming an artist in the first place. With “Two Faced,” IssaBel encourages listeners to spend less time becoming who they think they should be and more time embracing who they already are. Both a reflection on where IssaBel been and a glimpse of where she’s headed next.
The Young Scones The Young Scones have released the new single “Not Today”
The Raven’s Haven The Raven’s Haven is a Canadian rock trio hailing from Barrie Ontario. This tight, energy driven audience captivating band has been injected with similar style such as Black Sabbath, Stone Temple Pilots and Queens of the Stone Age. They’ve just released new single “Too Comfortable To Care” a somber to hard rock song about becoming numb to all the noise that surrounds you.
Kentucky Kentucky, the musical project of Almonte, Ontario-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Jordan Holman, releases his stirring new single “In Kingston Tonight” The song grew from a real and specific moment: a Filipino girl at a Kingston bar singing traditional Irish songs and eating poutine, the kind of quietly extraordinary Canadian scene that holds a whole country’s story in a single frame. “There’s music outside / In Kingston tonight / In the square where we prayed, cried, and stayed,”
Deer Fang Deer Fang released new 11-song album “Forest for the Trees”
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Avalon Stone is not interested in playing small. In this conversation with The Indie Distributor, the Toronto-area hard rock artist opens up about finding herself through music, learning to trust instinct over empty promises, building a career with intention, and navigating the realities of being a woman in a male-dominated… Read more: Avalon Stone and the Long Road to Something Real
Some bands arrive fully formed. Others become themselves in the chaos of shared houses, basement demos, late-night rewrites, and the kind of chemistry you cannot fake. In Your Walls sound like a band built from exactly that kind of momentum. In this conversation with The Indie Distributor, the Toronto-area group… Read more: From the Basement to In Your Walls
There is a particular kind of courage that stays modest, but still exudes strength. It looks like showing up, no matter what. In this conversation, Face the Lion’s Anthony Rinaldi takes the band’s name seriously, tracing the long road from private songs and public fear to the decision to step… Read more: The Courage to Create: Inside Face the Lion’s Journey from Cage to the Stage
Pat James isn’t interested in chasing the Internet’s next shiny object. In this conversation with The Indie Distributor, the Aurora, Ontario songwriter behind Pat James and the Whole Truth talks about why he finally committed to a full-length album, how he thinks about genre (and why he tries not to),… Read more: Interview with Pat James: Taking Some Old Roads and Building New Ones
Wishwell’s Taylor Simpson on Mental Health, Music, and Not Having A ‘Plan B’ In an industry often obsessed with image over substance, Taylor Simpson and his band Wishwell are cutting through the noise with a message that matters. Born from the isolation of the pandemic and forged in the fires… Read more: Crying on the Dance Floor