“Year Of The Rabbit” by Kylie V

It’s officially the “Year of the Rabbit”. At least according to the latest single from Kylie V.

The new song is off their upcoming album, Crash Test Plane, and spotlights their soft, heartfelt vocals. Kylie says the new track is “a song I wrote while healing from a breakup and reflecting on my (incredible) friends/support system and my feelings after the fact. I was inspired a lot by Andy Shauf and Sufjan Stevens in the writing and production of this one and it means a lot to me. The track is produced by my great friend Josh Eastman and features us two on most of the instruments, with Jess Jones on drums, Gregory Dent on trumpet, and a handful of friends singing on the outro.”

You can grab Crash Test Plane on November 15th, the same day you can see Kylie V’s album release show here in Vancouver at the Hollywood Theatre, alongside David Vertesi and Club Sofa!

Kirk

“girl of my dreams” by Ten Kills The Pack

What a sweet little love song for a chilly October morning!

The new track “girl of my dreams” by Ten Kills The Pack (aka Sean Sroka) is his first new independent song since parting ways in early 2024 with his record label.

Of how it came to be Sroka says: “I sent what is now the chorus of this song as a little self deleting voice message jingle to my partner who was touring overseas at the time; trying to help count down the days we had away. From there it just kept turning in my head, so I turned off the tv and wrote it that night".

I literally said “aww” out loud when reading that. Hopefully we get more from him soon!

Christine

“Next Life” by FEATURETTE

Toronto trio FEATURETTE released their newest single last week, along with news of a brand new album.

“Next Life” (co-written with Mother Mother’s Ryan Guldemond) is a catchy, synth-driven electro-pop tune, that comes with a fun video that blends live action and animation. Singer Lexie Jay explains, “One of our greatest undertakings yet as FEATURETTE, we’re leaning into our namesake by crafting ‘featurettes’ as a regular part of our single releases. For this particular short, I was really inspired by an episode of Animaniacs I saw as a kid. It was about a beautiful piece of gold wrapping paper and its journey to becoming trash after being discarded once the gift it was meant to wrap had been opened. I wanted to take the same concept and apply it to a coffee cup (enter: Regular Joe), and see what that character might do with their life given a second chance—a Next Life. What adventures they might go on, and who might affect their story along the way.”

The new album is called Panic Pills, and you can grab it early next year, on January 31st. Until then, check out the video below!

Kirk

“Synthacon” by Rich Aucoin

I’m still riding high from the show Rich Aucoin put on the other week, and was very stoked on the synth set he held that opened the night off.

We are inching closer to the release of his Synthetic: Season 3 on October 30th, and we got another new single from it titled “Synthacon”.
He recorded it at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum on a synth called, you guessed it, a Synthacon.

Listen below and have yourself a Monday dance party!

Christine