“Love Is A Shadow” (feat. Dear Rouge) by Blonde Diamond

What’s better than new music from Blonde Diamond? How about new music from Blonde Diamond featuring Dear Rouge! “Love is a Shadow” is the title track from the Vancouver band’s upcoming EP, and the incredibly catchy jam features guest vocals from Danielle McTaggart!

Singer Alexis Young says the upcoming EP is “an exploration of what it means to keep going. Spanning cynical joy, queer heartbreak, supernatural desperation, and hard-won sobriety, it probes my messy and nonlinear work of growing into a new chapter of adulthood. And while it’s not necessarily a beautifully choreographed arrival, it’s still a celebration of the series of life moments that brought me kicking and screaming to this next phase of life.”

You can check out the video for the song — featuring Danielle and Alexis and directed by Brandon William Fletcher — and pick up the new EP Love Is A Shadow on September 18!

Kirk

“Blindfolded” by Nixon Boyd

Nixon Boyd’s debut solo album Every Time We Turn A Corner was released last week and I’ve already spun it so many times!

I think I said after some of the previous single releases that the vibe for me is very Andy Shauf meets Coconut Records and it still rings true. It’s an excellent summer record and I can’t wait to have it in my headphones while I’m lying on a beach.

The latest song “Blindfolded” comes with a must-watch video (the mustard though!) that was directed by his wife Anne Douris, who also did the artwork for the album and singles.

Christine

“Whole Lotta Talkin” by Lisa LeBlanc

What’s better than a new video from Lisa LeBlanc? How about a new video from Lisa LeBlanc featuring puppets!!

“Whole Lotta Talkin” is an incredibly upbeat and catchy rock song that will instantly get stuck in your head, and the accompanying video follows Lisa and her dysfunctional puppet band. Director Alexandre Pelletier explains: “I wanted to tell this funny, absurd story with the utmost seriousness, as if we were watching an ultra-dramatic musical biopic.”

No word on a new album from LeBlanc, but I will definitely be keeping my ears out for more!

Kirk