7 | Devours – Escape From Planet Devours DIY artist Jeff Cancade’s underground queer pop project Devours has never shied away from tackling deeply confessional topics like body image Read More
6 | Prado – Prado Monroe Prado continues to be unapologetically brash and confident over a jam-packed six tracks on her long-awaited debut. Read More
5 | Chain Whip – Two Steps To Hell Chain punk is alive and well and the aptly named Chain Whip are Vancouver’s torchbearers of the unapologetically gritty subgenre. Read More
4 | Gold & Youth – Dream Baby Gold and Youth’s long-awaited sophomore record squirms and shifts from new wave devotional dream pop to Leonard Cohen-tinged apocalyptic poetics Read More
3 | Snotty Nose Rez Kids – Life After Nobody understood the assignment more this year than the Haisla duo SNRK. Life After leaves no stone unturned... Read More
2 | The Zolas – Come Back To Life Vancouver indie rock mainstays The Zolas sprung back into action this year with a fully realized ode to 80s dance and 90s nostalgia. Read More
1 | MANILA GREY – No Saints On Knight Street Alt-R&B and melodic rap duo Manila Grey took home the 2021 Juno for Breakthrough Group of the Year after dropping this sophomore project Read More
10 | Said The Whale – Dandelion The title of Vancouver indie-rock royalty Said The Whale’s 7th studio album comes from the split perspectives on the titular plant... Read More
9 | Kylie V – Big Blue Yearning and cautiously optimistic, Big Blue is breathtaking in its sincerity and sophistication, featuring an all-star cast of Vancouver musicians. Read More
8 | Mother Mother – Inside Bo Burnham’s transcendent comedy special isn’t the only great piece of COVID-adjacent art titled Inside released this year. Read More
