Across five acclaimed underground albums, including 2023's Polaris Prize-longlisted Homecoming Queen, Devours has written confessional and confrontational electronic music about masculinity, body image, gay politics, and inner-city queer existence. They have toured Canada and the US, received coverage from Vice, CBC, Exclaim, and the Globe and Mail, and have performed at festivals such as SXSW, Treefort Music Fest, Sled Island, JunoFest, Vancouver Jazz Fest, and more. 

Accompanied by David Prowse (Japandroids) on drums, Devours released their highly anticipated fifth album Sports Car Era in 2025, culminating in a flurry of buzz, festival slots across Western Canada, and sold out shows in Vancouver. 

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Silver Reeds is the dreamy, eclectic indie alt-folk solo project of singer-songwriter Sandy Zelazny. Emotive, melodically concise, and poetic, the songs easily capture the attention and the heart of the listener, with a refreshingly honest edge of rawness, wit and strangeness. 

Zelazny grew up on the East Coast of Canada, classically training in piano and voice, and learning guitar by ear. Since moving to Toronto a decade ago, Zelazny has taken on various roles in bands, from songwriting to vocals, rhythm guitar, and drums. 

Silver Reeds’ debut album, What to Leave Behind, was released in 2023. It is the culmination of Zelazny’s songwriting up until the album was recorded, distilled into focus with the help and skills of producer James Bunton (Donovan Woods, Celeigh Cardinal) and recorded at Union Sound Company (Studio B).

Silver Reeds’ upcoming EP, Quiet Place, will be released on November 14, 2025. It is a collection of four songs recorded and produced by James Bunton at Slow Go Sound, and mastered by Heather Kirby at Dreamlands Mastering.

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I hope you enjoy this episode and the amazing tunes Anna shared as their False Starts.

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Samson Wrote takes a warmly wry and thoughtful approach to finding answers. The Bear River, Nova Scotia-based musician doesn’t get lost in the unknown because he uses everyday moments and familiar objects as vessels to explore his feelings. From detailing the contents of his cupboards, to describing the euphoria of watching goldfinches feed one another, to exploring the ephemeral joy of building a snowman, Boer’s clarion voice rings out urging you to pay attention to the seemingly inconsequential things that define our lives.

Produced by musical polymath JoJo Worthington, In Season sound is warm and adventurous. Melodies playfully swing; sounds of recorders, bowed vibraphone, and reed organ are nestled throughout; and, unexpected flourishes of three-part vocal harmony dazzle. recorded at storied studios across Canada (Guelph’s The cottaGe with JUNO Award-winning producer-engineer Scott Merritt, Montreal’s Hotel2Tango), the album’s sound was made possible by its intergenerational & inter-genre band, including Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Bird (Cowboy Junkies), punk drummer Zach Cockburn (Sham Family), and triple-harmonies by Liv Cazzola, Anita Cazzola (The Lifers) and ethereal folk songwriter Annie Sumi.

While singing about the challenges of navigating the world and pondering big questions, Samson Wrote’s lastest ends in a declaration: “I want to see you in season.” In Season glows with hope that things will be better, that community will flourish, and that we can bloom alongside one another.

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This year, Kylie released her sophomore record Sequoia, an eleven track album supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and produced by six-time ECMA-winning producer, Daniel Ledwell (Jenn Grant, Fortunate Ones). Sequoia is deeply rooted in folk-Canadiana elements that have characterized Fox’s career, while also exploring folk-rock and jazz-pop fusion.“The eleven branches of Sequoia are reflections on gratitude in relation to the women in my life, my environment, my relationships, and myself.” says Fox of the forthcoming album. Amplify Magazine says, “Her charisma is invigorating, creating a warm, safe listening place, even when the topics at hand have heft and weight”. Find Your Sounds says “Just about everybody in the industry is sitting up and taking notice.” Kylie is currently touring Sequoia throughout Ontario and the East Coast. 

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Sean Cronin’s career as a performer began at age 4 with classical piano and recorder lessons. By age 12, he was gigging on bass with his father as well as his own bands. In high school he composed scores for local theater productions. He studied Jazz performance for double bass at both Capilano University in Vancouver BC and at The University of North Texas in Denton TX. By 2005, Sean found himself one of Canada's busiest bassists, playing and touring worldwide with the country's finest in Jazz, Improv, Rock, Bluegrass, and Theatre. Between 2004 - 2012, Sean led many of his own bands, including flash mob community band Too Big To Care Marching Band, Jazz group ShhEnsemble, and his 8-piece art-rock band, Very Good. He attended the Banff Centre Jazz and Creative Music Workshops in 2007, directed by Dave Douglas, and in 2009, returned to the Banff Centre for the TD Fellowship Artist Residency. In 2012, Sean made the move to New York, and was welcomed into its vibrant traditional Jazz community, as well as improv rock and performance art circles. Sean also became involved with New York theatre, writing musical scores for Potion and Kill Me Like You Mean It. In 2016, Sean acted and performed music with Chelsea Hotel: Songs of Leonard Cohen. Recently, he has toured internationally with Dennis Lichtman and Bria Skonberg, worked extensively with dance company Konverjdans, and scored a sleep app by Audible. Sean has been the recipient of the Galaxie Rising Star Award, The Grand Prix du Jazz at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, and the Fraser Macpherson Memorial Scholarship, and his score for Kill Me Like You Mean It was nominated for a Drama Desk Award in 2015. 

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