Born in Saudi Arabia of Bangladeshi descent before immigrating to Toronto, with “Goddess,” SuKha Never Dies offers a dramatic introduction.

Positioning himself at the helm of various keyboard synthesizers in his new solo project J3M, with his debut concept EP, AFRONAUT, Jemuel Roberts takes listeners on a quest through cosmic nu-disco, R&B, soul, and synth pop soundscapes as he unpacks the intergalactic love story of the titular AFRONAUT and his alien lover. 

Pulling from influences as wide-ranging as My Bloody Valentine, Deftones, and Title Fight, Brampton’s Sicayda defines its sound as “heavy gaze,” but the phrase could just as well apply to the subject matter of its recent output.

Cheyenne Rain LeGrande’s art is full of echoes, reflections, distortions, and filters, her sculptures, fashion objects, performances, and installations serving a functional role as portals to different times and places, permeating a kind of four-dimensional omnipresence through Cree gesamtkuntswerk.

“In the dream world, you can’t be surveilled. It’s one of the spaces where technology cannot surveil you. I hope.”

Malik McKoy is building a city, but he’s still reinforcing his foundations.

Shonee’s art is full of mutations and radical growth, captured through a vaporwave looking-glass

A musician known for her versatility towing the line between jagged simplicity and high camp, rocked out indulgence in Ice Cream, ripping blazing guitar leads in Darlene Shrugg, and the occasional U.S. Girls appearance, Carlyn Bezic is a musical polymath, and all of those skills are put to use in Jane Inc.