Imagine music as a metaphor for the landscape of Canada – rough unpredictable mountains to beautiful calm forests to reassuring prairie farmland. Now imagine your schizophrenic neighbor running across that landscape in a dress with a knife in his hand. What would that sound like?
Waterloo, ON Pick a Piper is a collaborative organic/electronic music project produced by Brad Weber of Caribou with Angus Fraser, Clint Scrivener, Dan Roberts and other friends. They have just finished mixing their debut record, which features guest vocal apperances by Ryan McPhun (The Ruby Suns), John Schmersal (Enon, Brainiac), Raphaelle Standell-Preston (Braids) and…
Bluffton, South Carolina There is nothing out there like Zach Deputy. Truly a one-man band, he is a powerhouse of performance, technical chops, and one hell of a charismatic presence. Put simply, Zach Deputy does what is called live looping: layering sounds through the magic of technology to create a full band effect. He isn’t…
Halifax / Moncton Sonny has been a staple in the EDM scene on the East Coast for over 15 years and is no stranger to the Evolve stage. From his early days in Halifax playing raves and after hours clubs, he now finds himself located in Moncton NB, the “Hub of the Maritimes”. With residencies in Nova Scotia,…
Halifax, NS Constantly digging through crates to fuse old school gems with the freshest club-wreckers, DJ Tex relentlessly transforms dance floors into hot and sweaty messes. As a veteran member of the infamous Halifax LIFTED Crew, and while having cut his teeth from the likes of A-Trak, DJ Revolution, DJ Vice, Fashen and DJ…
Hali/Fred, New Brunswick Gordon Gets Lost is a collection of 4 musicians, who are joined on stage by visual artists The Big 3 and followed around the maritimes by a funky circus of colourful friends, fans and freaks. Formed in the jam friendly town of St. Andrews many moons ago, GGL has been reincarnated and…
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Racoon Bandit are quickly gaining steam in the non-steam era. The Charlottetown folk-rock quartet formed in 2009 in a well-lit porch. Started from story songs and travel tales between songwriters Fraser McCallum, Adam Gallant and Roger Carter, the full band maintains poetic lyrics within a driving rhythm section, three-part harmonies, and…