Welcome to the first New Music Spotlight. We get lots of music sent to us, which we love.  We’ve been trying to come up with a way to share bands and artists we think you should check out. After great consideration, we’ve come up with the “New Music Spotlight” a place where you’ll find new music to watch and listen to. The music will cross genres and will be from around the world, far and wide.

This time around is going to be a quick hits post – we’re going to give you the basics and let you decide who you should check out further.

Let’s do this!

Artist: The Faceplants
Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Genre: Rock/Pop
Related Artists: Marianas Trench, Hedley
Single: Who I Am Inside

Notes: “…a retro vibe with modern production, creating a memorable, sing-out- loud pop song.” They’ve got a new video up on their YouTube channel where they talk about the songwriting process which features beautiful shots of  Vancouver.
Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / iTunes

Artist: Guide Dog
Hometown: Bridgend, Wales
Genre: Synth Grunge
Related Artists: ? You tell us
Single: I Am The Daddy

Notes: The album, Lovely Domestic Bliss is out July 7th and in case you didn’t know it, grunge is back.
Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify

Artist: Knifey
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Genre: Alternative/Indie/Punk
Related Artists: Blink-182, The Offspring
Single: Tanlines

Notes: In person, expect moshing and foolishness
Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify

Artist: Rökkva
Hometown: Selfoss, Iceland
Genre: Pop
Related Artists: Alec Joseph, Björk
Album: By Your Tree

Notes: Quiet, gentle soothing
Links: Web / Facebook / Spotify 

Artist: Slamboni
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Genre: ska, punk, rock, reggae
Related Artists: Pennywise, The Planet Smashers
Album: Motorboatin’

Notes: So much fun live!
Links: Web / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify

Thanks for reading. We’d love to hear what you think so leave us a comment and let us know if you any of these bands spoke to you. And if you like the bands, hit up their links. Until next time!

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