MUSIC

Shot with a fish eye effect, photo of five-piece Pastel Blank posed in a room, facing the camera.

Pastel Blank

Montreal, QC

Art-rock and funk join hands in a marriage of stutter and groove, officiated by Pastel Blank. The Montreal‑based project, led by singer‑songwriter Angus Watt, pulls influence from the genre-blending curiosity of Talking Heads and the interlocking guitar work of post‑punk luminaries Women. Get ready to groove and lose your footing in the best way.

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Black Country, New Road in a 3×2 grid of portraits, each holding their instrument against a pale studio backdrop. Their neutral expressions and simple staging give the image a quiet, art‑school formality reminiscent of Black Country, New Road’s visual style.

Black Country, New Road

A colour photo taken from below shows artist Ryan Bourne standing outside with a bright blue sky behind them. They are are wearing shimmering sunglasses, a tan t-shirt and a tan ballcap.

Ryan Bourne & the Plant City Band

Two members of Snõõper stand outdoors at night in heavy artificial fog, surrounded by large speaker‑like boxes and a traffic light. One person in sunglasses and a blue‑and‑white long‑sleeve shirt stands upright, while the other, wearing a pink‑and‑white top, bends forward near the traffic light. Bright flash lighting creates a stark, surreal scene against the dark background.

Snõõper

GENRE

SUB-GENRES

Post-Punk / Art-Rock / Psych

REFERENCE POINTS

Talking Heads, Women, Television

LINKS

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c: Carissa Gem Cartel Madras CAT PISS Cell Press Chic Chameleon CHLORINETIMEMACHINE Chris Burns & His Going Concerns Chrome Harvest Circling Girl Cistern clipping. Concrete Vehicles Cooling Prongs Cris Derksen Quartet Culled cute
d: dead ex girlfriends Dermabrasion Dial Up DijahSB DOUR Drezus Dual Nature
e: ECHTHROS Eejungmi Emily Yacina ENTWINE Etran de L'Aïr Eye of Newt
f: False Body Fanclubwallet feeble little horse Fionavair Flooding Forest Ray FRANKLIN Fulfilment
g: G.U.S.H. Gadfly Ginger Beef Granpa (Lucas Abela) Gus Englehorn
h: Hailstones Hair Control Halfcut & Cole The God Heaven For Real Heavydive Hélène Barbier Hermitess Hip Hip Thursday His His HOMESHAKE Horse Rider
i: Ice Tha One illuminati hotties Innerouter Invisible Hand Iron Tusk
j: J.R.C.G. Jairus Sharif Jed Arbour JJL jo passed Julius Sumner Miller
k: K-Riz & The Family Kali Horse Kingdom of Birds knitting KTheChosen
l: l.n. baba Lana Del Rabies Laraaji Laura Hickli Lennie Rayen Lil Mariko LOBOTOMITE Lulu Lamontagne Lushings
m: MA: Q MAGELLA Maryze Mean Bikini Midnight Peg Milkmaid mineo kawasaki Minot mon cher MOONBEAN
n: Nick Schofield NIFE FITE Niloo NON ULTRAS Nora Kelly Band
o: Often Wrong Oil Giant Old Mound Oranje
p: Palehound Parisian Orgy Pastel Blank Pearly Moon PERRA Pesewa Pike Pinball, 1973 Plëzher Pnoom Poolgirl pseudo-antigone
r: Radioactive Vampire Teeth Rebel Grrrlz The Rifle County Players Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe RroachH Ryan Bourne & the Plant City Band
s: sadbirthdays Salami Rose Joe Louis Salt Horse SAMWOY schoolyard Sea of Lettuce SENTRIES Sextile Sharon Udoh Sheenah Ko Shunk SHY FRiEND Sick Puppy Sloosh Snõõper Spank Williams Spec Realists Spirit Hotel Still Depths Stucco Sub / / Cell Suffering Hour sundayclub Sunflower Medicine Sunglaciers Syphon
t: Tall Mary Tanajah TANGINGUGUN Tea Fannie TEAR DUNGEON Temps Tha Retail Simps Thee Canadian Dispatch Thee Soreheads Theia Thor Harris (Solo Set) Tinywiings Toxic Fem Tricky FM Truster
u: Uncanny Valley
v: VIBES Victrix Virgo Rising Void Comp
w: WANTS Wayne Patrick Garrett Weedrat Weep Wave Wheelchair Sports Camp Window Lamp Corp Witch Victim World News
y: Yarbo Yolande Laroche