LISA SQ REEL ME IN ALBUM RELEASE WITH GUESTS COLOUR FILM AND MICHAEL ANTELOPE
Born in Montreal, QC, and now based in Hamilton, ON, Lisa SQ is a multidisciplinary artist whose music blends indie rock and art pop with a nostalgic yet avant-garde edge. Influenced by icons like Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, and David Bowie, she crafts playful, disarming songs that celebrate the beauty in human clumsiness. Her work has been featured in films and web series screened at festivals including Austin and Cannes. Her forthcoming debut full-length album Reel Me In – recorded in part at Toronto’s Dwaynespace with Tyler Kyte and Ian Docherty, and in part at Chale Abbey Studios on the Isle of Wight with producer David Granshaw – captures the warmth, laughter, and collaborative magic of her creative circle. “Cold Little Fingers” offers an early taste: charmingly chaotic, joyfully imperfect, and impossible to ignore. “Teeth” is a hypnotic swirl of dream pop textures and lyrical bite that builds toward an explosive finale, complete with a spontaneous French verse. “Make It Up to You” is bouncy, beachy, a little bruised, and impossible not to move to. “Reel Me In is kind of a sonic photo album,” the artist shares. “It’s a collection of songs that have grown from me trying to get to know myself better during a perplexing time of life. Naturally, some of the songs are moodier and more introspective, but overall I think there’s a playfulness fuelling the whole thing.” Across Reel Me In, Lisa SQ finds strength in vulnerability and beauty in imperfection while exploring how connection, creativity, and community can reel us back to ourselves. “I think each song can be linked to a moment of personal growth,” she says. “Without getting too existential, I think the heart of the album is about how the quality of our relationships to others and to ourselves is what really brings value and purpose to our lives.”
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With songs that play like home movies, Colour Film is Hamilton's Matthew de Zoete (pronounced “duh-ZOO-tuh”) with a band of friends filling out a cinematic roots palette. Mixing a storyteller's eye for detail with a knack for melody and beautiful harmonies, their latest album Half An Hour presents snapshots of everyday life that illuminate the underlying currents. After releasing four albums and playing 1,001 shows across North America and Europe, Matthew took a few years off for family time and a near-fatal injury. But now he's reborn. Colour Film concerts are communal experiences, engaging audiences with stories and sing-alongs. Here's a recent review from a SOCAN exec: “He sounded great, gentle but intense, while his backing singer offered sublime harmonies. As haunting as the music is, his onstage banter is the exact equal-but-opposite – funny, self-deprecating, and utterly charming.”
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Michael Antelope is a Canadian folk harmony duo from Hamilton Ontario consisting of singers and guitarists Doug McBrien and Lenny McGowan. Taking inspiration from acts like The Milk Carton Kids, Gillian Welch, and Watchhouse, Michael Antelope is the combination of thoughtful storytelling and beautiful melodies rooted in traditional folk styles.
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