Dear lovely Silent Shout readers, you may be wondering what’s up. We’re sad to say that after seven years of ad-free, non-profit publication, we’re retiring from the blogging game. It’s been a privilege sharing the work of Canada’s ridiculously talented electronic pop underground, but times have changed. We still wish the absolute best of perseverance to our blogger brethren and the rest of the independent music media. We have countless people to thank – above all, the underrecognized Canadian musicians who have been making the best music in the world for the last decade or more. Without them ..read more

Kenton Smith aka p0st3rb0y has long been an essential denizen of the Toronto underground, rocking countless stages (well, floors) with their brilliantly chaotic electronic noise-pop from a dark future. And they’re set to release a new EP, their first since 2014. Get Fucked is out August 2 on cassette on Heretical Objects, and we’re honoured to premiere the video for “Despise (New Silence)”. Directed by David Waldman with animations by Paloma Dawkins, the intimate black-and-white video captures Smith in a windowless room surrounded by musical equipment. Full of close-ups and animated tears, it ..read more

Sports Men Holding Steady Esperanto Falling Summer Breeze Ballad 5 BB Let's Ride Palm Isle The Grass Is Greener Long-time readers know well our adoration for Winnipeg sly bedroom popster Dave Shaw aka Orlando Gloom, and today our ears are glued to this infectious Haruomi Hasono cover. “Sports Men” is a delicate, full-of-heart synthpop ballad that is a simple, delightfully sincere concoction, and we’ve already listened to it ten times today. And our summer tapedeck just gets better with word of a new tape coming from OG! David in the Void is out August 19 and we can’t wait to wear it out. In th ..read more

I Want Your Life Summer Breeze ether Holding Steady Let's Ride Exo BB Zone (Prod. by AODAN) Palm Isle Heater Darkwave outfit WEREWOLVES, BEWARE! take a dive down the rabbit hole of social media-spawned envy on “I Want Your Life,” the second track off of their new EP, Rey Drecker. Swarms of synths swell and surge through the opening silence, inundating the track with an electrifying energy. Haunting vocals, mainly comprised of frenzied shouts, intertwine with the track’s cosmic instrumental to form a menacing yet irresistible strain of dance-inducing electronica. Ultimately, with their eccentri ..read more

Ballad 5 Falling Summer Breeze BB Holding Steady Aventuras Aytche ether Trust Cops™ When All the Animals are Dead Esperanto The post Best Songs of June 2017 appeared first on Silent Shout ..read more