Indie rockers Slow Pulp come to spoil you with their remarkable debut album "Moveys". The record is the result of strong personal growth. During its creation, the Chicago-based band overcame health problems, personal issues and a pandemic. All while breaking old habits and learning how to become better songwriters and friends.

Slow Pulp's roots go back to primary school, when Alexander Leeds, Theodore Mathews, and Henry Stoehr were already playing in bands together. Emily Massey joined in 2017 and Slow Pulp was born. The close bond between the band members is evident in their music and invites the audience to become part of a new group of friends for a night.

Slack-rock quartet PACKS has been on our artists-to-watch radar since their debut LP Take the Cake (2021). Led by Madeline Link, the project began as a creative back-and-forth between Ottawa and Toronto, with Link sending her bare-bone bedroom demos to her bandmates for exploration via Google Drive. The resulting album was a smash and saw the band tour their slow-burning, timeless sound extensively. Since, Link has made it clear that she isn’t resting on her laurels with the release of her latest EP WOAH this past summer. Accompanied by an acoustic guitar, WOAH has Link returning to her solo, unbrushed songwriting roots with a refined lyrical palette and imaginative composition (and an ode to Ottawa commercial radio on the track “fm”).