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Sylo is back with a new single and a new name. Dropping the "Nozra" from his name, the alt-R&B artist hasn't completely made a 180 on his persona or sound, but rather just pared back a little. "Millions" still taps into his signature smooth croon, but the acoustic soundscapes invite more intimacy than usual. And while the music may be taking a small step back, lyrically the track finds Sylo expanding his imagination, daydreaming of one day owning millions of dollars as he sings that he wants to "get away to sunny days." Consider this latest release a soft reset, if anything, as Sylo continues to forge his own musical path — a fitting sentiment as we all transition into warmer days tailor-made for lying on the grass and fantasizing a little. — Melody Lau

Your spring/summer 2022 house music playlist will get a boost from this vigorous new single from Vancouver-born, Los Angeles-based producer Pat Lok. An overflowing concoction of persistent high hats, four-to-the-floor kick drum, a volatile bassline and spliced vocals that recall a faltering AM radio signal, "Good Vibe" delivers on its promise. It's a buoyant banger whose vintage disco notes will linger long into the warm nights to come. Watch for another new single from Pat Lok next month and a new EP at the end of the summer. — Robert Rowat

What better time for a kiss-off song than spring, when you're cleaning house and letting that fresh breeze back in? The swinging Motown vibe of Tanika Charles' "Rent Free," from her just-released album Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly, is the perfect soundtrack for the end of a relationship, one that wasn't giving back what you gave it. "You're not what I need/ you're just what I'm into/ not too strong, not too gentle/ not for me, but you live rent free/ in my memory," Charles sings snappily on the chorus, repeating it often in this two-minute anthem for closure. The chorus is a little lighter than the verses ("You still burn/ brightly in my mind's eye/ although you had your turn/ to sap my energy," she sings in the opening lines), but sometimes you have to fake it 'til you make it. That ex might be living rent-free in your head right now, but they won't be for long. — Holly Gordon

It's been two years since we've heard new music from this Toronto duo. Josh McIntyre and Talvi Faustmann have been fans of innovation and mixing up their sound since they emerged on the scene in 2013, and they haven't strayed from that propensity to surprise listeners on their latest single, "Forever & Ever." Faustmann's crystalline vocals are reminiscent of Donna Summer when she worked with Giorgio Moroder — airy, drawn-out vowels with lingering reverb — but the beat is far from disco. The onslaught of breakbeats and heavy synths off the top place it firmly in the camp of big beat, an electronic music genre that had its heyday in the '90s. A lot of music gets characterized as cinematic, but "Forever & Ever" truly sounds plucked out of a soundtrack, perfectly suited for the title sequence of a mysterious, erotic thriller. — Kelsey Adams

Quebec singer-songwriter Avril Jensen is Canada's answer to Billie Eilish. The bilingual pop artist, who recently released her English-language debut EP, Colors, is just two years younger than Eilish but she has picked up a lot of the Grammy-winning singer's musical tendencies in a short period of time. Colors kicks off with the sparse, bossa nova-inspired "Van Gogh," and Jensen's low-key vocals immediately bring to mind the pop star, and later on the EP, Jensen even blends acoustic and trap elements in a similar manner. But Jensen isn't just an imitation artist; her own songwriting and pop sensibilities swerve into a lane of her own. On that opening number, Jensen uses a famous painter as a gateway into feelings of loneliness as she somberly admits on the chorus: "You could've been the brightest star/ but I guess you were just too shy." With a standout debut like this, Jensen won't have any trouble shining. — ML