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Lots of artists are using TikTok as a catalyst these days — it's one of the best ways to grow a fan base and to get streams. Toronto rapper Akintoye has used the platform to get his slick rhymes into the ears of millions. He's been performing since he was in middle school, honing skills that make his presence and charisma shine through our tiny screens. He's just got that pizzazz, which fittingly, is the name of his latest single. With a swell of bravado, he proclaims that, "If imma be sad, imma do it with pizzazz," which turns into a rallying cry throughout this boisterous track. "Pizzazz" shows off what makes Akintoye's music so compelling: his ability to write deeply relatable lyrics. Whether you've dealt with the same self-doubts or obstacles that he has, the song works as a reminder that the best way to get through anything is to keep your energy up. — Kelsey Adams

When Toronto's Blunt Chunks first announced its debut, self-titled EP (out May 6 via Telephone Explosion), it was accompanied by the soft, country-inspired single, "Natural Actors." While the intimacy of leader Caitlin Woelfle-O'Brien's songwriting is still present on Blunt Chunks' newest single, "BWFW," that quiet ballad sound is replaced here with a '90s alt-rock rush. Written in Berlin three years ago, "BWFW" was the result of a toxic relationship that left Woelfle-O'Brien experiencing a "'teetering on the edge of mental-breakdown' kind of night," according to a press statement. "When I'm with you, I'm alone/ Taking drugs in the bathroom alone," she sings over a tidal wave of grungy distortion. While Nirvana served as a sonic template for Blunt Chunks on this track, Woelfle-O'Brien says they later pared back its production to show off more "Avril Lavigne vibes." "BWFW" is no "Sk8er Boi," but its results are still infectious, with listeners feeling the full wallop of emotion pour out in a way that makes that chorus feel cathartic and healing in retrospect. — Melody Lau

The last time we heard Daniel Caesar solo was back in 2019 when he released his sophomore album, Case Study 01. In the interim years, the Toronto R&B sensation lent his soulful croon to other artists, hopping on tracks and remixes by Koffee, Jacob Collier, Omar Apollo and, most famously, Justin Bieber on the Grammy-nominated hit, "Peaches." "Please Do Not Lean" finds Caesar back in his own lane, gearing up for the release of his highly-anticipated third album. Part of that comfort zone Caesar is returning to includes long-time collaborators, BadBadNotGood, who step in to provide the track's slow jam instrumentals. Lyrically, "Please Do Not Lean" finds a more matured Caesar learning to let go of a relationship, admitting that he can't be there for his partner the way that they might need. "Please do not lean on me, I'm unstable," he sings on the chorus. After its second chorus, the song swerves into a different place altogether, with Caesar's repeated refrain of, "If I am the sky, you are the sea/ Starin' back at me," taking off like a hot air balloon into the stratosphere. The end is decidedly inconclusive, but what it does succeed in is roping listeners in, enticing them with what else Caesar may have in store. Consider us intrigued. — ML

Toronto R&B singer Dylan Sinclair has been on a hot streak in 2022. First, there was "Suppress," a moody, slow burn of a song about being emotionally unavailable. Then came "Last One," his gorgeous duet with Savannah Ré. Sinclair's latest single is "Lifetime," a mellow meditation on the changes that fame and fortune might bring. "I'm afraid you won't embrace who I'll become," he sings in verse 2, his falsetto a whisper that floats atop a hair-raising accompaniment of cello and acoustic guitar. While there were echoes of Daniel Caesar, whom he names as an influence, on Sinclair's Juno-nominated debut album, Proverb, the 20-year-old has quickly emerged with a sound and voice all his own. Fans don't have to wait long for more: Sinclair's new album, No Longer in the Suburbs, is due out May 11. — Robert Rowat

Watch Horde of Two's new music video and marvel at the hundreds of beautiful hand-drawn pen, pencil, and watercolour drawings. Let those images — many based on actual archival photographs — help tell the story of Buenaventura Durruti and the anti-fascist resistance of Spanish people during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). But listen carefully to the music, too, and feel changed and charged by David Lester (Mecca Normal) and Wendy Atkinson's remarkable composition. Within the back-and-forth distortion-and-jangle of Lester's guitar and Atkinson's bass in the song's first half, is a looping set of notes that evoke hope and urgency. In the second half, as war breaks out, the music becomes stark, spare, and mournful, a lonely guitar line atop quietly foreboding bass. The video ends on the image of two words spray-painted on a wall in all caps: RESIST FASCISM.

The timing of Horde of Two's new music video feels especially relevant at this moment, Atkinson told CBC Music, though Lester created the drawings well before the invasion of Ukraine. "Although the drawings are related to a different conflict, sadly they are evocative of this current war and the fight against fascism," Atkinson said. The music video covers just the first two parts of Horde of Two's 22-minute song, "Durruti: A Life in 8 Parts," from the band's second experimental instrumental album, I Knew I Was a Rebel Then. "Seeing the current rise of authoritarianism, and the embracing of fascist ideas around the world, we felt that Durruti was a symbol of all those who fight against fascism," Lester said. "The album is a celebration of those brave people." — Andrea Warner

Jacq Teh's got a voice like a summer breeze, warm and inviting. The Toronto singer and songwriter doesn't have the most prolific discography yet but her songwriting credits on Sammy Jackson's 2020 Juno Award-winning EP With You are a sign that there's a lot more to come from Teh. On her latest single she's looking for a lover that can show her exactly what she's been missing and she thinks she might have found him. Trumpet and drums keep the track buoyant throughout, but as soon as rapper Siddartha comes in, the vibe turns up to 10 — his rapid-fire lyrics reflecting exactly what Teh has been craving: the immediate sensuality of infatuation. — KA