ÅNANE
"All I've ever wanted to do is connect with people and communicate with people in the right way. I'm not a talkative person... but music helps me connect with people right away. I don't know where it comes from, but I'm appreciative."
MAUVE GROVE
"We just try to push it, we see what sounds good and what we like, we try and break as many laws as we can while we do it... and generally at the end of the day it makes for some pretty fun stuff!"
M.I. BLUE + MINT
Multidisciplinary artist M.I. Blue performs original tracks "Higher (In A Warm Place" and "In Your Head" - along with a King Krule medley - with groove-oriented power duo Mint.
JUST PRINCE
"I try and look for that unique sound because I don't wanna be sounding like anyone else."
TECHNO WESTERNS
"It's just so good to be back in front of people, especially where I think everyone has just been stuck inside so long, especially young people... they've missed really vital parts of their life and now they're just trying to get out and have fun."
ANGELINA MACKINNON
"The world's dark enough, why not put a little bit of light in it? Now even more than ever I know my place in the world, and that is to bring y'all some good tunes."
PSIBLINGZ
"We have a responsibility to inspire and try to do better for all of us because we're all humans and the same."
RAHAEL
"People are dying to go to concerts, to feel that intensity in their veins with people they don't know... it makes people feel united and alive."
VESTIGIO
"I think during the pandemic it really laid bare to the world in general the real injustice in the way that we've structured our societies. It just doesn't make sense."
MADDEE
"Prioritizing queer voices, black voices, any marginalized voices, prioritizing those voices at shows and on bills... there's just an immense amount of talent and it takes very little effort to look for it."
QUARTERBACK
"I think that when people aren't political that they're doing a disservice to their fans, to their community, and to everyone. I think it's annoying."
ZEESHAN LALANI
"Music keeps us going. Wherever we are, how sad, how good we are, we have a friend we can always fall back on to."
ANKH EL BONGZ
"Music has an extremely profound effect on our culture.”
QUEZAL
"We're on the forefront of actual change, let's do something cute, let's do some nice shows, let's do some inclusive shit."