ACCLAIMED TECHNO LEGEND TIGA UNVEILS NEW LP, HOTLIFE, OUT TODAY

HIS FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM AND FIRST PROJECT IN OVER TEN YEARS, OUT TODAY, TURBO RECORDINGS / SECRET CITY RECORDS

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“This 12-track album is Tiga condensed to his purest form. It’s all wheat, no chaff. All answers, no questions. Every element’s been stripped back to its bare bones to reveal a 100-carat Tiga, shiny, show-stopping, egg-like, flawless.” – Beatportal

“...Tiga is entering a new chapter he describes as "all answers, no questions." His upcoming LP, HOTLIFE, unpacks personal demons alongside his takes on everything from Elon Musk and the manosphere to the "pornographic" repetition of the music industry's relentless churn. It's out April 17th via Turbo Recordings and Secret City Records, and features contributions from Boys Noize, Maara and Priori and more.”  – Resident Advisor

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Montreal icon Tiga is back from heaven with his fourth album HOTLIFE, marking a new era on the journey towards Absolute Brain Freedom. Released today, April 17 via Turbo Recordings and Secret City Records, the project cements Tiga’s legendary status, and arrives barely a week after his Coachella Quasar stage performance. HOTLIFE was preceded by the well-received singles “ECSTACY SURROUNDS ME,”  “SILK SCARF” (feat. Fcukers), “HOT WIFE” (feat. Boys Noize), and “FRICTION.” 

Featuring global collaborators such as Boys Noize, Matthew Dear, Fcukers, MRD, Gesloten Cirkel, Paranoid London, Maara, and new hometown studio whiz-men Priori and Patrick Holland, HOTLIFE finds Tiga at the pinnacle of Music Mountain, hurling infectious dancefloor lightning at listeners below: "When I turn on the Catharsis Machine," says the storied singer-producer, “It don't matter if you're a rich man or a poor man, 'cause you're about to be a free man..."

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Reclaiming his perch atop the celestial firmament of contemporary dance music was not without a compelling and relatable narrative arc. Following an arduous battle with a neurological condition he discovered and named “Vibe Fog," Tiga found himself at a crossroads: "At a certain point, it was either buy the exoskeleton and cash out my Virgin Megastore stock, or rebuild Tiga City from the ground up, brick by brick, gargoyle by gargoyle." What has emerged is a Tiga that longtime Tiga-watchers are calling “angelic” and "terrifying," resulting in an album that captures the distilled essence of a tastemaker pushed beyond all human limits.

"My yes/no response time to artistic choices is off the charts,” adds Tiga. “We took each second shaved off every creative decision and reinvested it into the album's runtime. 12 songs. 60 minutes. Remarkable."

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MORE ABOUT TIGA
Tiga, born in Montreal, is a globally renowned DJ, producer, and the creative force behind Turbo Recordings. His journey began in the vibrant chaos of the 1980s Indian club scene, where he developed a deep appreciation for electronic music’s transformative power. Returning to Montreal in the early 1990s, Tiga pioneered a new wave of nightlife, introducing innovative party concepts, guest DJs, and Montreal’s first rave, “Solstice,” in 1993. His relentless pursuit of musical excellence saw him co-founding the legendary nightclub Sona, creating a sanctuary for bold, cutting-edge dance music, while his label Turbo Recordings became a launchpad for numerous iconic releases in electronic music from legends such as Chromeo, Azari & III, Gesaffelstein, Duke Dumont, ANNA, and Charlotte de Witte.

There’s always been a fertile creative tension at the heart of Tiga’s music: on the one hand he’s the underground techno don, on the other, there’s a pop sensibility that enables him to write great songs. It’s this duality that makes him one of electronic music’s most engaging characters. He’s about as far from your faceless techno DJ as it’s possible to get.

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As a producer, Tiga achieved global recognition with his chart-topping cover of “Sunglasses at Night,” a collaboration with Zyntherius, which became an anthem for electro enthusiasts. His remix credits include high-profile artists such as The xx, LCD Soundsystem, Moby, Depeche Mode, and Justice, solidifying his reputation as a master of reinvention. Tiga’s contribution to the prestigious DJ Kicks series showcased his eclectic style, while his original works, including the hit single “Pleasure from the Bass,” cemented his place in the pantheon of electronic music. 

With his infectious creativity and a career spanning decades, Tiga continues to captivate audiences worldwide, shaping the sound of modern club culture. All the while, Tiga has toured the world extensively, playing legendary festivals and nightclubs such as Coachella, Sónar Festival, Berghain, Stereo Montreal, and Tomorrowland.

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TIGA ON TOUR
April 17 - Jaeger, Oslo, NO
April 18 - Sun & Snow Festival, Granada, ES 
April 24 - Making Time, Philadelphia, US 
April 25 - Making Time, Washington DC, US
April 30 - Sound Department, Taranto, IT 
May 1 - Auditorija, Kaunas, LT 
May 3 - Blitz, Munich, DE
May 8 - Nitsa, Barcelona, ES
May 9 - Lula, Madrid, ES
May 17 - EDC, Las Vegas, US
May 21 - The Sanctuary, Rome, IT
May 22 - The Sanctuary, Milan, IT
May 24 - Club Del Diavolo, Quarrata, IT
May 25 - Movement, Detroit, US
June 7 - Under the K Bridge, Brooklyn, US
July 16 - Beat Herder, Lancashire, UK
July 18 - Rock Herk, Derk-de-Stad, BE
August 1 - Chasing Summer, Calgary AB
August 2 - HARD Summer, Los Angeles, US
August 8 - Ilesoniq, Montreal, CA
August 9 - Elements, Pennsylvania, US
August 12 - Sziget, Budapest, HU
August 14 - Wecandance Festival, BE
August 28 - Dantz Festival, San Sebastián, ES
September 4 - ARC Music Festival, Chicago, US
September 5 - Deep Tropics Festival, Nashville, US
September 18-20 - Making Time, Philadelphia, US
October 16-17 - iiiPoints, Miami, US

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HOTLIFE TRACKLIST
1. HOTWIFE feat. Boys Noize 
2. HIGH ROLLERS 
3. IAMWHATIAM feat. MRD
4. SILK SCARF feat. Fcukers 
5. FRICTION
6. NEED YOU TONIGHT
7. LOLLIPOP
8. I AM YOUR DETROIT SUNRISE
9. SEXLESS PORNOGRAPHIC LOSERS feat. Maara 
10. I KNOW A PLACE
11. CHERRY
12. ECSTASY SURROUNDS ME

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BANDCALLEDMAX NEW LP, LIVE AT THE CAMERON HOUSE, OUT TODAY

TORONTO’S WORST KEPT SECRET, BANDCALLEDMAX’S NEW RECORD, LIVE AT THE CAMERON HOUSE, OUT TODAY VIA VICTORY POOL RECORDS

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PERFORMS LIVE AT THE CAMERON HOUSE TODAY FOR THE VICTORY POOL RECORDS SIX YEAR ANNIVERSARY

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bandcalledmax—Toronto’s worst-kept secret—is officially entering their bar band era. The anything-goes rock’n’roll trio of David Monks (Tokyo Police Club), Mike Small (Meligrove Band), and Nick McKinlay (Fast Romantics) embody a reckless energy that can only be fully appreciated live: hence their new record, Live at the Cameron House, out today via Victory Pool Records. 

Always on the verge of collapse but never missing a beat, bandcalledmax is a group of veterans with enough miles under their belt to let the music fall off the rails in front of a crowd and still rein it back in for a photo finish.

Struck up over a friendship and a shared enthusiasm for reckless playing, bandcalledmax have been performing their “Sock-Hop Rave-Up” (Exclaim!) wherever fate takes them: “The goofier a show sounds, the better.” Known for their legendary Dakota Tavern residencies—packed crowd, special Toronto-famous guests, and antics galore—the band’s approach may be summed up in that one night they did shots of red bull before going on stage at 2:30am. As a classic guitar-bass-drums trio, bandcalledmax is purposefully elastic, designed to entertain virtually any gig, whether in the corner of a bar or a livestreamed, backyard show – which the band did on a whim at McKinlay’s place. The band’s gigs and its sound are similarly fancy-free: “we always wind up somewhere we could never have anticipated.”

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At every chance, bandcalledmax turn down the dial of pretension, breaking the ice so that the crowd can enjoy themselves. Between their coordinated blue jumpsuits (“that was some real lead singer energy: coming into practice and saying, ‘are we cool if I order these band outfits’?”), customized guitar straps (bold orange letters reading “MAX”), and commitment to encouraging  people to dance like John Travolta and Uma Therman in Pulp Fiction, ridiculousness is key; you can relax when, as Small puts it, “there’s someone in here who looks stupider than you.”  

This is refreshing for a group of veteran Canadian musicians, whose careers reach across genres and geographies. Whether it’s Monks’ work with CanCon supergroup AnywayGang or nü metal band Klokwise; Small’s bass work with RUMBLEFRENZ, Elliott BROOD and Loviet; or Nick McKinlay’s drumming experience with Motorists, Ivan Rivers, and CJ Wiley, these three have an undercurrent of sonic understanding that makes it effortless for them to come together and let loose. “We spend so much time in other bands chasing a culminating album or sold out tour,” Monks explains, “and I see this band more as an experience or moments that you revel in but can’t hold on to.” Trusting in each other that these moments will arise, bandcalledmax isn’t about picking apart one another’s chord choices or squabbling over song structure: “We believe whatever we’re playing is the best idea we’ve had.” bandcalledmax fulfills what its members—and audiences—crave: a group that will take a big guitar solo, hit the brown notes, and open up a space in which every decision is right, if you do it with style.

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The band’s new record, Live at the Cameron House, finally offers a solid document of the band’s energy. It distills bandcalledmax’s ethos into a whirlwind of chaos, and catharsis. Recorded live-to-tape in the Cameron house back room (with a “spaceship of recording gear behind us,” the control room essentially squished into the bathroom), this album captures a “battle happening on stage,” as Monks and McKinlay fight for control of the wheel while Small keeps the car from veering off the road. The band takes you to “Partytown USA” (where Monks hams it up, crooning, ‘It ain’t what you wear, it’s what you keep on’), screams you through the perils of being a “TV Maggot,” and gets your heart racing with “Gun for Hire”, spitting Talking Heads references while ripping chords like The Hives. Known for bringing friends on stage for off-the-cuff experiments, this record features a raging saxophone solo (courtesy of Gordon Hyland) on “Tangerine” and Nichol Robertson on the aforementioned “Partytown USA”, stretching the unpracticed tension of the show even further as collaborators ride the band’s wave.

As the band explains, “There’s this magic of playing a show when you know it’s being recorded,” and you can hear this magic on album highlight “Wild Horses”. Monks—who’s been getting comfy with lead guitar in bandcalledmax after a career as a bassist—caps a two-minute, full-bodied solo by yelping “yeah!” into the mic – a moment of pure joy.

At a time when there’s a lot of pressure to treat music as a product, bandcalledmax makes music for the community, for the pals. They’re the bar band you wish played around the corner every night. bandcalledmax are rock n’ roll in the least ambitious sense: instant feelings, immediate doings, the instantaneous ecstasy of making noise together. As Live at the Cameron House attests, this also means enticing an audience to get down and follow the ruckus wherever it goes. “What’s the weirdest venue we can play next?” Monks asks: “Where’s the party going?”

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LIVE AT THE CAMERON HOUSE TRACKLIST
1 Theme
2 Rocker 
3 Infidelity 
4 Punch Buggy 
5 Partytown, USA 
6 Gun For Hire 
7 Fire 
8 Fool
9 Tangerine
10 TV Maggot 
11 I'm Gonna See My Baby Tonight 
12 Turn It Up 
13 Wild Horses 
14 Theme (Reprise) 

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BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE REVEAL NEW SINGLE “THE CALL” FROM UPCOMING LP

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NEW ALBUM, REMEMBER THE HUMANS, OUT MAY 8 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

FEATURES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FEIST, LISA LOBSINGER,
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BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, METRIC & STARS “ALL THE FEELINGS” NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOUR BEGINS JUNE 8

“Remember the Humans is a bonus lap from one of Canada’s most venerated institutions, even all these years later." Pitchfork The 64 Most Anticipated Albums of Spring 2026

"(the album is) going to deliver plenty of the woozy affirmation and shambolic joy that Broken Social Scene do better than anyone." Rolling Stone

"a version of 2003 nostalgia I can get behind." Stereogum on "Hey Amanda"

"a lovely interplay of guitar, horns, and strings" Flood on "Hey Amanda"

"('Hey Amanda') leans fully into Broken Social Scene’s signature indie-weirdo charm"  Consequence 

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After nearly a decade Broken Social Scene will return with a new album, Remember The Humans, on May 8 via Arts & Crafts. The LP finds the Toronto band reuniting with producer David Newfeld, who helmed their breakthrough You Forgot It in People (2002) and self-titled (2005) albums. Today, the band shares “The Call,” the last single before the release of the LP, and a sprawling collective of voices and instrumentation. The lyrics come in fragments – overlapping lines, shared refrains – converging into one urgent imperative: ‘let me hear the call/'we’re going'/either restless or reborn, we’re going.’ Led by Andrew Whiteman’s enigmatic pen, the track commands forward movement without certainty, commands action rooted in instinct.

In its sense of communal momentum, the track is the sound of individuals dissolving into something bigger than themselves; Broken Social Scene’s long-practiced alchemy at work. But while other tracks on Remember The Humans are more cerebral, “The Call” is anatomical, carrying with it a sense of animal urgency: it is breath and pulse, sweat and nerves.  

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Broken Social Scene previously shared “Not Around Anymore” and “Hey Amanda.” They will play songs off Remember The Humans and other fan favorites this summer on the All The Feelings Tour alongside Metric with support from Stars. The tour kicks off June 8 and runs across Canada, Europe, and The UK with new shows recently added including a slot at Halifax Jazz Festival on July 11. All dates are listed below and tickets are available here. 

Broken Social Scene helped spark a movement without ever setting out to. Emerging in the early 2000s, they cast a spotlight on their hometown of Toronto and embodied the kind of fearless cross-pollination that would come to define indie rock at its most expansive. Their orbit gave rise to bands, solo projects, and collaborations that shaped a generation - including Feist, Metric, Stars, and Do Make Say Think. More than two decades on, Broken Social Scene remains a galvanizing creative force: a band whose emotional openness, restless experimentation, and communal spirit continue to resonate with fans and influence artists around the world. 

Across Remember The Humans’ 12 tracks, the arrangements are dense and enveloping - a lattice of horns, guitars, voices, and electronics - yet melody always remains sovereign, refusing to be swallowed by the sheer sound. When the music drifts towards abstraction, a grounding bass line arrives to anchor the listener, reminding us always that there are human hands on the controls and that, however artful, this is still rock and roll.

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Remember the Humans was shaped by reunion and loss in equal measure. When Kevin Drew and Newfeld reconnected after nearly 20 years apart, one hangout became what they call "a hurricane of fun." During the recording, both lost their mothers - a shared grief that drew them closer. As Newfeld recalls, "our moms would have wanted us to do this, and get it right after 20 years of not working together."

As ever, Broken Social Scene operates less as a band than as a community and songs evolve by ceding control to whoever can best carry them forward in the moment. Drew may be the designated driver, but collaborators on Remember the Humans, including Hannah Georgas, Lisa Lobsinger, and Feist, step into the foreground throughout the record, shaping songs with a sense of collective authorship that has always defined the group’s ethos.

The songs work because no one fully commands them. But this is where Newfeld matters most. As Charles Spearin puts it, "his production suits the chaos of our songwriting so well...he's got a childlike energy that is really contagious."

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The same unruly energy that keeps a band young can also trap it in its own past. Yet on Remember the Humans, Broken Social Scene have evolved with a deep sense of intention. It is the sound of a band deepening rather than reinventing, exploring the emotional implications of forms they’ve spent twenty years shaping. "There's a different kind of honesty in this record," says Spearin, "we've had success, we've lost friends, we've lost parents, we're at this 'what happens next?' stage in life." Remember the Humans is adult music in the best sense: contradictory, wounded, expansive - hopeful in a way that feels earned rather than declared. And it is also, in its refusal of control and its embrace of the ungovernable, a testament to something increasingly rare: art that is not optimized, not streamlined, not strategic.

BSS’s own evolution mirrors something happening outside of it. After years of oversaturation and noise, the culture itself seems to have looped back to a craving for the raw, the communal, and the unguarded. The conditions that made You Forgot It in People feel necessary in 2002 have, in altered form, returned in 2026. According to Drew, "in 2026, you're going to see a lot of resurgence of people going back to the roots of who they are, because things in their lifetime have gotten quite lost. I think we've let each other down, and I think it's art that always tries to prevail, and tries to get us back on track."

In a culture defined by abstraction and distance, Broken Social Scene have made a record that insists on the analog fact of human presence. It asks, gently, but insistently, that we remember each other, that we remember the human. 

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BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE ALL THE FEELINGS TOUR DATES
6/8 – Moody Amphitheater – Austin, TX
6/9 – South Side Ballroom – Dallas, TX
6/11 – Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO
6/13 – Sandy Amphitheater – Sandy, UT
6/16 – The Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
6/17 – Arizona Financial Theatre – Phoenix, AZ
6/19 – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre – San Diego, CA
6/21 – The Masonic – San Francisco, CA – SOLD OUT
6/22 - The Masonic - San Francisco, CA
6/24 – Hayden Homes Amphitheater – Bend, OR
6/25 - Chateau Ste. Michelle - Woodinville, WA 
6/28 - South Alberta Jubilee Auditorium - Calgary, AB - LOW TICKET WARNING
6/29 - Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium - Edmonton, AB - LOW TICKET WARNING
7/11 - Halifax Jazz Festival - Halifax, NS *
7/24 – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
7/25 – Fox Theatre – Detroit, MI
7/27 – MGM Music Hall at Fenway – Boston, MA
7/28 – The Met – Philadelphia, PA
7/30 – Brooklyn Paramount – Brooklyn, NY – SOLD OUT
7/31 - Brooklyn Paramount - Brooklyn, NY - LOW TICKET WARNING
8/1 – The Anthem – Washington, DC
8/3 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA - LOW TICKET WARNING
8/4 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN - LOW TICKET WARNING
8/7 – RBC Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON - LOW TICKET WARNING
9/9 - 3 Olympia Theatre - Dublin, IE
9/11 - O2 Academy Glasgow - Glasgow, UK
9/12 - O2 Academy Brixton - London, UK
9/13 - Manchester Academy - Manchester, UK
9/15 - Salle Pleyel - Paris, FR
9/16 - De Roma - Antwerp, BE
9/17 - TivoliVredenburg - Utrecht, NL
9/19 - Columbiahalle - Berlin, DE
10/3 - Canada Life Place - London, ON
10/5 - The Arena at TD Place - Ottawa, ON
10/7 - Place Bell - Laval, QC

*denotes Broken Social Scene only

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REMEMBER THE HUMANS TRACKLISTING
1. Not Around Anymore
2. Only The Good I Keep
3. Mission Accomplished (Kingfisher)
4. The Call
5. Relief
6. And I Think Of You
7. This Briefest Kiss
8. Life Within The Ground
9. Hey Amanda
10. Paying For Your Love
11. What Happens Now
12. Parking Lot Dreams

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