After hearing news that Beats For Beginners frontman Mike TV was starting a label, we knew he’d be able to pick some winners.  Bearsuit Publishing presents the first compilation album from this fresh new label, featuring music from The 1,2,3,4s (old school soul meets classic riffy rock), T.G. Elias (brooding and haunting singer/songwriter acoustic), Kid Machine (warm analogue synths meet electro breakbeat) and new music from Beats For Beginners (synthy electro-pop, psych pop).

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Hopeful Monster isn’t just the colloquial term used in evolutionary biology to describe a rapid development of species on a macro level, its the moniker for eastern Canadian musician Jason Ball. Begining from studio experimentation in rural Nova Scotia, Jason has now made Toronto home for his sound of electronic flourished 60s piano-pop throwbacks and Zombies-style ditties. Currently playing as a five-piece line-up (featuring members of the Hylozoists and By Divine Right), Hopeful Monster is for ears missing Grandaddy‘s emotive melodies and bounce.

Genre: 60′s influence Pop, Space Pop.

Good On A Mixtape With: Grandaddy, Rentals, Zombies.

**Hopeful Monster’s self-titled is also available, request a copy.**

Alpha Disco

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Air Highway

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Uncivilized

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Conjuring up images of late-era Siouxsie with a penchant for Mod, Girl + The Machine‘s music holds that delicate spot between atmospheric, eclectic and mind refreshing. Compared to artists like Bjork, Massive Attack, No Doubt, this Toronto band performs a music synergy of trance-pop, world and psychedelic rock. Not pigeon holed by one genre or sound, Hello Earth is a music journey with many surprises down the line. Formed by Chinese-Canadian Jackie Liew, Girl + The Machine‘s live act takes the rock spectacle to new heights: the band’s combination of synchronized lights and video, on stage costumes and multi-lingual vocals explains their rising popularity at such international events as Vietnam’s MAG Music Festival and Brazil’s No Capricho.

Genre: Alternative Rock, Trip Hop

Good On A Mixtape With: Portishead, No Doubt, Ladytron, Bjork.

Inside Outside

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Dharma

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We Take The Train

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