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NANAIMO'S BACKYARD//UNDERGROUND MUSIC FESTIVAL
Vancouver/Surrey
queer hyperpop/dancecore duo
Edmonton
Fun, fast, gnarly, pretty, chip-tune nemeses
Bellingham
garage punk not to fuck around with
Cumberland
roadhouse honky tonk
Courtney/Gibsons
new wave electro-doom
Nanaimo
west coast trippy indie
beautiful clown noise collage
Vancouver
operatic mind melters
Salt Spring Island
emotive tender core
Toronto
queer hardware electronica
Victoria
otherworldly fuzzy nostalgia pop
Vancouver/Gabriola/Nanaimo
watch out there’s a sea anemone in your pocket
dark synth ambient electronica
Cobble Hill
indie rock ballad buster
Victoria/Nanaimo
joyously entertaining drag
legendary folk
Denman Island
new wave synth pop
progressive/ambient/drone
noise genius
confrontational electropunk
80's dreamscape synthpop
heartbreak country
music found through murk and fog
ambient techno-pop
beyond sentient shellfish guts
abrasive maximalist punk noise
smoky psychedelic gothic country
ambient soundscapes with hard hitting synth-riffs
alt rock psych (psalt rock)
Toronto/Nanaimo
2000s garage rock revival
generative eternal
sad electro dream pop
noise void creators
Calgary
hypnotic synth-punk
heavy metal-meets-techno acid trip
dystopian darkwave synth magic
improvised psychedelic chaos
playing only the hits
non-stop barrage of grit chaos
angelic dream pop
rhythm forward live house
dazzle core pop therapy
murky abrasive no wave
psych punk sludgy noise
raw introspective acoustic
Nanaimo/Powell River
a west coast mirage
Stz'uminus ( Ladysmith)
badass indigenous hip hop
theatrical avant-garde indie pop