From a year ago: Wrote about records from The Triceratops, wilder Thing, EEP, and Tess Parks:

🍁 Here’s our #CanadianSongOfTheDay 🎶 “My Crud Princess” by No Joy of Montreal, Quebec from the 2025 album “Bugland.” 💪 #SupportCanadianArtists — it’s great for our artists, culture, economy, and your SOUL! #CanadaSky #Canada 🎧 youtu.be/Qu0-NrqtXDA?...

NO JOY @nojoy.bsky.social Bugland west coast tour starts this week! 07th Seattle @ Freakout Fest 08th Vancouver @ Astoria 09th Portland @ Lollipop Shoppe 11th Oakland @ Thee Stork Club 13th Los Angeles @ Zebulon TIX: bnds.us/jdnw1x Photos by @arkanzakharov

A Conversation With Sook-Yin Lee Sunday Nov 2 at 12pm ET on The Source HD3 www.wmnf.org/listen/hd-3/ wp.me/p38QA8-4nn

“Hellmouth” by Bonnie Trash youtu.be/gEPFUHNzbrk?...

Some video and photos from Bonnie Trash’ performance last night at The Sonic Hall in Guelph, Ontario.

up next is one i'm sure you're familiar with because I will not shut up about it, this is hands down the greatest genre mashup #shoegaze has ever birthed- industrial, death metal, electronica, + a horn solo- pure magic

A singular set of contemporary shoegaze www.treblezine.com/no-joy-bugla...

Just wrapped an engaging conversation with talented Toronto-based multimedia artist Sook-Yin Lee Air date November 2 at 12pm on The Source HD3 www.wmnf.org/listen/hd-3/

This week's artists: Falls, Jilk, Colleen, Golden Brown, Patricia Brennan, Joe Westerlund, Steve Hauschildt, Patche, Sook-Yin Lee (covering Marianne Faithful), Rebecca Foon... (Apple Music playlist: music.apple.com/ca/playlist/...)

muchmusic, Sook-Yin Lee and Elliott - alot of memories here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i4y...

🇨🇦 Sook-Yin Lee - Broken English #MusicSky New single released October 24 Canadian filmmaker, musician, actor, multimedia artist Cover of a single from Marianne Faithfull’s 1979 album open.spotify.com/intl-ja/trac... youtu.be/njwtWOVUvyU?...

NO JOY "BUGLAND is an auditory journey unlike any other - a potent, meticulously distilled concoction - a meeting of stylish surface and profound, buzzing reality" - @bigtakeover.com @nojoy.bsky.social @fire-toolz.bsky.social bigtakeover.com/interviews/t...

featuring my current frontrunner for Song of the Year #shoegaze

Sook-Yin Lee Finds the Pulse with Marianne Faithfull's "Broken English"

New Music You Need To Hear! Hence music | James K | Sook-Yin Lee | Tim Reaper | Listen Sunday October 26 at 12pm ET on The Source HD3 www.wmnf.org/listen/hd-3/

Imagine the convergence of two sonic alchemists: Jasamine White-Gluz of No Joy, and the cerebral visionary of Fire-Toolz (Angel Marcloid). Both retreated to the hermetic silence of the countryside, a shared, almost mystical isolation where the genesis of ‘Bugland’ was set in motion.

New at #1, No Joy - Bugland. More charts at www.thex.ca #kamloops #Mytru

SOOK-YIN LEE shares new video/single and chats with RANGE @readrange.bsky.social ~ "Sook-Yin Lee breathes new life into Marianne Faithfull’s “Broken English” while teasing her new solo album, 72 RHR." readrange.com/sook-yin-lee... Out now on Hand Drawn Dracula STREAM: ffm.to/brokenenglish

People, Go buy something from @handdrawndracula.bsky.social, the amazingly curated label out of Toronto. Praises, Bonnie Trash, Dermabrasion, No Joy, Vallens, Robert Ashcroft...it's all fantastic. Seriously. It's good for you.

Joanna Newsom | Richard Dawson ft. Rodhri Davies via @dominorecordco.bsky.social | Michael Peter Olsen ft. Mairi Chaimbeul via @handdrawndracula.bsky.social | Cerys Hafana |

🐌 @nojoy.bsky.social’s epic new album BUGLAND was released two months ago! w/ @fire-toolz.bsky.social Hand Drawn Dracula (ROW) Sonic Cathedral (EU/UK) orcd.co/buglandalbum Best New Music @pitchfork.com “fierce, cybernetic treasure” @thequietus.com “surreal sonic garden” @brooklynvegan.bsky.social

Their UK dates complete, @nojoy.bsky.social are now heading to Europe for dates in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. Don't miss them, they're on fire! 🔥🐌 Buy tickets and new album ‘Bugland’ here: linktr.ee/bugland_sc

Introducing Sook-Yin Lee... Sook-Yin Lee's album 72RHR will be released on Hand Drawn Dracula in 2026. PAYING FOR IT, a film by Sook-Yin Lee, based on the best-selling graphic novel by cartoonist Chester Brown, opens in the U.S. January 30th! 👀 @payingforit.bsky.social youtu.be/9IWzAu5oaxc?...

Sook-Yin Lee interviewing Miki and Emma from Lush. The Wedge was such an incredible show on Much Music and Sook-Yin Lee was brilliant. Good times. 📸Sook-Yin Lee

@nojoy.bsky.social killed it last night 🐌 🐛 🐞

Great to be back at @justdroppedin.bsky.social to see Montreal shoegazers @nojoy.bsky.social blow away the cobwebs (and confetti) @joesors.bsky.social

‘Bits’ by @nojoy.bsky.social was the Indie-Pendence Play on BBC Radio 6 Music’s Indie Forever show the other night. Listen again here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great night at @justdroppedin.bsky.social with @nojoy.bsky.social and @thdafreak.bsky.social Too much fun for a Sunday ✌️

Sorry #musicsky I’ve been so incredibly overwhelmed by the recent @nojoy.bsky.social gig at the Moth Club 🙂 that I forgot to post. It was Awesome!! (yep capital A).Drawing from her excellent new record Bugland and earlier tunes I can’t add much more to that 😀 . Simply incredible. 🎶🙏🏻

Reseñamos lo nuevo de No Joy – Bugland (No Joy/Sonic Cathedral), un rico tapiz de sonidos que parten del pop para engrandecerse a partir de una producción que es capaz de llevar al oyente por inesperados atajos

1027! No Joy hear Kreative Kontrol ⬇️ 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e... 💰: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-102... ☁️: overcast.fm/+AA3_nunTCSU vk: bit.ly/3Je9M16 🌲: linktr.ee/vishkhanna @nojoy.bsky.social @handdrawndracula.bsky.social

🐌 🐞 🪲 @nojoy.bsky.social No Joy BUGLAND on Pitchfork’s BEST ALBUMS OF 2025 SO FAR "RIYL: Glossy guitars; The NeverEnding Story; peak MBV; non-linear narratives; Fire-Toolz; ... " - @pitchfork.com @fire-toolz.bsky.social pitchfork.com/features/lis...

Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social kicks off our Sense of Place: Montreal series with a conversation about Montreal's Mile End music scene with Jasamine White-Gluz of No Joy and about the band's new album, Bugland. www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

'DIY will never die': NO JOY (@nojoy.bsky.social) remembers the heyday of Montreal's Mile End - @worldcafe.bsky.social @npr.org @wxpnfm.bsky.social @rahrahraina.bsky.social STREAM 🔗 www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

LIVE REVIEW: "The next time you see @nojoy.bsky.social, which you will because you must, close your eyes, catch the breeze, and take it all in. It's glorious up there" - @exclaimdotca.bsky.social Upcoming Shows: bnds.us/jdnw1x exclaim.ca/music/articl...

It's HDD Bandcamp Friday 👀! NEW Limited edition CD version of No Joy's BUGLAND (Bandcamp / Tour exclusive) + found 10 left over copies of the Hand Drawn Dracula & Levitation Edition of BUGLAND on Laurel Green Larvae Vinyl (edition of 100) 🐌🐌🐌 @nojoy.bsky.social 🔗 handdrawndracula.bandcamp.com

Catch HDD artists & friends performing at this weekend’s Project Nowhere Festival Toronto Oct 2 No Joy The Garrison 🔥 10:30pm Oct 3 Vallens BSMT 254 🔥 10pm Oct 4 Bonnie Trash The Baby G 🔥 10pm @nojoy.bsky.social @bonnietrash.bsky.social @vallens-vallens.bsky.social

#nowspinning No Joy “Bugland” @nojoy.bsky.social #nojoy #colouredvinyl #shoegaze #noiserock

🔥 TONIGHT 🔥 @nojoy.bsky.social + Greathunter, Push Come Shove Oct 1, 2025📍@ 27 Club Ottawa Doors: 7PM | Show: 7:30PM 🎟️: www.ticketweb.ca/event/no-joy...

TUNE IN! Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran) & Katy Krassner spin NO JOY "Bugland" on the September 28th episode of WHOOOSH! Streaming now on The Spectrum / SiriusXM 🔗 www.siriusxm.com/channels/the... @nojoy.bsky.social @fire-toolz.bsky.social @durandurancom.bsky.social @askkaty.bsky.social

TONIGHT! @nojoy.bsky.social 🐌 + Ura Star & Fireball Kid + Sasha Cay Friday, September 26, 2025 📍Toscadura Doors: 8PM | Show: 8:30PM presented by @cjlo.com & @popmontreal.bsky.social 🎟️ popmontreal.com/events/no-jo...

PASTE’s 9 Must-See Acts at @popmontreal.bsky.social @nojoy.bsky.social "the kind of maximalist album that makes you wonder how it would sound live, making this a perfect opportunity to see how White-Gluz’s sonic world unfurls onstage" @pastemagazine.bsky.social www.pastemagazine.com/music/pop-mo...

"While “shoegaze” might be the easiest label, it hardly does justice to the glossy keyboards, confetti-like effects, and deeply 90s alt-rock drums that make this album one-of-a-kind" Discogs Digs @discogsofficial.bsky.social @nojoy.bsky.social @fire-toolz.bsky.social www.discogs.com/digs/music/r...

Under the Influence | Emmalia Bortolon-Vettor from @bonnietrash.bsky.social Guelph, Ontario hell-raisers Bonnie Trash are currently in the UK, in support of their recently released new album, Mourning You. We asked the band about their main musical influences. echoesanddust.com/2025/09/unde...

“I Hate That I Forget What You Look Like” No Joy — Bugland (2025)

More @nojoy.bsky.social Canadian shows start this week 🎟️🔗: bnds.us/jdnw1x 🐌 : orcd.co/buglandalbum Sep 26 Montreal @popmontreal.bsky.social Oct 01 Ottawa @ The 27 Club Oct 02 Toronto @ Project Nowhere Fest 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

“My Crud Princess” No Joy — Bugland (2025)

Latest newsletter is an interview with No Joy about communing with nature, moving to the country, working with Fire-Toolz, confusing Duster with Guster, and much more