Pictoria Vark • poolblood • Jay Feelbender
Schedule
Sun, 10 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Monarch Tavern | Toronto, ON
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Transmit PresentsPictoria Vark
https://pictoriavark.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-sticks
Pictoria Vark is getting a better handle on living. The past few years have been a whirlwind for the Chicago-based bassist and songwriter. Her incessant time on tour in the last few years led to epiphanies, big and small, about how fleeting life is. The title of her second album, Nothing Sticks, states it plainly: that everything we try to hold onto - whether it's a relationship, a moment, a career, or a way of life - will come to an end. In confronting these hard truths over the course of ten songs, she finds gratitude, heartbreak, acceptance, and ultimately, the strength to live life to its fullest.
Pictoria Vark has been critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and Forbes, and has been seen sharing stages across the U.S. with La Dispute, Tegan and Sara, and Tommy Lefroy.
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poolblood
https://poolblood.bandcamp.com/
poolblood (she/they), the musical nom-de-plume of Toronto’s Maryam Said, released their debut album mole, January 2023 (Next Door Records). Maryam grew up with mo-town, Somali, electronic, rock, R&B and classical music. These all influenced poolblood’s multi-genre music passion. poolblood has collaborated with Shamir, Jorge Elbrect, Christian Lee Hutson, Jasamine White-Gluz (No Joy) and many more on their debut album.
mole has been critically acclaimed with features on NPR, Bandcamp (album of the day!), Exclaim, MTV and many more. mole was also nominated for the Polaris Music Prize. poolblood has been touring Canada & USA including SXSW, Pop Montreal, River & Sky Festival and a USA tour with Speedy Ortiz.
poolblood’s new follow up EP theres_plenty_of_music_to_go_around.zip is an add on to the storyline that mole started, sort of like an encore, Maryam says “I felt like was calling ‘once more, with feeling.’” Featuring guest musicians Drew Harmon, Palehound and Ellis (San Fermin).
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Jay Feelbender
https://jayfeelbender.bandcamp.com/
Jay Feelbender is a Toronto-based indie artist blending lo-fi nostalgia with raw emotional storytelling. His sound walks the tightrope between dream-state melancholy and gritty DIY realism, equal parts bedroom pop, garage rock, and analog daydream. With a name like a lost comic book anti-hero and a sound like a half-remembered summer, Jay Feelbender’s music lives in the liminal spaces: not quite asleep, not quite awake, always honest.
19+
$26.77 Advance (Taxes & Fees Incl.)
https://transmitpresents.com/
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