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Prism Prize Video: Absolutely Free ft. U.S. Girls - Currency

The 2019 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Kevan Funk, for his clip for Belle Game’s Low. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos, including this one from a Toronto post-punk combo with a notable guest.

Prism Prize Video: Absolutely Free ft. U.S. Girls - Currency

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The 2019 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Kevan Funk, for his clip for Belle Game’s Low. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos, including this one from a Toronto post-punk combo with a notable guest.


Absolutely Free ft. U.S. Girls - Currency

 

The band Absolutely Free brings a psychedelic, ‘80s-infused music video to their track Currency while collaborating with U.S. Girls (aka Meg Remy).

In an interview, the band said, “Currency is a nervy post-punk shuffle that gradually blossoms into a dense cosmic house track featuring Meg Remy of U.S. Girls on lead vocals. The lyrics contemplate how social frameworks like gender performance are built, and finds Absolutely Free reckoning with privilege and how to best use their social capital.”

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Currency is filled with ambient synths and nifty beats to create a disco hit that sets the tone for the avant-garde video.

Video by: Rachelle Alana Walker

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Music News Digest: Calgary's Sled Island Announces 2026 Lineup, An All-Star Tribute to Dave Bookman in Toronto

Also this week: SOCAN elects its new board of directors, Headwater Music Group partners with ADA Canada to support blues-rock artist Jimi, Miranda Mulholland's Muskoka Music Festival turns 10 and more.

The musically adventurous Calgary music festival Sled Island has just announced its full lineup. New additions include hyperpop rapper Lil Mariko (in her Canadian debut), illuminati hotties, alt-rock group Palehound, Indigenous electronic cello ensemble Cris Derksen Quartet, noisy Midwest slowcore outfit Flooding, Canadian indie rock project Fanclubwallet, mask-wearing thrash punks TEAR DUNGEON, genre-bending post-punk artist J.R.C.G., New Mexico-based pop-punk band Weedrat, and the final two guest curator selections: experimental musique concrète project Cooling Prongs, and Nigerian‑American pianist Sharon Udoh (who will also be joining fest curators clipping. for their performance at The Palace Theatre on June 20).

Emerging acts joining this year’s lineup include award-winning Plains Cree hip-hop artist Drezus, Winnipeg indie rockers Virgo Rising, Whitehorse-based “gateway metal” duo FRANKLIN, ambient pedal steel performer Wayne Patrick Garrett, dance-inspired electronic artist Eejungmi, San Francisco experimental pop project Tricky FM, Toronto-based art rockers Kali Horse, high-energy cow-punk ensemble Spank Williams, post-hardcore powerhouse Midnight Peg, operatic post-punk four-piece Shunk and many, many more. There'll also be comedy acts, a drag brunch, DJ sets and an art exhibit, plus conference panels in the Central Library on June 19. Passes and tickets are on sale now here.

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