Thanya Iyer is an enigmatic songwriter whose sparkling, experimental pop music embraces mindfulness, aesthetic beauty, and the interconnectedness of all things. Iyer’s 2025 release, TIDE/TIED, expands on the future-folk of their 2020 Polaris long-listed album, KIND. With washes of jazz-inflected pop and ensemble ambience courtesy of Daniel Gélinas’ meditative drumming, Pompey’s adventurous multi-instrumentalism, and the celestial harp of Emilie Kahn, Thanya Iyer builds a layered musical world that Pitchfork described as “a lucid daydream that’s constantly melting at its edges.”
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Thanya Iyer; auteure-compositrice-interprète énigmatique au son effervescent avec des accents expérimentaux et pop. Son groupe en spectacle (Pompey, Daniel Gélinas, Emilie Kahn) tisse une toile sonore au teintes autant électroniques qu'acoustiques de façon à entrainer le public dans un état de sérénité où la compassion et un sentiment spirituel semblent se manifester d'eux-mêmes. La groupe a joué toute autour Turtle Island en première partie d'artistes tels que Julia Holter, Land of Talk, Kimya Dawson, Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter, Jeff Parker, et Kevin Drew. Suite à leur deuxième album visuel, "KIND" (2020), qui figurait sur la longue liste du Prix Polaris, le nouveau disque du groupe, TIDE/TIED (Topshelf Records), explore les rythmes de l'identité communautaire, de la guérison et de l'amour dans un monde dissonant.
TIDE/TIED (Topshelf Records)
Artwork by Christiane Shortal
rest (Topshelf Records)
Album art by Amanda Stormyr
KIND (Topshelf Records)
Album art by Emilie Muszczak
Thanya Iyer on Audiotree Live
Do You Dream? Mixtape (Topshelf Records)
Do you Dream?
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Past Events
2025-06-29 Toronto, ON Toronto International Jazz Festival
2025-06-28 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Jazz Festival
2025-06-26 Montreal, QC Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
2025-06-25 Vancouver, BC Coastal Jazz
2025-06-21 Calgary, AB Sled Island Music & Arts Festival
2025-06-18 Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg International Jazz Festival
2025-06-13 Halifax, NS EVERYSEEKER Festival
2025-05-10 Montreal, QC Centre PHI - TIDE/TIED Album Launch
2025-04-26 Portland, ME Prism Analog - With Is She?
2025-04-25 Littleton, NH The Loading Dock - With Charlotte Rae
2025-04-24 Providence, RI Lost Bag - With Modern Altars, Tarik Bartel, Ariel Tavares
2025-04-22 Keene, NH Nova Arts - With Michael Roberts
2025-04-19 Philadelphia, PA Abyssinia - With Ava Mirzadegan & ther
2025-04-18 Brooklyn, NY Cassette - With Haldeman & Adelyn Strei
2025-04-17 Burlington, VT Light Club Lamp Shop - With Acqua Mossa
2024-12-17 Peaks Island, ME The Hedgehouse Barn
2024-09-12 Montreal, QC Marché des Possibles – Supporting Kimya Dawson
2024-09-01 Montreal, QC POP x La Lumière Collective – Montreal Celluloid with Samy Benammar
2024-07-05 Toronto, ON The Drake Underground – Supporting Sen Morimoto
2024-06-19 Calgary, AB Sled Island Music & Arts Festival – Supporting Jeff Parker & Slauson Malone 1
2024-05-31 Kingston, ON Musiikki Cafe – Spring Reverb Fest – With Corey Gulkin and Hanorah
2024-05-23 Montreal, QC La Sotterenea – Supporting Kaia Kater
2024-05-14 Montreal, QC Le Belmont – Supporting Julia Holter
2024-05-13 Toronto, ON The Great Hall – Supporting Julia Holter
2024-05-12 Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room – Supporting Land of Talk
2024-05-11 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill – Supporting Land of Talk
2024-05-09 Portland, OR Mission Theater – Supporting Land of Talk
2024-05-08 Seattle, WA Madame Lou's – Supporting Land of Talk
2024-05-06 Vancouver, BC The Hargrove – Giving Shapes Album Launch
2024-04-27 Brooklyn, NY The Owl – With Katie Von Schleicher
2024-04-05 Montreal, QC Le Gésu – Supporting Reverend Kristin Michael Hater
2024-01-21 Fredericton, NB Charlotte Street Arts Centre – Shivering Songs
2024-01-17 Fredericton, NB Wilmot United Church – Shivering Songs Supporting Kevin Drew
2023-12-12 Montreal, QC Casa Del Popolo – With Dead Gowns, H. Pruz, Marontate
2023-12-09
Brooklyn, NY
Public Records – Opening for Katie von Schleicher
(album release) + Joe Pera
2023-11-21 Toronto, ON Hugh's Room – C U NEXT TUESDAY Songwriters Circle
2023-10-15 Philadelphia, PA Abyssinia Upstairs
2023-10-14 Voorhees, NJ Tunes
2023-10-13 New Haven, CT Never Ending Books
2023-10-12 Brooklyn, MA Threes brewing
2023-10-11 Hadley, MA Backyard in Hadley
2023-10-10 Providence, RI Red Ink Community Library
2023-10-09 Littleton, NH The Loading Dock
2023-10-08 Portland, ME The Apohadion
2023-10-07 Montreal, QC Error 403
2023-08-20 Shigawake, QC Shigawake Music Festival
2023-06-23 Mayne Island, BC Campbell Bay Music Festival
2023-06-17 Montreal, QC Parc de la Petite Italie
2023-05-19 Montreal, QC Error 403 – With Nicomo and Nennen
2023-04-17 Montreal, QC Ursa – With Bells Larsen
2023-04-16 Guelph, ON Silence Sounds
2023-04-15 Toronto, ON Tranzac
2023-04-14 Buffalo, NY Nietzsche's
2023-04-13 Pittsburgh, PA Mr Roboto Project
2023-04-12 Columbus, OH Spacebar
2023-04-11 Peoria, IL Mt Moon
2023-04-09 Chicago, IL Golden Dagger
2023-04-08 Madison, WI Communication
2023-04-06 Fargo, ND The Aquarium
2023-04-05 Winnipeg, MB Handsome Daughter
2023-04-01 Calgary, AB Inner City Brewing
2023-03-30 Seattle, WA The Vera Project Gallery
2023-03-29 Portland, OR ARIUM
2023-03-26 Boise, ID Treefort Music Festival
2023-03-24
Los Angeles, CA
Gold Diggers – POP Montreal LA Showcase
with Gus Englehorn
2023-03-20 Las Cruces, NM With Diatom Deli
2023-03-16 to 18 Austin, TX SXSW
2023-03-14 Dallas, TX The Balcony Club – New New Festival
2023-03-13
Little Rock, AK
The Greenhouse
2023-03-10
Chattanooga, TN
The Dark Roast
2023-03-09
Louisville, KY
Super Fun House Show
2023-03-05
Philadelphia, PA
Launderette Records
2023-03-04
Brooklyn, NY
Rubulad – Emma Frank & Alexia Avina
2023-03-02
Burlington, VT
Radiobean
2023-01-10
Montreal, QC
Casa Del Popolo – With Tara Kannangara and Ten Moon
2022-11-01
Montreal, QC
l'Idéal Bar
2022-10-26
Montreal, QC
Diving Bell Social Club – Opening for NNAMDI
2022-10-20
Montreal, QC
Casa del Popolo – Opening for L'Architek Percussion
2022-09-29
Montreal, QC
POP Montreal – Le Ministère – Opening for Bibi Club
2022-09-29
Montreal, QC
POP Montreal – Jardins Gamelins
2022-08-27
Montreal, QC
L'Entrepôt 77 – Rest EP Launch with Ambroise &
Cedric Noel
2022-08-14
Shigawake, QC
Shigawake Music Festival
2022-06-22
Montreal, QC
La Chapelle – With Warhol Dervish x Beethoven Mystique
Concert Series
2022-06-03
Toronto, ON
The Garrison – Wavelength presents: for Ombiigizi
Album Launch
2022-06-02
Montreal, QC
Phi Centre – Pop Montreal presents, Tess Roby
Album Launch
2022-04-29
Montreal, QC
La Sala Rossa – Blue Skies Turn Black, opening for KAINA
2022-03-11 Montreal, QC Sala Rossa – With Ambroise
2021-12-05
Montreal, QC
Sala Rossa – Blue Skies Turn Black – With Advance Base
& fanclubwallet
2021-11-19
Guelph, ON
Royal City Mission – Guelph Jazz Autumn Echoes Series –
With Justin Orok
2021-10-02
Everywhere (online)
YouTube – Star System Curation x Celestial
Nights – With Like the Mind
2021-09-25
Montreal, QC
Entrepot77 – POP Montreal – With Vagina Witchcraft,
Korea Town Acid, Malika Tirolien, All Hands_Make Light
2021-08-14 Montreal, QC POP Montreal x Ursa – With Anjana Srinivasan
2021-08-13 Kiamika, QC Contre-Courant – Opening for Klô Pelgag
2021-07-14 Lanaudiere, QC Camp Musical Père Lindsay
2021-05-05 to 09 Columbia, MO + Everywhere (online) True/False Film festival
2021-04-09 Everywhere (online) Women From Space Festival
2021-02-13
Everywhere (online)
Secret Keys Livestream (Les Sympathiques x
Café Resonance x Florafone) – Thanya Iyer Virtual Album Launch
2020-12-13 Everywhere (online) Twitch – The Alternative Streaming Live
2020-10-31 Everywhere (online) Twitch – Moon Glow Fest
2020-10-08 Montreal, QC CISM 89.3 FM
2020-09-25 Montreal, QC Théâtre Rialto – POP Montreal
2020-09-17 Everywhere (online) YouTube – Sounds of Saving
2020-09-20 Everywhere (online) Bandcamp – Livestream party
2020-08-12
Everywhere (online)
YouTube – Wednesdays from Home –
With Paper Beat Scissor
2020-08-08 Everywhere (online) Improv Fest
2020-07-04
Everywhere (online)
Facebook – Resonance livestream series
fundraiser – Alexis Marcelo and Frederico Heliodoro
2020-06-14
Everywhere (online)
Facebook – Wavelength music series presents
KIND livestream
2020-05-09
Everywhere (online)
Facebook – Canada Performs – With Tamara
Sandor and Pompey
2020-05-01
Everywhere (online)
Twitch – "Friend Oasis" Topshelf Records
Showcase
2020-04-17 Everywhere (online) YouTube – KIND Visual Album Film Premiere
2020-03-23 Hot springs, AK Valley of the Vapors music festival CANCELLED
2020-03-17 to 21 Austin, TX SXSW music festival CANCELLED
2020-03-15 San Antonio Presa House – With Raavi and the houseplants CANCELLED
2020-03-14
Dallas, TX
Top Ten Records – With ManfestiV, DJ Crash,
DeepEllumRadio
CANCELLED
2020-03-13 Denton, TX Location Tba CANCELLED
2020-03-11 Tulsa, OK Soundpony – With Knipple CANCELLED
2020-03-09 St Louis, MO Flood Plain – With Motherbear, Julio Prato and Teshua Parker
2020-03-05 to 08 Columbia, MO True/False Film Festival
2020-03-04 Indianapolis, IL State street pub – With EEEKA and Lee Lloyd
2020-03-03 Nashville, TN Growhouse Collective – With Diatom Deli, Namir Blade, Michael His
2020-03-01 Louisville, KY WXOX in studio
2020-02-29 Bloomington, IL Blockhouse Bar – With So it was, patchwork moonlight, songs to follow
2020-02-27 Cincinnati, OH Chessie's Home – With Rae Fischer and Phil Cotter
2020-02-26 Chicago, IL Hungry Brain – With izzy true
2020-02-23 Toronto, ON Anna's House – With Ten moon
2019-12-12
Montreal, QC
Casa del popolo – With Syngja, Clara Engel and
Alexis Castrogiovanni
2019-11-16 Brooklyn, NY House show – With Nicomo + Lovers' Almanac
2019-11-15
Philadelphia, PA
TRUCK (house show) – With Nicomo + Murayama +
Johnny Petunia
2019-11-14 Washington, DC The Dew Drop Inn DC – With Nicomo + Amy Reid
2019-11-13
Richmond, VA
The Foundation (House Show) – With Nicomo +
Righer + Goodnight Daniel
2019-11-12 Durham, NC Arcana – With Nicomo + Dreamroot
2019-11-11 Burnsville, NC Snaggy Mountain Farm – With Nicomo
2019-11-09 Gallatin, TN Earthship – With Nicomo + Banana Tapes
2019-11-08
Cincinnati, OH
Chris' House – With Nicomo + Nancy P +
Jennifer Simone
2019-11-07 Chicago, IL Bohemian Grove – With Nicomo + Izzy True + Artificer
2019-11-05 Detroit, MI Spread Art – With Nicomo + Matthew Daher + River Spirit
2019-11-04 Toronto, ON Tranzac Club – Tiki Room – With Nicomo + Ten Moon
2019-11-03
Guelph, ON
The Common Cafe – With Nicomo + Ten Moon +
Anna Weibe
2019-11-02 Kingston, ON 12CAT Arts Collective – With Nicomo + Ten Moon
2019-10-22 Montreal, QC Casa Del Popolo – Mardi Spaghetti
2019-10-14 Montreal, QC Casa Del Popolo – Mardi Spaghetti
2019-08-29
Montreal, QC
The Diving Bell Social Club – Hot Tramp Festival –
With Cyber, Tamayugé, La Fi èvre
2019-08-25 Vancouver, BC Woodland Patio Series
2019-08-11 Montreal, QC House Show – With Ananda Luna, Youyourself&I
2019-06-26
Montreal, QC
La Plante – With Only a Visitor & Sarah Rossy
Chamber Ensemble
2019-06-22 Mayne Island, BC Campbell Bay Music Festival
2019-06-21 Calgary, AB Sled Island Music Festival – McHugh House
2019-06-14
Montreal, QC
La Vitrola – Suoni Per il Popolo Festival –
With Janette King, Cyber, Ms. Holmes
2019-05-25 Montreal, QC The Diving Bell Social Club – With Bells Atlas, Slight
2019-05-11 Montreal, QC Hugh's House – With Yum, Why Try
2019-05-05 Kingston, NY BSP Kingston – With And the Kids
2019-05-04 Syracuse, NY Spark Art Space – With And the Kids
2019-05-03 Toronto, ON The Baby G – With And the Kids
2019-05-02 Hamilton, ON This Ain't Hollywood – With And the Kids
2019-04-29 Ottawa, ON Live! on Elgin – With And the Kids
2019-04-28 Montréal, QC Casa Del Popolo – With And the Kids & Corey Gulkin
2019-04-26 Fredericton, NB FLOURISH Festival – With And the Kids
2019-04-25 Bangor, ME BAE – With And the Kids
2019-04-13
Toronto, ON
Wavelength Music Series – With I am Robot & Proud,
World News, Precious Jewel
2019-04-12 Guelph, ON Kazoo Fest
2019-04-11 Kingston, ON 12CAT @ The Tavern – With Time Victim
2019-04-03 Montreal, QC Casa Del Popolo – With Typical Sisters + Lune Très Belle
2019-02-23
Montreal, QC
Resonance Café – Explorations en Musique
Nouvelle Series – With Sam Shalabi
2019-02-14 to 17
Hamilton, ON
New Vision United Church – Hamilton Fringe
Frost Bites Festival – With Lisa Emmons
2019-02-09
Ottawa, ON
Origin Arts & Community Center – Megaphono Festival –
With Delorca and Mal/aimé
2019-01-11
Montreal, QC
Casa Del Popolo – With No Cosmos and
Smileswithteeth
2018-09-21 Portland, ME Waking Windows
2018-09-20 Northampton, MA Venue TBA
2018-09-19 Brooklyn, NY The Glove
2018-09-17 Toronto, ON Burdock Music Hall
2018-09-15 Guelph, ON Guelph Jazz Festival
2018-09-14 Guelph, ON Guelph Jazz Festival
2018-09-12 Detroit, MI SpreadArt
2018-09-11 Chicago, IL Venue TBA
2018-09-11 Chicago, IL Audiotree Live
2018-09-09 Cincinatti, OH Outdoor Show
2018-09-08 Windsor, ON The Phog Lounge
2018-09-07 Hamilton, ON Into the Abyss – With Haolin Munk
2018-09-06 Wakefield, ON The Blacksheep Inn/Mouton Noir – With Sparklesaurus
2018-08-17 Montreal, QC Love Bubble
2018-08-12 Montreal, QC House Show
2018-08-09 Moncton, NB COCO fest "Clementine Edition"
2018-07-29 Montreal, QC Casa Del Popolo
2018-07-26 Greenfield, MA Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center
2018-07-19 Montreal, QC La Plante
2018-07-14 Montreal, QC La Plante
2018-07-06 Montreal, QC Resonance Café
2018-07-05 Montreal, QC Quai des Brumes
2018-06-21 Montreal, QC Resonance Café
2018-06-16 Montreal, QC La Sotterenea
2018-05-12 Montreal, QC Resonance Café
2018-05-03 Montreal, QC The Living Womb
2018-04-06 Montreal, QC Bar le Ritz PDB – Opening for Kevin Devine
2018-03-26 Montreal, QC Casa Del Popolo – Opening for Klaus
2018-03-24 Montreal, QC The Plant
2018-03-05 Chicago, IL Happy Gallery
2018-03-01 to 04 Columbia, MO True False Film Festival
2018-02-27 St. Louis, MO FOAM – With Dubb Nubb
2018-02-26 Cincinnati, OH Warsaw room
2018-02-25 Windsor, ON The Phog Lounge
2018-02-24 Montreal, QC The Phi Centre – Opening for Raveen, Look Vibrant
2018-02-23 Ottawa, ON The Record Centre
2018-02-22 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
2018-02-21 Rochester, NY The Bug Jar
2018-02-20 Burlington, VT Light Club Lamp Shop – With Ivamae
2018-02-16 Montreal, QC Gender Advocacy Fundraiser House Show
2018-02-01 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa – Corey Gulkin Album Launch
2017-11-25 Montreal, QC Resonance Café
2017-11-22 Burlington, VT Light Club Lamp Shop
2017-11-21 Rochester, NY
2017-11-20 Pittsburgh, PA Welcome bak Studios
2017-11-18 Cincinnati, OH Listing Loon
2017-11-17 St. Louis, MO Foam – With Dubb Nubb
2017-11-16 Columbia, MO Café Berlin
2017-11-08 San Diego, CA Soda Bar – With Hovvdy, Holling & Boxx Office
2017-11-07 Los Angeles, CA
2017-11-06 San Francisco, CA Sofar Sounds
2017-11-05 Sacramento, CA Colonial Café
2017-11-02 Portland, OR
2017-11-01 Eugene, WA Sam Bond's Garage – Opening for Adam Hill
2017-10-31 Seattle, WA
2017-10-29 Vancouver, BC Gold Saucer
2017-10-28 Kelowna, BC
2017-10-15 to 2017-11-28 Banff, AB Banff Center for the Arts Residency
2017-10-12
Calgary, AB
Festival Hall – Calgary Folk Festival –
Opening for The Moulettes
2017-10-10
Winnipeg, MB
Good Will Social Club – Winnipeg Jazz Festival –
Thelonious monk Tribute Concert
2017-10-07 Chicago, IL Hungry Brain – With Half Gringa, Ze'ev & Ohmme
2017-10-06
Ann Arbor, MI
Canterbury House, University of Michigan –
With David Ward's Cool Socks
2017-10-05 Detroit, MI Spread Art – With Matthew Daher & Lexi
2017-10-04 Sault Ste-Marie, ON Gore Street Café
2017-10-03 Windsor, ON The Phog Lounge
2017-10-02 Toronto, ON Burdock – With Merival & Omhouse
2017-09-30
Hamilton, ON
HAVN, local arts collective –
With Annie Shaw &
Sarah Good
2017-09-29
Ottawa, ON
Bar Robo – Organized by local arts collective Debaser –
With Sparklesaurus & Novusolis
2017-09-28 Montreal, QC CJLO Fall Folk Fest: Nomad Live, 9:30 PM
2017-09-19 Montreal, QC Casa Del Popolo – With Deqn Sue + Krystale
2017-09-14
Montreal, QC
POP Montreal: Quai Des Brumes, 9:30 PM –
With Magnolian, Max Comeau & The Rising Few
2017-09-13
Montreal, QC
Blanc de Blanc, 7 PM –
With MAWMZ + Eric Seguin
(Raveen)
2017-07-17 to 20 Shigawake, QC COCO FEST – Shigawake Music Festival
2017-07-12 Moncton, NB COCO FEST – With SHYRE & Kyle Hutchines
2017-07-12 Fredericton, NB Reads Café – With Jane Blanchard & Will Pacey
2017-07-10 NYC, NY Trans-Pecos – With Wizard Apprentice, Real Clothes & ShaRa
2017-07-09 Baltimore, MD The Bun Shop – With Envy the Animals & Sugar Glass
2017-07-08 Montreal, QC The Plant – With DF and Gnomedad
2017-07-07
Philadelphia, PA
Kung Fu Necktie –
With Gobbie Ghoul,
Randy Scott Carroll & Weekend Athlete
2017-07-06 Woodstock, NY Paul's House
2017-07-06 Montreal, QC Voskins
2017-06-29 Montreal, QC Resonance Café, 6 PM – With Dan Misha Goldman
2017-06-27 Toronto, ON D-Beatstro – With Tip-Toes
2017-06-25 Detroit, MI Light Box
2017-06-24 Chicago, Il
2017-06-23
Cincinatti, OH
The Listing Loon –
With the crew: Blossom Hall, Xoh,
Jennifer Simone
2017-06-22 Columbus, OH Apt show @ Cameron's House!! – With Hello Emerson
2017-06-20 Philadelphia, PA The Pharmacy – With Eliza Edens & Lawn Talk
2017-06-19 New York, NY Rockwood Music Hall
2017-06-18
Ridgewood, NY
Trans-Pecos –
With Common Holly, Small Wonder &
Thanks for coming
2017-06-16 Allston, MA House show – With Katsu & Ploy
2017-06-15 Boston, MA Neuroscience & Music Conference
2017-06-14 Portland, ME Local Sprouts
2017-06-10
Montreal, QC
Brasserie Beaubien –
With Future States, Manners &
Betty & Veronica
2017-06-09 Montreal, QC The Plant – With livestalk,lucashuang,sayton
2017-05-29 Montreal, QC Resonance Café – With Renée Yoxon Quartet
2017-05-10 Montreal, QC Resonance Café – With Nomad
2017-05-03
Montreal, QC
Bar Le Ritz PDB –
Blue Skies Turn Black : Sara-Danielle
Lancement d'album
2017-04-29
Montreal, QC
La Plante –
Bouteloua présente : Une soirée pour
Chez Doris
2017-04-08
Montreal, QC
La plante –
With Rakam, Sparklesaurus, Thanya Iyer,
Matty Parker at La Plante
2017-03-06 Cincinnati, OH The Comet – With Ofir and Loathing and Shadow band
2017-03-02 to 05 Columbia, MO True/False Film Festival
2017-02-28 Asheville, NC Isis Music Hall
2017-02-26 Cincinnati, OH Dada House
2017-02-25 Baltimore, MD The Bun Shop
2017-02-24 Brooklyn, NY Moose Lab
2017-02-23 Manhattan, NY Rockwood Music Hall
2017-02-21
Brooklyn, NY
Muchmore's –
Desert Foxx EP Release show
With Drama Section
2017-02-19 Montpellier, VT Buch Spieler Records – With Johnny Morris
2017-02-18
Burlington, VT
Light Club Lamp Shop –
With Lina Tullgren &
Bethlehem Steel
2016-12-10 Montreal, QC Brasserie Beaubien – With Snooker Emporium & Loon
2016-11-02 Montreal, QC The Living Womb – With Anna Atkinson
2016-10-22 Chicoutimi, QC Bar à Pitons – With Marianne Poirier
2016-10-21 Quebec, QC House Show TBA – With Marianne Poirier
2016-10-18 Montreal, QC Divan Orange – With Own Eerie & Sunburn freezerburn
2016-10-14 Montreal, QC La Plante – With Jack, Bethlehem Steel, Common Holly
2016-09-30
Montreal, QC
Reggies Bar –
CJLO Fundraiser show – With The Frisky
Kids & Nice Jacket
2016-09-22 Montreal, QC Le cagibi – POP Montreal
2016-09-03 Montreal, QC Resonance – ALBUM LAUNCH!
2016-08-27 Trois-Rivières, QC Zénob – With Cosmophone
2016-08-11 to 14 Shigawake, QC Shigawake Music Festival & Agricultural Fair
2016-08-07 Moncton, N-B Coco's House
2016-08-05 Fredericton, N-B Same as Forever – With Sparrow
2016-08-04 Halifax, N-E The Centre – With Shadow
2016-08-02 Quebec, QC Le Knockout – With Marianne Poirier
2016-07-30 Toronto, ON Burdock – With Julie Arsenault and Merival
2016-07-29 Hamilton, ON HAVN – With Haolin Munk
2016-07-28 Kitchener, ON The Boathouse
2016-07-27 Guelph, ON The Cornerstone – With Bronwen Olson
2016-07-26 Peterborough, ON The Garnet – With Still looking!
2016-07-25 Ottawa, ON The Record Centre – With Lucila al Mar
2016-07-23 Montreal, QC Cagibi – With Cosmophone and Helena Deland
2016-07-20
Montreal, QC
Bar le Ritz PDB –
Concert bénéfice pour "Mavericks and
the Monokini; PLAY BALL!"
2016-07-18 Montreal, QC Divan Orange
2016-07-16 Montreal, QC Ateliers Jean Brillant – Samedis St Henri
2016-07-14 Montreal, QC Blanc de Blanc – Kickdrum Backyard Sessions
2016-07-10 Montreal, QC Marche des Possibles
2016-06-23 Montreal, QC Casa Del Popolo
2016-05-25 Montreal, QC Blanc de Blanc – Kickdrum Backyard Sessions
2016-04-11 Montreal, QC Casa Del Popolo – Opening for Michelle Willis
2016-03-18 Montreal, QC Resonance Cafe – With the Bombadils
2016-01-16
Montreal, QC
Kahwa Café –
With Common Holy (Brigitte Nagar) and
N0rth KickDrum Winter Marathon
2016-01-09 Montreal, QC Cagibi – With Ada Lea (a.k.a Ali Levy)
2015-09-17 Montreal, QC Cagibi – Pop Montreal
2015-09-16 Montreal, QC Vanier College – Princess Project
2015-09-06
Montreal, QC
Princess Project – Festival Les Escales Improbables
de MTL
2015-08-27 Montreal, QC Coop Le Milieu – Princess Project
2015-08-13 to 16 Gaspesie, QC Shigawake Music Fair
2015-08-02 Montreal, QC Jazz in the Parc
2015-07-17 Montreal, QC O Patro Vys – Opening Act for Reuben War
2015-07-08 Montreal, QC Divan Orange – With Sweet Roger & Jesse Speed
2015-06-26 Montreal, QC Resonance
2015-06-24 Toronto, ON Holy Oak – With Emily Rockarts
2015-06-22 Stratford, QC Montforte
2015-06-21 Toronto, ON House Show @ Fiddy Ceen – With Merival
2015-06-20 Hamilton, ON Homegrown Hamilton
2015-06-20 Peterborough, ON Gallery in the Attic
2015-06-19 Ottawa, ON Pressed – With Claude Munson
2015-06-18 Montreal, QC Campagnons de Montreal Vernissage (18, rue Beaubien)
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1.Low Tides
By Thanya Iyer (official visualizer)
2.I am here now
Music video by Bucky Illingworth: "I am here now"
3.What can we grow that we can’t see from here
By Thanya Iyer (official video)
4.Low Tides
Live in Concrete
5.What can we grow that we can't see from here?
Live from PHI NORD
6.Webbed Feet Radio Live Session
7.KIND (visual album)
Directed by Bucky Illingworth, animated by Elysha Poirier & Sophie Grouev
8.Official Music Video for "Daydreaming"
By Bucky Illingworth & Elysha Poirier
9.Please don't hold me hostage for who I am (for who I was)
(True/False Music Presents: Cellar Attic Live)
10.I woke up (in the water) (Thrdcoast Blue Room)
11.Daydreaming (Live at Redpath Hall)
12.Painting (Live at Redpath Hall)
In a track that radiates serenity, the Canadian musician Thanya Iyer intones, “I am here now in my body / Let me be free.” With an unhurried pulse, a subtly droning backdrop, a forest of rustling percussion and hints of Indian inflections rippling across vocals, flute, violin and saxophone, it’s a five-minute haven of wellness.
— Jon Parales, New York Times
It’s a collection of fleeting moments, beautiful flourishes that amount to an abstract painting at first glance, but quickly reveals itself to be something more akin to stylized realism.
— Will Schube, Flood
Iyer's voice serves as the ultimate guiding light
— Danielle Chelosky, Stereogum
Full of unique shapes and sounds, the track bursts and then recoils, flashes warmth then returns to the shadows, somehow keeping its momentum while never forcing a way through the colourful fogginess of its ambiguity. Fantastic and fascinating.
— Tom Johnson, GoldFlakePaint
Iyer's penchant for bringing spiritual, jazz-inflected instrumental flourishes and soothing ambient frequencies into her resplendent soundscapes emerges in full force
— Megan LaPierre, Exclaim!
[KIND] may only be her second album, but Iyer's patience, thoughtfulness, and commitment to communal growth stands out. 7.6/10
— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork
Thanya Iyer explores new worlds on the remarkable KIND
— Alex Robert Ross, FADER (Premiere)
With KIND, it's hard to separate the psych, ambient, electro-pop, soul and jazz elements from one another, but that's part of its appeal. Time signatures are fluid, and electronic and classical instruments exist in harmony. Much like the lyrics, the music deliberately defies categorization, and that defiance reflects a humanity that is deeply nuanced, collectivistic and forward-thinking. 8.4/10
— Lizzie Manno, Paste
Every single sound is arranged just so... All of it creating a type of sure, slow, steady movement, a fusion of indie, ambient, and soft jazz music that twinkles and tiptoes toward an uncertain destination, an expedition focused on reflection and growth.
— Jordan Walsh, The Alternative, on KIND
Fresh and inquisitive, it's a musical collage that reflects deeply and extensively on the things that make it hard to be human...This journey plays out musically (and visually, thanks to a 20-minute mini-movie accompanying the album) in a way that's full of sonic abstraction and dazzling clarity. 8/10
— Adam Feibel, Exclaim
This standout stunning record will captivate you. It will take hold of every emotion you own and you will be left in a state of astoundment...Fall into the lyrical lull and this record will elevate you to another level. Intricate, wistful, observant and beautiful.
— Circuit Sweet, on KIND
...a lovely set of expansive, exploratory, earthy pop that's characterized by spacious jazz and ethereal folk tendencies as well as a subtle experimental and improvisatory streak.
— KEXP
It's a masterclass in detail.
— Lizzie Manno, Paste Magazine
[E]xperimental art pop, improvisational jazz, orchestral indie rock all mesh with Iyer's intimate vocals to create a compelling listen. 8.5/10
— Erik Leijon, Cult MTL
[…] there's an unshakable beauty here — a sense of weightlessness provided in airy instrumentals and that can only come with the power of recognition.
— The Grey Estates on "Always, Be Together"
Iyer's gentle vocals nurture a listener's core down to their bones.
— Janette, Girl Underground Music on
"Please Don't Hold Me Hostage for Who I Am, for Who I Was"
Refreshing and whimsical, "Please Don't Hold Me Hostage for Who I Am, Who I Was" opens a festival of worldly sounds, complete with folksy flutes and acoustic percussion. Thanya Iyer's voice sounds at once youthful and wise as she cheerfully delivers a straightforward message: You control your own life, you can choose to heal.
— Karyna Micaela, The Wild Honey Pie
...just brimming with ideas and shifts in instrumentation. While the Montreal-based violinist and songwriter lends a gentle touch at every turn, KIND feels completely unbound to genre or expectation.
— Mic
Iyer — whose eponymous project also includes Alexander Kasirer-Smibert and Daniel Gélinsas — writes songs that flow seamlessly across textures and styles, never staying in one place too long. Across the Montreal-based group's Do You Dream? mixtape, moments of gauzy dream- pop gradually succumb to ambient experimentation, which cycles into jazz- inflected folk ... like sunlight filtered through a canopy of leaves; gentle percussion sneaks in to gently drive the song forward before it ends in atmospheric entropy.
— Marissa Lorusso, NPR All Songs Considered
Ever-changing throughout, the new mixtape is a gloriously skewed beast, the tempo and tone leaping between vivid moments of sparkling pop junctures, all simmering vocals and gently lapping instrumentals, and then disappearing in to a void of white-noise and experimentation, before the clouds clear once again, just long enough to feel warmth emanating through.
— Tom Johnson, Goldflakepaint
Expérimentation folle et zigzag entre nombreux styles, Do You Dream? témoigne d'une maturité singulière et captivante… Car c'est ce que nous offrent les fils tissés entre les rêves de Thanya Iyer et nous, des morceaux de prodigalité.
— Marie-Pier Frappier, Le Devoir
"Iyer is that atmospheric indie sound I associate with Wes Anderson films: dreamy, evocative of a life I never had with lacy dresses and summer bows and punting on the river at Oxford University. I was transported to a wonderful, imagery-rich world. She had a great sense of play and wonder. What a magical band!
— Rachel Levine, Montreal Rampage
Iyer gives us a soundtrack for our subconscious. A complex labyrinth of sounds that morphs to the uniqueness of an individual's mind.
— Laura Stanley, Grayowl Point
Thanya Iyer certainly struck musical gold during their year of experimentation. The result is a prolonged, blissful slumber, and comes about about as close as you'll get to experiencing dream-like sensations while fully awake.Do You Dream?'s idyllic, experimental folk songs will make you a dreamer and believer.
— Jim Di Gioia, Dominionated
Layering glitchy electronic melodies over Iyer's radiant voice, paired with synthy-experimental noises, it was clear that the band won't stop evolving after the LP.
— Ocean DeRouchie, The LINK newspaper
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Kevin Duquette
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Thanya Iyer (she/her)
thanyaiyer@gmail.com
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4.No Cosmos
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10.Princess Project
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