Slash Need
Slash Need is a Canadian industrial electropunk band from Toronto, Ontario,[1] who released their debut album Sit & Grin in 2025.[2]
The band's core members are Dusty Lee and Alex Low,[3] with dancers Camille Jodoin-Eng and Stella Tago performing with the band.[1] Lee and Low first met when they were working at Double Double Land, an underground art and performance venue in Toronto, and formed the band in 2018 with a friend and other founding member Maggie Smith.[1] The name was chosen after one of Low's text responses to Lee's list of band name ideas was "whatever you want slash need", thus Lee coined the name Slash Need [1] while the inclusion of dancers in their live show was inspired after Lee watched old videos of The Hidden Cameras performing at Will Munro's Vazaleen club night.[1]
In 2024 the band performed at Bruce LaBruce's annual underground Toronto International Film Festival party at the Bovine Sex Club,[1] and in 2025 they performed at SXSW.[4] They performed extensively at music festivals in 2025, prior to releasing Sit & Grin on October 21.[5] They promoted the album with further festival appearances, including at Pop Montreal[6] and Lawnya Vawnya,[7] as well as a full tour of Europe.[8]
Sit & Grin was longlisted for the 2026 Polaris Music Prize.[9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Morgan Sevareid-Bocknek, "Level up: Slash Need were Toronto's best-kept secret. Now, the world is catching on". Toronto Star, November 15, 2025.
- ↑ Allie Gregory, "Slash Need Coax Out the Kink on 'SIT & GRIN'". Exclaim!, October 24, 2025.
- ↑ "Slash Need @ M For Mothland". CKUT-FM, December 20, 2024.
- ↑ Javier Juu, "Interview: Slash Need". Cool Hunting, March 21, 2025.
- ↑ Allie Gregory, "Slash Need Announce Debut Album 'Sit & Grin'". Exclaim!, August 12, 2025.
- ↑ Karlie Rogers, "POP Montreal Details SXSW 2026 Showcase with Hanorah, SLASH NEED, SamWoy". Exclaim!, February 11, 2026.
- ↑ Allie Gregory, "Slash Need, fanclubwallet, Kiwi Jr., Fiver Tapped for Lawnya Vawnya 2026". Exclaim!, March 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Slash Need and The Mall announce tour dates (EU and UK)". PunkNews, January 21, 2026.
- ↑ Sydney Brasil, "Polaris Music Prize Shares 2026 Long List". Exclaim!, June 11, 2026.
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