Calgary, AB

Witch Victim uses post-punk rhythm and jammed-out psych melodies to create a hazy form of art-rock that sounds a bit like krautrock on quaaludes. The band describes itself as akin to Jim James (My Morning Jacket) if he only listened to The Cure’s Seventeen Seconds — pretty apt, in our opinion. Start with “Setting Sun” from the Sled Island Lemonade Stand compilation.