Artist Info: The Peptides

Best Album, 2010 (Ottawa Citizen)
Best Live Show, 2011 (Xpress Readers Poll)

The PepTides, the brainchild of songwriter Claude Marquis and partner-in-crime DeeDee Butters, is a constantly evolving musical playscape. Marquis’s prolific songwriting runs the gamut from uproarious electro-synth pop anthems to tender acoustic ballads—giving a chipper nod to every genre in between. Incisive lyrics contrast with layered harmonies, catchy backbeats and whimsical sound effects in an exploration of the existential questions “What happened?” [read more...]