Miesha Louie has been fronting various incarnations of this duo for more than a decade but may have hit a peak with this multi-layered rock album that showcases both a deepening song craft and some of the best live-wire guitar riffs you will hear this year.

The musicians and dancers took the stage in Vancouver to celebrate Indigenous talent. Mixed Secwépemc singer Miesha Louie’s band, Miesha and the Spanks, was this year’s Outstanding Indigenous Artist in CBC Music’s Searchlight competition. The rock duo performed their winning song “Dig Me Out.”

Outstanding Indigenous artist: Miesha & the Spanks from Calgary with ‘Dig Me Out.’ Miesha Louie, a mixed-Secwépemc artist living in Treaty 7 territory, and percussionist Sean Adams form this guitar-driven duo, which has supported bands including Queens of the Stone Age and Death From Above 1979.