S01 E05 - Eliza Niemi

Written By Simone Atenea Medina Polo

In this episode of Undercurrents: An Artist's Artist Conversation, Simone Atenea Medina Polo is joined by Toronto’s Eliza Niemi to discuss the release of Progress Bakery. Eliza is a well-known multi-instrumentalist powerhouse of the Canadian music scene with several appearances in CBC’s Polaris Music Prize nominee lists over the years. Eliza offers a vignette of the Toronto music scene and paints a picture of the kind of communal spirit that fuels her music endeavours.



S1 E5 - Eliza Niemi

For this episode, Eliza and Atenea discuss the following artists:

Mother Tongues: https://mothertongues.bandcamp.com/music

Alex Lukashevsky: https://alukashevsky.bandcamp.com/

Bernice: https://bernice.bandcamp.com/

Dorothea Paas: https://dorotheapaas.bandcamp.com/music

Poolblood: https://poolblood.bandcamp.com/

All things Eliza Niemi can be found here: https://elizaniemi.bandcamp.com/music

Here is Eliza’s independent label: https://vainmina.bandcamp.com/music

Full album review of Progress Bakery by Atenea can be found here: https://www.cupsncakespod.com/pick-of-the-week/2025/07/10

Simone Atenea Medina Polo

Bio: Simone Atenea Medina Polo is a philosopher, music producer, and freelance writer based in Edmonton, AB (amiskwacîy-wâskahikan). Known either for her academic publications and clandestine essays in philosophy, Marxism, and psychoanalysis or for her hyperpop / experimental pop project pseudo-antigone, Atenea gets herself into situations and predicaments that enter into dialogue with a variety of niche interests in arts, music, and culture.

https://www.pseudo-antigone.com/
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