Treaty 6

Stem Champ is a band living in amiskwaciwâskahikanTreaty 6 territory and unceded Papaschase land (colonially known as Edmonton, Alberta in so-called Canada).  amiskwaciwâskahikan is a traditional meeting ground where many Indigenous peoples and nations including Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, and Nakota Sioux, as well as Metis, Inuit, and nations not represented by the treaty continue to live. 

Shows

Previous events

Date Event Location
WINTERRUPTION YEG: Geese w/ Hot Garbage, Stem Champ & Billy Graham The Starlite Room, Edmonton The Starlite Room, Edmonton
Solidarity with Palestine: A Fundraiser Show The Aviary, Edmonton The Aviary, Edmonton
(MST, UTC-07) (MST, UTC-07) Alcoves EP release show w/ Stem Champ & Fitzgerald at Roasti Roasti Coffee Co, Sherwood Park Roasti Coffee Co, Sherwood Park
(EDT, UTC-04) (EDT, UTC-04) DwH Presents: Spirit Desire/Stem Champ/Cootie Catcher/Cloudwatch Bar Orwell, Toronto Bar Orwell, Toronto
Doreen (farewell show) w/ Stem Champ, Pallor, & LN Baba The Aviary, Edmonton The Aviary, Edmonton
Dead Soft / Stem Champ / Runt at 99ten 99ten, Edmonton 99ten, Edmonton
Edmonton International Fringe Festival Music Series ATB Outdoor Stage in ATB (McIntyre) Park, Edmonton ATB Outdoor Stage in ATB (McIntyre) Park, Edmonton
Stem Champ / Haleluya Hailu / PLEASEBENiCE at 648 Kingsway 648 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC 648 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC
GOOD PARTY PRESENTS: Stem Champ // Behaviors // Fan Girl // Divisionaries at Eventide Victoria! Centennial Square, Victoria, BC Centennial Square, Victoria, BC
Death From Above 1979 w/ Stem Champ The Starlite Room, Edmonton The Starlite Room, Edmonton
Hotel Mira w/ Stem Champ The Starlite Room, Edmonton The Starlite Room, Edmonton
Jesse Northey w/ Smokey & Stem Champ The Aviary, Edmonton The Aviary, Edmonton
MOM JEANS with special guest Bearings & Stem Champ Union Hall, Edmonton Union Hall, Edmonton
Real Sickies w/ guests Vargouille and Stem Champ The Buckingham, Edmonton The Buckingham, Edmonton
(MST, UTC-07) (MST, UTC-07) A. Savage w/ Jasmyn & Stem Champ: Winterruption YEG 2023 Kick-Off Rocky Mountain Icehouse, Edmonton, AB Rocky Mountain Icehouse, Edmonton, AB
Stem Champ / Fusarium (YXE) / Dog Pile (YQR) / Repulse Reprise The Sewing Machine Factory, Edmonton The Sewing Machine Factory, Edmonton
Blessed and Stuck w/ Stem Champ at The Aviary The Aviary, Edmonton The Aviary, Edmonton
Halloween Homecoming: starring Starcrawler w/ Stem Champ, Tebby & The Heavy, and Exit Division St. Anthony's School, Edmonton St. Anthony's School, Edmonton
(MDT, UTC-06) (MDT, UTC-06) Hummus & Harmony by Sōgen Kitchen! with The Nico Tobias Band, Stem Champ, and Dylan Greenhough The Aviary, Edmonton The Aviary, Edmonton
Julie Doiron with Stem Champ at The Starlite Room The Starlite Room, Edmonton The Starlite Room, Edmonton

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About

"Tender sentimentality meets grunge punk guitar and a whole lotta love for the prairies"

Stem Champ first came to life in 2018 in a university dorm room in south-central amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton, AB Canada). The project started as Sare’s solo DIY recording project that came alive in between procrastinated engineering school assignments and a burning desire to make sense of the discomfort of growing up as someone who never really could fit in. These days Stem Champ brings bedroom pop to life in full stereo rock where swirling synth meets grunge punk guitar, sentimental lyricism, and a whole lotta love.

Stem Champ playfully captures the joys of a summer night spent biking around with pals, tender late night conversations, and falling in love with the person you’re becoming.
 

Flames lick the walls of Stem Champ’s latest EP, Kill the Imposter. The first words we hear crackle out of lead singer Sare’s mouth are “I dream of arson.” As the EP extinguishes, Sare is consumed by their thoughts and asserts, “I wanna set this all on fire.” These five lo-fi bedroom pop songs, which are fire, remind you to embrace change, not shy away from growth and leave behind the fake, unauthentic you. Throw that version of you into the garbage and set it alight. In Sare’s words, “I hope they make you wanna dance away your fears, and maybe, if you’re up for it, kill the imposter in you.” — Laura Stanley (The Dominionated Newsletter)

Music

In the Hotel Light

Stem Champ

There’s something intense in the short bursts of summer in a winter city. Common sense shrinks somewhere between tired sun soaked bike rides and the illusion that the day has so much left to give outside the Black Dog at 1am with summer sky blue teasing you.

This one's for all y’all who feel weird at parties.

<3 STEM CHAMP LOVES YOU <3
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Kill The Imposter

Stem Champ

A loss of self came with long, dark winter months spent alone and disconnected. Your friendly neighbourhood STEM champ spent their summer feeling like an imposter, overwhelmed by the presence of all, and dreaming of a life that doesn’t exist anymore.

Kill the Imposter is a collection of songs about a champion of science, technology, engineering,
A loss of self came with long, dark winter months spent alone and disconnected. Your friendly neighbourhood STEM champ spent their summer feeling like an imposter, overwhelmed by the presence of all, and dreaming of a life that doesn’t exist anymore.

Kill the Imposter is a collection of songs about a champion of science, technology, engineering, and math re-meeting themself through the mirror of shared experiences, letting go of the past, and building themself up to kill the imposter in them.

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Making this collection of songs has been pure catharsis and I’ve found so much joy in the process of recording and bringing these songs to digital life. I hope they make you wanna dance away your fears, and maybe, if you're up for it, kill the imposter in you.
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