Payola$ has been played on NTS in shows including Beats In Space w/ Tim Sweeney, featured first on 12 May 2015. Songs played include Eyes Of A Stranger and Eyes Of A Stranger.

The Payolas (or Payola$) were part of Vancouver's new wave of bands and active in the Canadian music scene for a decade from the late 1970s, recording several albums and singles that were Canadian chart hits. They disbanded in 1988, but reformed again from 2003 to 2008, issuing a new EP in 2007.

The band's name is a reference to the payola scandal in the United States in the early 1960s. The group…