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Quinton Barnes - Black Noise
Simone Atenea Medina Polo
Quinton Barnes - Black Noise
Simone Atenea Medina Polo

Now we are given a bit of a different take on Quinton Barnes’ creativity with the release of Black Noise only a few months after CODE NOIR was released. Both conceptually and in execution, this new album is a thoughtful interrogation into noise, improv, and experimental sound composition which started out of a casual 2022 tweet that he tossed into the aether: “‘I want to work with noise/improv musicians in some capacity … not sure how yet but the idea is there’.”

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Upcoming Canadian Releases
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An ongoing list of all the upcoming Canadian releases that we know about.

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Sled Island 2025 - Diary #1
Sled Island 2025 - Diary #1

With its singularly charged atmosphere, its wide-armed inclusiveness, and its relentless celebration of creativity, Sled Island served up a well-needed reminder that life truly is beautiful and these shared moments of cultural and human experience are worth opening myself to, despite any of the other stuff that might cloud my mind. Thank you Sled. My heart is full and my ears are happy and I feel at home again in my city.

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View fullsize Pick of the Week: @sledisland Edition! Thanya Iyer - TIDE/TIED @thanyaiyer Reviewed by Clay Geddert “TIDE/TIED isn’t about quick fixes or grand gestures. It’s about the slow, patient work of coming back to yourself and to each
View fullsize New Pick of the Week! Emma Goldman - all you are is we @emmagoldmanband Reviewed by Simone Atenea Medina Polo @pseudo_antigone “This is a record that has quickly been picked up and brought to considerable critical acclaim, making its rounds
View fullsize New Pick of the Week! Maintenant Jamais - Population II @populationii Reviewed by Clay Geddert “After two very promising EPs, Population II’s third release, Maintenant Jamais, solidifies their standing in the Quebec prog rock canon.
View fullsize Updated!!! The Cups N Cakes Top 40 is the best playlist dedicated strictly to the hottest new Canadian albums! Check it out now, we’ve just updated it for your listening pleasure! New to the countdown this week are: @sargeantandcomrade, @cut.
View fullsize New Quick Picks! Our Sled Island preview continues: @ultramega204 talks about four releases from bands playing in Calgary from June 17th-22nd. Featuring: @neverplentyband @carterefelker @avalontassonyi and @_hermitess_ Read/listen/support: cups
View fullsize New Pick of the Week! Weird Lines Weird Lines Weird Lines - @weird.lines Reviewed by Craig Martell “Weird Lines Weird Lines Weird Lines feels like we all found C.L. McLaughlin’s diary. We can flip through it and feel all that he is. Hi
View fullsize Sled Island 2025 preview! Our writers go through some acts they’re looking forward to seeing at @sledisland 2025, featuring: @noisepnoom @non.ultras @amerypress @pressurepin @sam.woy @the.painters.music @truckviolence @amynelsonmusic @_m
View fullsize New Single Premiere! We premiere “When Things Go And Set You Back” from pseudo-antigone, and share news of their just announced fourth record Melancholic Melodrama, coming out on August 15th. @pseudo_antigone Read/listen/support: www.cu
View fullsize The Cups N Cakes Top 40 is the best playlist dedicated strictly to the hottest new Canadian albums! Check it out now, we’ve just updated it for your listening pleasure! New to the countdown this week are: @munchoband, @sam.woy, @vicsanointedfa
View fullsize New Single Premiere! Cups N Cakes is happy to bring you an exclusive premiere of “Won’t Back Down” from Toronto psych-rock experimentalists @lammping , featuring @bloodshotbill l. You can stream it here today, and on all streaming
View fullsize New Quick Picks! On this special edition of the Quick Picks column, @jeff.maccallum covers four releases from acts playing at this year's @sledisland Music Festival. Check out his thoughts on @ribbonskirtband , @the.painters.music , @cootiecatcher69
View fullsize \New Pick of the Week! Believer - Sister Ray @sisterray780 Reviewed by Simone Altenea Medina Polo @pseudo_antigone “Believer is an album with an air of hope looking-on into another world, an elsewhere, another life, a past life, or even a f
View fullsize The Cups N Cakes Top 40 is the best playlist dedicated strictly to the hottest new Canadian albums! Check it out now, we’ve just updated it for your listening pleasure! New to the countdown this week are: @pinkblobb, @abs0lutetreat, @ryanwayne
View fullsize New Quick Picks! @jeff.maccallum delivers four new Quick Picks, featuring @nnicopaulo , @oracogan , @andrew.mbaruk & @th_mole , and @l.omelette Read/listen/support: cupsncakespod.com (working link in bio)
View fullsize New Pick of the Week! Tell Me You Love Me Again - Shiv and the Carvers @shivalryyy Reviewed by Em Moore @eemmoore “Every part of Tell Me You Love Me Again works so well together and is a piece of art that is endlessly listenable. It doesn&r
View fullsize The Cups N Cakes Top 40 is the best playlist dedicated strictly to the hottest new Canadian albums! Check it out now, we’ve just updated it for your listening pleasure! New to the countdown this week are: @chinamedsband, @lalunelalunelalunelal