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Most Anticipated of 2024

Find out what we are excited to hear in 2024.

Best Albums of 2023

That’s right, it’s our final article of the year: Cups N Cakes reveals our top 20 records of 2023.

Best Albums of 2023: Honourable Mentions

Best Albums of 2023: Honourable Mentions

Sean Davis Newton and Jeff MacCallum pick their honourable mentions for Best Albums of 2023.

Sean Davis NewtonDecember 19, 2023Comment

Best 50 Tracks of 2023

We reveal our top 50 tracks of 2023, as chosen by the volunteers at the Cups N Cakes Network.

Sean Davis NewtonDecember 15, 2023Cups N Cakes, Canadian Music, Best of 2023, Best of, Bart, Motherhood, Boy Golden, Devours, Jaywood, Atomicos, Owen Steel, Smokey, The Painters, Joseph Shabason, Begonia, Tanda, Astro Syte, Imogen Moon, Colter WallComment

Best EPs (or mini-albums) of 2023

We reveal our top 20 EPs or mini albums of 2023.

Best Album Art of 2023

Our year end lists begin with a look at our favourite album art from 2023.

AdminDecember 6, 2023apples, Cola, Ian Blurton, Jane Inc, Jordan Klassen, Joyful Joyful, Julianna Riolino, Kee Avil, Magi Merlin, MISZCZYK, Preoccupations, Rural Alberta Advantage, Scott Hardware, Sinzere, SUSANS, Swamp Thing, Thus Owls, WAKE, yoo doo right, Yves Jarvis, Katrijn Oelbrandt, Jeremy Bruneel, Joe Elaschuk, nienasycenie, Benjamin Nelson, Daniel Romano, Lawrence Fafard, Mac Blackout, Erik Tanner, Leroy Schulz, Monica Maria Moraru, Lisa Omore, Kellen G, Ghettosocks, Louis-Alexandre Beauregard, Samantha Muljat, Romy Lightman, About the Future, Deep In View, Second Skin, Faster Than I Can Take, Self Titled, All Blue, Crease, Gone Girl, Thyrsis of Etna, Arrangements, The Rise, Tabula Rasa, Noise Machine, Who Would Hold You If The Sky Betrayed Us?, A Murmur, Boundless to the East, The Zug, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Indie, Cover, Album, Art, Jessica Rampling, Alena Webber

Sled Island 2023 Preview

We highlight 16 Canadian acts playing this year’s Sled Island .

Most Anticipated of 2023

Find out what we are excited to hear in 2023.

AdminJanuary 13, 2023Most Anticipated, Subterranean Lovers, Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie

Best Albums Of 2022

We countdown our 25 favourite albums of 2022.

AdminDecember 16, 2022Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Best Of, Best Albums, Yoo Doo Right, 2022, Best Of 2022, Julianna Riolino, All Blue, OMBIIGIZI, Sewn Back Together, Sister Ray, Communion, Dumb, Pray 4 Tomorrow, Isaac Vallentin, Juma, Raine Hamilton, Brave Land, Destroyer, LABYRINTHITIS, Samantha Savage Smith, Fake Nice, Ellen Froese, For Each Flower Growing, Thus Owls, Who Would Hold You If The Sky Betrayed Us?, Yves Jarvis, The Zug, Alvvays, Blue Rev, Tanya Tagaq, Tongues, Quinton Barnes, For The Love Of Drugs, Motherhood, Winded, Crack Cloud, Tough Age, Mariel Buckley, Everywhere I Used To Be, Ultra Mega, Panis Angelicus, Joyful Joyful, Yoo Doo RightA Murmur, Boundless to the East, Sinzere, Tabula Rasa, JayWood, Slingshot, Jairus Sharif, Water & Tools, Eliza Niemi, Staying Mellow Blows, The Sadies, Colder Streams

Best Albums Of 2022: Honourable Mention

They didn’t quite make our final list but still deserve praise.

Best Tracks Of 2022, Part Two

We conclude our countdown of the best fifty tracks of 2022.

Best Tracks Of 2022, Part One

We unveil Part One of our countdown of the best 50 tracks of 2022.

Best EPs (*or Mini Albums) Of 2022

Read about our favourite EPs of 2022.

AdminDecember 2, 2022Ivy Wye, Hope’s Convenience, NOVEMBER, SAD.SLOW.SEXY., La Sécurité, Try Again, Suspens, Megamall, Escape from Lizard City, Little Snake, DRIVING ON ACID, Niall Mutter, Pass Me By, BRASS, Look on the Bright Side, Tea Fannie, Don’t Box Me, Lushings, Self-Titled, Besnard Lakes, The Prayers for the Death of Fame, Laura Hickli, Both Feet In The World, Magi Merlin, Gone Girl, Aladean Kheroufi, Love is the Answer, Katie Tupper, owards The End, Towards The End, JP Lancaster, Prowl, Nora Kelly Band, Perfect Pig, The Fledge, Hunter, Thanya Iyer, rest, Zoon, A Sterling Murmuration, Tina Leon, Push, Jared Jackel’s Bad Vibrations, Mal Casual, NOBRO, Live Your Truth, Shred Some Gnar, Clairmont The Second, Full Circle, TOPS, Empty Seats, Whitney K, Hard to Be a God, Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Best Of, Best Of 2022, EPs, Mini Albums, Clay Geddert, Krystle McGrath, JD Ormond, Harman Burns, Fel Gamarra, Chris Lammiman, Gregory Torwalt, Drew Cox, Stephanie Harrold, Nigel Young, Alex Brassard, Julie Maier, Shaun Lee, Lana Winterhalt, Doug Armstrong, Kaden Peaslee, Kyra MacFarlane, Kennedy Pawluk, Branton Langley

Best Music Videos Of 2022

Our year end coverage continues with a look back at our favourite music videos of 2022.

Jeff MacCallumNovember 29, 2022Atsuko Chiba, Seeds, Rodrigo Sergio, Adam Baldwin, Lighthouse in Little Lorraine, Andy Hines, Clairmont The Second, Doin’ Right, Frontperson, Parade, Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi, Gloin, Dark Moto, Sara May, Grimelda, George Thorogood, Dylan Evans, Blair Colwell, JayWood, Thank You, Chantel Simpson, Katie Tupper, Danny, Mashie Alam, Kee Avil, See, My Shadow, Anna Arrobas, Laura Hickli, Love, Outlive Me, Calvin A. Jay, Free Grillz, Magi Merlin, Walid Jabri, Michael Scott Dawson, Two Solitudes, Rob White, Motherhood, Shuttered Down, Jordan Anthony Greer, The Sadies, No One's Listening, Niagara Artists Centre, Self-Cut Bangs, Shivers, Shawn Petsche, Sinzere, The Mission, The Bretts, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Damn Right, Sterling Larose, Wes Allen, Garden, Jack Harrison, Yves Jarvis, At the Whims, 36?, Natural, Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Best Of, Best Of 2022, Music Video, Video, Film, Director

Slipped Through The Cracks - 2022

We highlight some of the fantastic releases we missed in 2022.

AdminNovember 25, 2022Slipped through the cracks, Art d’Ecco, Baby Labour, Bennett Mitchell, Blonde Diamond, Godspeed, Black Emperor, Jai Nitai Lotus, JEEN, Jessica Moss, Jim Bryson, Jonathan Personne, Julie Doiron, Dany Placard, Klarka Weinwurm, Luna Li, Lydia Képinski, Maryze, Outtacontroller, Plasticine Cowboy, Spank Williams, SUSANS, Tess Roby, Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Ideas of Space, Self Titled, Discount Cowboy, Radiation Hymns, Come Alive, 8, Depuis, Duality, Easy Days, Julie & Dany, Country Wifi, Galaxy Heart, Tracer, Know the Shades, all lights fucked, hairy amp drooling, Magnetic Strangers, Mouse, Kissin’ Hands, Shakin’ Babies, After The Head Rush, Fel Gamarra, Kennedy Pawluk, Branton Langley, Greg Torwalt, Harman Burns, Brandon Kruze, Matt Budd, Clay Geddert, Chris Vasseur, Nick Maas, Holly-Anne Gilroy, Sophie Noel, Drew Cox, Kyra MacFarlane, Nikolas Barkman, Shaun Lee, Lana Winterhalt

Best Album Art of 2022

Our year end lists begin with a look at our favourite album art from 2022.

AdminNovember 22, 2022apples, Cola, Ian Blurton, Jane Inc, Jordan Klassen, Joyful Joyful, Julianna Riolino, Kee Avil, Magi Merlin, MISZCZYK, Preoccupations, Rural Alberta Advantage, Scott Hardware, Sinzere, SUSANS, Swamp Thing, Thus Owls, WAKE, yoo doo right, Yves Jarvis, Katrijn Oelbrandt, Jeremy Bruneel, Joe Elaschuk, nienasycenie, Benjamin Nelson, Daniel Romano, Lawrence Fafard, Mac Blackout, Erik Tanner, Leroy Schulz, Monica Maria Moraru, Lisa Omore, Kellen G, Ghettosocks, Louis-Alexandre Beauregard, Samantha Muljat, Romy Lightman, About the Future, Deep In View, Second Skin, Faster Than I Can Take, Glossolalia, Self Titled, All Blue, Crease, Gone Girl, Thyrsis of Etna, Arrangements, The Rise, Ballad Of A Tryhard, Tabula Rasa, Noise Machine, Who Would Hold You If The Sky Betrayed Us?, Thought Form Descent, A Murmur, Boundless to the East, The Zug, Best of 2022, Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Best Of, Artwork, Cover, Album, Art, Jessica Rampling, Alena Webber

Best Of 2022 Schedule

We reveal the schedule for our end of year lists.

AdminNovember 18, 2022Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Best Of, 2022

In Conversation: Crystal Eyes

Shaun Lee chats with Calgary band, Crystal Eyes.

AdminSeptember 20, 2022Crystal Eyes, Shaun Lee, Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Interview, In Conversation, Calgary

In Conversation: The Rifle County Players

In Conversation: The Rifle County Players

Shaun has a somewhat hectic conversation with all 7 members of The Rifle County Players.

AdminAugust 4, 2022In Conversation, Interview, Sled Island, Rifle County, Players, Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Shaun Lee

In Conversation: Motorists

Shaun Lee chats with Motorists at this years Sled Island Music Festival.

AdminJuly 26, 2022Motorists, Shaun Lee, Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Interview, In Conversation