Premiere: Madrid Exit (ft. Delachute) - “July”
We are excited to help introduce Canada to Madrid Exit. Check out their debut single.
Premiere: Lovelet - “Dog Song”
We are extremely excited to announce the sophomore album from Lovelet and premiere the track “Dog Song.”
Premiere: The Ratskin Family Band - "All You Fascists (Bound to Lose)"
We premiere the debut single from the all-drag country act, The Ratskin Family Band.
Premiere: Rainbow Patrol - “More”
We are pleased to premiere a new single from Lethbridge’s finest purveyors of psychedelic hard-rock.
Video Premiere: Tommy Douglas Keenan - “Rockinghorse”
We premiere the video for “Rockinghorse” from Tommy Douglas Keenan’s impressive new album.
Premiere: Atsuko Chiba - “Torn”
We are very excited to deliver an exclusive premiere of the second single from Atsuko Chiba’s forthcoming album.
Premiere: Trevor Sloan - “Cup of Sunlight”
Hot off our Most Anticipated list, today we are excited to premiere the video for Trevor Sloan’s new single “Cup of Sunlight.”
Video Premiere: SHEBAD - “Black Walnut”
Cups N Cakes is proud to help premiere SHEBAD’s video for “Black Walnut” as they close the book on their incredible 2024 album, Music is the Answer.
Video Premiere: SHY FRiEND - “Never Been a Sinner”
Calgary’s SHY FRiEND have been gathering steam in Alberta from their over-the-top gigs that feature wild visuals, goofball bits, and raucous energy that is equal parts cathartic and entertaining. Alt-rock with power-pop and indie-twee make the new EP, SNAGGLETOOTH, shine and today we are very excited to help share this Calgary secret gem with the rest of Canada.
Video Premiere: Disaster Pony - “Angle Boys Of The Cosmos”
We premiere Disaster Pony’s video for “Angle Boys Of The Cosmos” from their self-titled, JUNO nominated, 2024 album.
Album Premiere: Crasher - Odditi Populaire
We are honoured to get to deliver an advance premiere of the new album from Montreal electro-punk act, Crasher.
Single Premiere: "Party Girl" - Shunk
Shunk’s latest single “Party Girl” offers a summer track for those fleeting and evanescent encounters at the dance floor embodied through the titular Party Girl. You can stream it on Cups N Cakes a day before it’s wider release.
Album Premiere: Like Hell - Still Depths
Noisy, raw, lo-fi, and deliberately messy, Still Depth’s collage of sound in Like Hell! leans into its makeshift spontaneity and rough edges to develop this anti-perfectionistic creative explosion.
Single Premiere: “Difference Vs. Change” - POP POP VERNAC
We premiere the first single, called “Difference Vs. Change” from POP POP VERNAC’s upcoming EP, A Sense of Human.
Single Premiere: "When Things Go And Set You Back" - pseudo-antigone
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.
Lammping & Bloodshot Bill - Won’t Back Down
We premiere “Won’t Back Down” from Toronto psych-rock experimentalists Lammping, featuring Bloodshot Bill.
Video Premiere: “Toil” - Will Powers
We premiere the first single from Snake-Skinned, the debut LP from Sudbury psych-rockers Will Powers.
Video Premiere: "Umbilical Stain" - Paint Drying
We premiere the music video for “Umbilical Stain” from Edmonton’s Paint Drying ahead of it’s release tomorrow, and the band’s cassingle release on April 19th.
Live, In Review: Ritchot Textiles
Jeff MacCallum writes about the Ritchot Textiles show at the Aviary in Edmonton, AB on April 2nd, 2025.