Best of 2025

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Best of 2025 - Albums
Best of 2025 - Albums

Well, today’s the day: the Cups N Cakes team reveals our picks for the best albums of 2025. Each volunteer was asked to pick their five favourite full-length albums of 2025, and write a few words about their picks. For those interested in the final tally, Edmonton’s Smokey nabbed three mentions with his long awaited LP Bleak Heritage, alongside Motherhood’s Thunder Perfect Mind, while Emma Goldman, Penny & the Pits, Ribbon Skirt, and Night Committee all picked up two nods.

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Best of 2025 - Tracks
Best of 2025 - Tracks

Today we reveal our team’s favourite tracks of 2025! We asked each of our writers to pick their top five songs of the year, and write a quick sentence about each. The answers we got were diverse, from country to electro-pop and back again.

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Single Premiere: Red Output - “Mud Wit Burz”
Red Output, Mud Wit Burz, Premiere
Single Premiere: Red Output - “Mud Wit Burz”
Red Output, Mud Wit Burz, Premiere

One last gift for you before we take our Holiday Break. Red Output aim to brighten your day with this fun, quirky, post-punk-dance jam.

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Red Output, Mud Wit Burz, Premiere
Reviews
The Flower Painters - The Flower Painters
Stephen Sheps
The Flower Painters - The Flower Painters
Stephen Sheps

The lyrics pick up on familiar themes from both Davies’ and Vallentin’s solo works, emphasizing love, grief and slices of rural life, which given their history from small towns in PEI should come as no surprise. These are not city songs, but it’s definitely not country music.

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Stephen Sheps

Release Calendar

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Upcoming Canadian Releases
Upcoming Canadian Releases

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

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Featured
Best of 2025 - Albums
best of 2025, Best Albums of 2025
Best of 2025 - Albums
best of 2025, Best Albums of 2025

Well, today’s the day: the Cups N Cakes team reveals our picks for the best albums of 2025. Each volunteer was asked to pick their five favourite full-length albums of 2025, and write a few words about their picks. For those interested in the final tally, Edmonton’s Smokey nabbed three mentions with his long awaited LP Bleak Heritage, alongside Motherhood’s Thunder Perfect Mind, while Emma Goldman, Penny & the Pits, Ribbon Skirt, and Night Committee all picked up two nods.

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best of 2025, Best Albums of 2025

Pick of the Week

The Radiation Flowers - Too Much To Dream

“Returning with their first new album in six years, this beloved Saskatoon band never disappoints with their slow-burning cosmic psych-rock.”

- Jeff MacCallum