It’s time for a Spring check-in: Cups N Cakes volunteers chime in on which releases they’re looking forward to in the Summer of 2025.

It’s time! It’s the Cups N Cakes Network’s annual round up of the releases we’re most excited for in 2025. A few of our writers took up the task, and are excited to dish on albums, both confirmed and not, that we’re looking forward to in 2025.

In our last piece before the end of the year, Sean Davis Newton tells us about a few of his top picks from 2024.

For our penultimate Best Of article, Cups N Cakes founder and the current maestro of our Quick Picks column Jeff MacCallum runs through his year in music.

Chris Lammiman and Ava Glendinning talk about some of their favourite releases from 2024.

Cups N Cakes volunteer Clay Geddert takes the reins today to tell us about some of us his top picks from 2024.

For 2024, the Cups N Cakes Network is approaching our year-end lists a little differently: we’ve asked some of our volunteers to tell us a bit about their favourite releases this year. Today, we kick things off with longtime Cups N Cakes volunteer Harman Burns’ Best of 2024.

Sean Davis Newton writes about one of Edmonton’s finest music and arts venues, The Aviary, and their crucial spring fundraiser coming up on May 18th.

Find out what we are excited to hear in 2024.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find out what we are excited to hear in 2023.

We countdown our 25 favourite albums of 2022.

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

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

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