Best Albums of 2017

2017 is officially over! We here at Cups N Cakes are proud to give you our top 25 albums of the past twelve months. As always, our aim is to highlight music from Western Canada but there are a couple releases on this list from other parts of the country because they were simply too good to be ignored. To hear a song from every album on this list, please tune into episode 099 to hear Jeff & Carey countdown these albums in order.

 

#25

Painted Fruit

PF II // Independent

 

#24

Ora Cogan

Crickets // Hand Drawn Dracula

 

#23

Owen Davies

Janky // Independent

 

#22

Destroyer

Ken // Merge

 

#21

Suicide Helpline

Pink Jazz // Independent

 

#20

Ultra Mega

Self Titled // Transistor 66

 

#19

Smokes

Wayne Death // Independent

 

#18

The Deep Dark Woods

Yarrow // Six Shooter

 

 

 

#17

Jom Comyn

I Need Love // Sweety Pie

 

#16

Valiska

On Pause // Trouble in Utopia

 

#15

Figure Walking

The Big Other // Disintegration Records

 

#14

Mauno

Tuning // idée fixe

 

#13

Napalmpom

The Core Competencies Of Napalmpom // Teenage Rampage

 

#12

Wares

Self Titled // Double Lunch

 

#11

Def3

Small World // Urbnet

 

#10

The Garrys

Surf Manitou // Grey Records

 

#09

Faith Healer

Try ;) // Mint

 

#08

FOONYAP

Palimpsest // Independent

 

#07

Kacy & Clayton

The Siren's Song // New West

 

#06

The Courtneys

The Courtneys II // Flying Nun

 

#05

Betrayers

12 Songs To Haunt You // Yo Ma

 

#04

Bad Canada

Self Titled // Independent

 

#03

Fiver

Audible Songs From Rockwood // idée fixe

 

#02

Sister Ray

Untitled // Double Lunch

 

#01

Slates

Summery // New Damage