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.

Jeff MacCallum writes about the Ritchot Textiles show at the Aviary in Edmonton, AB on April 2nd, 2025.

We premiere the first track from the new EP Single Cell Nostalgia by Montreal band The Painters, coming out on April 11th.

We premiere the new LP from Toronto noise-rockers Gloin.

We premiere the debut release from The All Margarines and Spreads Blues Band, a little springtime ditty called “Can I Get Your Number?”.

We premiere “Razzle Dazzle” from Edmonton rockers Tebby & the Heavy, the second single from their just-announced debut album Heavy Afternoon, coming in the summer of 2025.

We premiere the new music video the “Hot Dr. Pibbs”, from Bad Hoo’s May 2024 album A Run-In With Worms.

We premiere the video for the new song from Paige Drobot, "Alien Girl", the A-side to a new 7" record that you can preorder today.

We premiere the new music video for "Bad Boy of Redemption Ranch" from Edmonton's own Bobby Tenderloin Universe.

We premiere the new single "Dusty Vinyl" from the upcoming Wolf Willow album Soul of Slippery Butte, due out September 10th.

We premiere the first single “Glass Eye” from Sean Davis Newton’s newly announced debut LP Bird Brain.

We premiere the music video for "Millions", the third single from the upcoming innerouter LP Get Real.

Josiah Snell delivers part 1 of our Sled Island 2024 recap.

We premiere the latest song from Edmonton hyperpop artist pseudo-antigone, in support of the announcement of her sophomore self-titled record, coming out on July 26th.

The Cups N Cakes Network is pleased to premiere the debut single from Secondhand Dreamcar, a new soul and funk band composed of some of Edmonton’s finest session musicians and fronted by songwriter extraordinaire Dana Wylie.

We premiere the latest single from Smokey (AB) in advance of his performance at this week’s Sled Island festival on June 20th at the Palomino.

We premiere the first new music in nearly three years from Edmonton’s foremost idiosyncratic art-folk songwriter, Sean Davis Newton.

We premiere the second single from the upcoming album Violence by Montreal based folk-infused hardcore band Truck Violence, “He ended the bender hanging”.

Cups N Cakes founder and Sled Island veteran Jeff MacCallum gives his recommendations for the best Canadian acts to catch at Sled Island 2024.

We premiere the music video for the latest song from Saskatchewan’s big band country stalwarts Wolf Willow.