Ava Glendinning writes about The Burning Hell’s Ghost Palace, a mischievous and defiant celebration of hope and humanity in the face of armageddon.

AdminMarch 13, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Marlaena Moore - Because You Love Everything

Julie Maier reviews Because You Love Everything from Marlaena Moore, a dreamlike jangle-pop meditation on self-reflection, vulnerability, and the relentless need for creativity.

AdminMarch 6, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Marlaena Moore

The Weather Station - Humanhood

Harman Burns reviews Humanhood from The Weather Station, an essential album brimming with the pure force of human spirit in the face of existential threats.

AdminFebruary 27, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Harman Burns, Humanhood, The Weather Station

Prism Shores - Out From Underneath

Chris Lammiman reviews Out From Underneath by Montreal band Prism Shores, a breath of cathartic fresh air that simultaneously pulls you both inward and up and out of yourself.

AdminFebruary 20, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Motherhood - Thunder Perfect Mind

Ava Glendinning reviews Thunder Perfect Mind from New Brunswick’s Motherhood, an album notable for both its comic-book momentum and its value as a work of fantastical sci-fi poetry.

AdminFebruary 13, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Stucco - LP1

Chris Lammiman reviews the debut LP from Calgary’s Stucco, the aptly named LP1, “a gem of an album well worth a spin on your way through the streets”.

AdminFebruary 6, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Dorothea Paas - Think of Mist

Artemis Peaslee reviews the appropriately ethereal new album Think of Mist from Dorothea Paas.

AdminJanuary 30, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Dorothea Paas, Think Of Mist

Holy Void - All Will Be Revealed In Time

Longtime Cups N Cakes writer JD Ormond returns with his first review in years, a negative odyssey on the subject of the new Holy Void record, All Will Be Revealed In Time.

AdminJanuary 16, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Holy Void, All Will Be Revealed In Time

Yoo Doo Right - From the Heights of Our Pastureland

Clay Geddert reviews Yoo Doo Right’s album From the Heights of Our Pastureland, a record that “encapsulates all the fervor and tenacity that defines Yoo Doo Right”.

AdminJanuary 9, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Yoo Doo Right, From the Heights of Our Pastureland

Hildegard - Jour 1596

Cups N Cakes is back from our holiday break with Ava Glendinning’s review of Hildegard’s October 2024 album Jour 1596.

AdminJanuary 8, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Ava Glendinning, Hildegard, Chivi Chivi, Helena Deland

OMBIIGIZI - SHAME

Chris Lammiman writes about the new record Shame from OMBIIGIZI, a record that creates a “sense of expansive welcome that does offer invitation into catharsis and beauty”.

AdminDecember 12, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, OMBIIGIZI, Chris Lammiman

Jennifer Castle - Camelot

Chris Lammiman writes a review of Ontario songwriter and yes, national treasure, Jennifer Castle’s latest record Camelot.

AdminNovember 20, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Canada, Indie, Jennifer Castle, Chris Lammiman, Camelot

Sean Davis Newton - Bird Brain

Penelope Stevens reviews the debut album Bird Brain from Edmonton’s Sean Davis Newton, an album that “would be as well-suited on a 2008 indie film soundtrack as in a 1930s cabaret”.

AdminNovember 7, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Christo Graham - Music for Horses

Josiah Snell reviews the tantalizing new album from Ontario’s Christo Graham, the unreservedly brilliant Music For Horses.

AdminOctober 24, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Richard Laviolette - All Wild Things Are Shy

Jeff MacCallum writes about All Wilds Things Are Shy, the stunning posthumous release from songwriter Richard Laviolette.

AdminOctober 3, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

The Secret Beach - We were born here, what's your excuse?

Josiah Snell reviews the "potent and delightful" new LP from The Secret Beach, the wonderfully titled We were born here, what's your excuse?.

AdminSeptember 5, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Josiah Snell, The Secret Beach

Theresa Thor - revery

Ava Glendinning reviews the new release revery from Winnipeg's Theresa Thor.

AdminAugust 29, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Ava Glendinning, Theresa Thor, sadfam

Aladean Kheroufi - Studies in a Dying Love

Chris Lammiman reviews the debut record from Edmonton’s Aladean Kheroufi, which offers “both a warm embrace and an invitation onto the dance floor”.

AdminAugust 15, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Slow Spirit - That's the Gods Talking

Ava Glendinning reviews “That’s the Gods Talking” from Winnipeg band Slow Spirit.

AdminAugust 1, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Hex - Jon Mckiel

Penelope Stevens review Hex from Jon Mckiel, a “focused and generous offering” from the New Brunswick songwriter out via You’ve Changed Records.

AdminJuly 4, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

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