Destroyer - Dan's Boogie

Harman Burns reviews Dan’s Boogie from Vancouver indie stalwart and unofficial musician laureate Dan Bejar, of Destroyer.

AdminMay 8, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Brock Geiger - Some Nights

Some Nights is a fresh, interesting, and satisfying listen; so says Chris Lammiman in his review of Brock Geiger’s debut record.

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

Maya Cook - salt

Tia Julien reviews salt from Maya Cook, an LP that demonstrates the versatility and range of a seasoned artist, with a distinct sense of identity and connection to their craft already firmly in place.

AdminMay 1, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Jairus Sharif - Basis of Unity

Clay Geddert reviews the sophomore record from Calgary’s Jairus Sharif, an emotional and spiritual journey that is meant to be felt, not pondered.

AdminApril 24, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Yves Jarvis - All Cylinders

“Something like a tapestry or a mosaic - weaving together a seemingly million different styles and threads to reveal a picture that’s greater than the sum of its parts.”

AdminApril 15, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Yves Jarvis, All Cylinders, Chris Lammiman

Swimming - Old

Artemis Peaslee reviews Old from Newfoundland band Swimming, a nine-track LP that exceeds the high expectations set on their 2021 record That’s Okay.

AdminApril 9, 2025Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

The Burning Hell - Ghost Palace

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”.