Daniel Romano's Outfit - Too Hot to Sleep

Clay Geddert reviews Too Hot to Sleep from Daniel Romano’s Outfit, calling it a “collection of ferocious, driving tunes that are guaranteed to increase your average speed by at least 10km/h”.

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

Royal Tusk - Altruistic

Alex Brassard reviews Altruistic from Edmonton’s own Royal Tusk, admiring the album’s “heavy riffs and colossal drums that necessitate headbanging”.

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

Flore Laurentienne - 8 Tableaux

Harman Burns reviews 8 Tableaux from Cups N Cakes favourite Flore Laurentienne, calling it a “monumental, mesmerizing album”.

AdminFebruary 29, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Flore Laurentienne, 8 Tableaux, Secret City Records

The Golden Age of Wrestling - Scorpion Deathlock

Harman Burns reviews Scorpion Deathlock from The Golden Age of Wrestling, calling it “a truly spellbinding listening experience that is one-of-a-kind.”

AdminFebruary 22, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Slipped Through the Cracks 2023 - The Dog Indiana & Test Card

In lieu of our usual Friday Quick Picks column, this week, we’re highlighting a couple releases that Slipped Through the Cracks in 2023. This week, Harman Burns writes about albums from The Dog Indiana and Test Card.

AdminFebruary 16, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Slipped Through the Cracks, The Dog Indiana, Test Card

JEEN - Gold Control

Ava Glendinning reviews Gold Control from JEEN, calling it “an album that shines with substance, emotion, and classic pop catchiness”.

AdminFebruary 14, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Ava Glendinning, JEEN, Gold Control

ACR (Aaron Charles Read) - Soapsud Clown

Harman Burns reviews Soapsud Clown from ACR, praising the EPs “scrappy, do-it-yourself spirit, and a rapidfire Dadaist sense of humor”.

AdminFebruary 8, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Pallmer - Swimming

Penelope Stevens reviews Swimming from New Brunswick duo Pallmer, saying it “stands tall as their best release by far, a cohesive and compelling album that can’t help but transport the listener through memory, imagination, and back to the present, quiet moment”.

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

Paige Drobot - THE PSYCHICS ALBUM

Ava Glendinning reviews THE PSYCHICS ALBUM from Paige Drobot, saying it is “delivered with impressive musicianship and adventurous songwriting style”.

AdminJanuary 31, 2024Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Ghostwoman - Hindsight is 50/50

Harman Burns reviews Hindsight is 50/50 from garage-psych purveyors of the “all important vibe”, Ghost Woman.

AdminDecember 7, 2023Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, GHOSTWOMAN, Harman Burns

Fever Feel - Family Milk

Nigel Young review Family Milk, an “example of true musicians continuing to do what they do best” from British Columbia’s Fever Feel.

AdminNovember 30, 2023Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Nigel Young, Fever Feel, Family Milk

NOBRO - Set Your Pussy Free

Ava Glendinning reviews Set Your Pussy Free from Montreal’s NOBRO, calling it a blend of “garage- and classic rock sound with punk fervour, a Riot Grrl ethos, and a whipsmart sense of humour.”

AdminNovember 23, 2023Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Ava Glendinning, NOBRO

Das Mörtal - Bury the Sorrow

Josiah Snell reviews BURY THE SORROW from Montreal’s Das Mörtal.

AdminNovember 9, 2023Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Land of Talk - Performances

Penelope Stevens reviews Performances by Land of Talk, their “most direct, cathartic, and devastatingly personal record to date.”

AdminNovember 2, 2023Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Faith Healer - The Hand That Fits The Glove

Chris Lammiman writes about Faith Healer’s “rare gem” of a record, The Hand That Fits the Glove.

AdminOctober 26, 2023Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Faith Healer, The Hand That Fits the Glove, Mint Records

Patrick Krief - Skylines

Krystle McGrath reviews the new record Skylines from Montreal’s Patrick Krief.

AdminOctober 24, 2023Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Void Puppet - Fruity Delights

Harman Burns reviews Fruity Delights from Vancouver’s Void Puppet, an “auditory pleasure as infectious as it is gruesome”.

AdminOctober 19, 2023Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie

Nora Kelly Band - Rodeo Clown

Gregory Torwalt reviews Rodeo Clown from the Nora Kelly band, “a joyful and pleasing collection of songs”.

AdminOctober 17, 2023Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Nora Kelly, Nora Kelly Band, Country, Rodeo Clown

Hannah Georgas - I'd Be Lying If I Said I Didn't Care

Ben Lock reviews “I’d Be Lying If I Said I Didn’t Care”, the new “emotionally layered and sonically textured” album from Hannah Georgas.

AdminOctober 12, 2023Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Hannah Georgas

Rae Spoon - Not Dead Yet

Harman Burns reviews Not Dead Yet, the “tenderly triumphant album” by Rae Spoon.

AdminOctober 3, 2023Canadian, Music, Album, Review, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, Canada, Indie, Not Dead Yet, Rae Spoon

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