jo passed, knitting, Malled, and Patrick Watson & Charlotte Cardin

Jeff MacCallum writes a jetlag inspired extra quick Quick Picks column.

Jeff MacCallumMarch 14, 2025quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Jeff MacCallum, jo passed, knitting, Malled, Patrick Watson & Charlotte CardinComment

Jared Jackel's Bad Vibrations, Test Card, Prophecy Club, and Wiles

Jeff MacCallum delivers four new Quick Picks on Bandcamp Friday.

Jeff MacCallumMarch 7, 2025quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Jeff MacCallum, Jared Jackel's Bad Vibrations, Test Card, Prophecy Club, WilesComment

Quinton Barnes, Naya Ali, Pierre Kwenders, and Fernie

Jeff MacCallum delivers four new Quick Picks.

Jeff MacCallumFebruary 28, 2025quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Jeff MacCallum, Quinton Barnes, Naya Ali, Pierre Kwenders, Fernie, Hopeless Dreams, Tears On The Dancefloor, We Did The Damn Thing, CODE NOIRComment

Yesterday's Man, Bluffing, Cedric Noel, and Bronze Medals

Jeff MacCallum delivers four new Quick Picks.

Jeff MacCallumFebruary 21, 2025quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Jeff MacCallum, Yesterday's Man, Bluffing, Cedric Noel, Bronze MedalsComment

Military Genius, schoolyard, Jazz Dads, and Sarah Pagé & Patrick Graham

Jeff MacCallum delivers four new Quick Picks for a frosty February morning.

Limited Hangout, innerouter, Wayne Patrick Garrett, and not a band

Jeff MacCallum delivers four new Quick Picks for a frosty February morning.

Jeff MacCallumFebruary 7, 2025quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Jeff MacCallum, Limited Hangout, innerouter, Wayne Patrick Garrett, not a bandComment

Kristen Roos, Tess Parks, Rick White & The Sadies, and Pnoom

Jeff MacCallum checks in for the final Quick Picks column in January.

Jeff MacCallumJanuary 31, 2025quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Jeff MacCallum, Kristen Roos, Tess Parks, Rick White & The Sadies, PnoomComment

Winona Forever, We Are Wolves, Ritchot Textiles, and Night Court

Jeff MacCallum tackles some releases that deserved a place on his “Best of 2024” list, but hey; you can’t catch em all.

Jeff MacCallumJanuary 24, 2025quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Jeff MacCallum, Winona Forever, We Are Wolves, Ritchcot Textiles, Night CourtComment

DVTR, Klô Pelgag, Les Breastfeeders, and Victime

Jeff MacCallum writes a special Francophone edition of the Quick Picks column.

Jeff MacCallumJanuary 17, 2025quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Jeff MacCallum, Klô Pelgag, Les Breastfeeders, Victime, DVTRComment

Skinny Dyck, Jonathan Personne, Sleepkit, and The Canadian Dispatch

Jeff MacCallum returns with his first Quick Picks column of 2025.

Jeff MacCallumJanuary 10, 2025quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Jeff MacCallum, Skinny Dyck, Jonathan Personne, Sleepkit, The Canadian DispatchComment

SHEARING PINX, King Thief, Botfly, and drive your plow over the bones of the dead

Jeff MacCallum pens a special ‘loud’ edition of the Quick Picks, just in time for the holidays.

Jeff MacCallumDecember 13, 2024quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Jeff MacCallum, SHEARING PINX, King Thief, Botfly, drive your plow over the bones of the deadComment

The Bobby Tenderloin Universe, THINE RETAIL SIMPS, Cookie Delicious, and Facecut

Jeff MacCallum writes about four new releases in this week’s edition of the Quick Picks.

Jeff MacCallumDecember 6, 2024quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Jeff MacCallum, The Bobby Tenderloin Universe, THINE RETAIL SIMPS, Cookie Delicious, FacecutComment

Tim Bruce Johnson, Pressure Pin, Mock Media, and ACCELERANT

Jeff MacCallum writes about four new releases in this week’s edition of the Quick Picks.

Jeff MacCallumNovember 22, 2024quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Tim Bruce Johnson, Pressure Pin, Mock Media, ACCELERANT, Jeff MacCallumComment

Michael Scott Dawson, Hot Mud, Bonnie Trash, and knitting

Jeff MacCallum writes about four new releases in this edition of the Quick Picks column.

Sean Davis NewtonOctober 25, 2024quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Sean Davis Newton, Michael Scott Dawson, Hot Mud, Bonnie Trash, knitting, Jeff MacCallumComment

Mas Aya, Kristin Witko, Begonia, and Small Pleasures

Jeff MacCallum tackles four new releases in this edition of the Quick Picks.

Jeff MacCallumSeptember 13, 2024quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Sean Davis Newton, May Aya, Kristin Witko, Begonia, Small Pleasures, Jeff MacCallumComment

Smush, Sham Family, Gadfly, and BLVD NOIR

Jeff MacCallum talks about four new albums to help finish off your summer in 2024.

Sean Davis NewtonAugust 30, 2024quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Sean Davis Newton, Smush, Sham Family, Gadfly, BLVD NOIR, Jeff MacCallumComment

ROY, Rick White and the Sadies, Myriam Gendron, Kee Avil

Jeff MacCallum writes a special edition of the Quick Picks column, writing about four albums that are some of his picks for the best of 2024 so far.

Jeff MacCallumAugust 9, 2024quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Sean Davis Newton, ROY, Rick White and the Sadies, Myriam Gendron, Kee Avil, Jeff MacCallumComment

Fold Paper, VERTTIGO, Amanda Sum, and Motorists

Jeff MacCallum writes this week’s edition of the Quick Picks column, covering new releases from Fold Paper, VERTTIGO, Amanda Sum, and Motorists.

Jeff MacCallumAugust 2, 2024quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Sean Davis Newton, Fold Paper, VERTTIGO, Amanda Sum, Motorists, Jeff MacCallumComment

JP Lancaster, Heaven For Real, Doug Hoyer, and The Fleeting Light of Love and Grief

Cups N Cakes founder Jeff MacCallum steps in to write this edition of the Quick Picks.

Sean Davis NewtonJuly 26, 2024quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Sean Davis Newton, JP Lancaster, Heaven For Real, Doug Hoyer, The Fleeting Light of Love and Grief, Jeff MacCallumComment

Bootlicker, Bridgeland, Bluffing, and Blume

Cups N Cakes founder Jeff MacCallum writes this week’s edition of the Quick Picks.

Jeff MacCallumJuly 19, 2024quick picks, canadian, music, indie, cups and cakes, cups n cakes, review, album, Bootlicker, Bridgeland, Bluffing, Blume, Jeff MacCallumComment

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