Video Premiere: Bad Hoo - "Hot Dr. Pibbs"

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

Sean Davis NewtonNovember 5, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere, Harman Burns, Sean Davis Newton, Bird Brain

Video Premiere: Paige Drobot - "Alien Girl"

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.

Sean Davis NewtonOctober 4, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere, Harman Burns, Sean Davis Newton, Bird Brain

Video Premiere: The Bobby Tenderloin Universe - "Bad Boy of Redemption Ranch"

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

Video premiere: Wolf Willow - "Dusty Vinyl"

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

Sean Davis NewtonAugust 27, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere, Harman Burns, Sean Davis Newton, Bird Brain

Video premiere: Sean Davis Newton - "Glass Eye"

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

Sean Davis NewtonAugust 20, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere, Harman Burns, Sean Davis Newton, Bird Brain

Video premiere: Millions - Innerouter

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

Sean Davis NewtonAugust 19, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere

Live, In Review: Sled Island 2024 (Part 1)

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

Video premiere: pseudo-antigone - comprometida

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.

Sean Davis NewtonJune 28, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere

Premiere: Secondhand Dreamcar - "Eight of Spades"

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.

Sean Davis NewtonJune 19, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere

Video premiere: Smokey - Sudden Death

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.

Sean Davis NewtonJune 18, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere

Premiere: [I Think I Love] Hockey - Sean Davis Newton

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

Sean Davis NewtonJune 13, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere

Video Premiere: Truck Violence - He ended the bender hanging

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

Sean Davis NewtonJune 3, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere

Sled Island 2024: Festival Preview

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

Jeff MacCallumMay 15, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere, Sled Island, Jeff MacCallum

Video premiere: Wolf Willow - "Do Not Believe In Me"

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

AdminMay 14, 2024Canadian, Music, Cups N Cakes, Cups and Cakes, New, Canada, Indie, Premiere, Wolf Willow, Video, Saskatchewan, Country

Video Premiere: Smokey AB - "Springtime"

There’s no shortage of country revivalist, acoustic guitar totin’ son of a guns releasing music across Canada these days, but none are quite like Edmonton’s Smokey. We premiere the video for his new song “Springtime”.