Foonyap, Lightning Dust, Parkland, and Osyron

Written By Jeff MacCallum

Foonyap - “Free and Easy Wandering”

“Free and Easy Wandering” is the best possible title for a beautiful meandering track with choice string arrangements. Foonyap maps her journey, the pressure that built up, and the anxiety that ensued until finding a way to live in the moment.

Lightning Dust - Material Life 

Its always a full experience when taking in the future folk stylings of Vancouver’s, Lightning Dust and Material Life definitely takes over for a good 8’n1/2 minutes. And “Busted Minds,” the EP’s second track, has one of the most mind blowing synth leads anyone will ever hear.

Parkland - “Hold Me Down” 

There’ll be no need to hold you down for “Hold Me Down,” the hot new single from Vancouver alt-rockers, Parkland. If the story doesn’t get you on the first listen, the smooth sliding lap steel lines certainly will.

Osyron - Foundations

Re-examine the hardships and assimilation of the formative years of Canada with Osyron’s new album, Foundations. Hard-hitting riffs for hard-hitting truths pave the way for harmonious choruses of hope for the coming generations.  

- Jeshaiah David

Jeff MacCallum

Jeff MacCallum is our founder. He created Cups N Cakes simply because he had a love of local music. Soon the platform grew beyond the confines of his scene in Edmonton to include all of Canada.

"I did it all very DIY. Everything you see was me learning on the fly. I'm a carpenter not a musician, or a journalist, or a publicist... I'm a carpenter and a weird crazy music fan that thought he could do something fun that might benefit something I care about"

Over the years, MacCallum's commitment to elevating Canadian music earned him a spot as a Polaris Prize Juror, a WCMA Juror, a consultant for music festival curation, and a dear friend to independent music in Canada.

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