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

Written By Jeff MacCallum

This is my very special quick burst, quick picks column. Also known as “dang this jet lag is killing me but I should still put out the quick picks this week” edition. I’m only covering singles and I’m using very few words. Am I mailing it in? That’s for you to decide.

- Jeff MacCallum

jo passed - “Weekend”

Vancouver, triumphant return, 90s alt-rock, one-off single, more coming…

knitting - “Nite Lite”

Mint Recs, Montreal, cool-as-F, bedroom-pop meets grunge, Andy rules…

Malled - “To Be Loved”

New-ish, Calgary, post-punk, mathy, DIY, feeling something good, eat oysters…

Patrick Watson & Charlotte Cardin - “Gordon in the Willows”

Massive collaboration, haunting, quiet, calm, piano, vocals, simplicity, perfection…

- Jeff MacCallum

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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