New & Upcoming Albums: Headstones Release 'Burn All The Ships', Sarah McLachlan Returns With 'Better Broken'

It's a busy week for new Canadian music releases.

Toronto hard rock veterans Headstones deliver Burn All The Ships, the 11th studio album in a recording career that started back in 1993, and the band's first for noted indie label Dine Alone.

To coincide with the release, a brand new video, "An Effort To Forget," featuring a guest turn by Metric singer Emily Haines, premiered this morning (Sept. 19). "Emily is an incendiary talent, adding a powerfully subtle, emotionally elegant perfection to this intensely haunting piece of pure rock & roll," says Headstones frontman Hugh Dillon, and Haines terms it "an instant Headstones classic. I love how the song turned out!"

Also a renowned TV and film actor, charismatic frontman Dillon is currently an executive producer, writer and actor on the hit Paramount+ series Mayor of Kingstown, starring alongside Jeremy Renner. Headstones join fellow rock heavyweights Finger Eleven and Tea Party on a 12-city Canadian tour that kicks off in Penticton on Nov. 25, concluding in Halifax on Dec. 13. Tickets available here.

Canadian superstar Sarah McLachlan has just released a new album, Better Broken, on legendary U.S. label Concord Records. She has been the focus of a ton of publicity of late, given that a documentary film exploring her pioneering creation Lilith Fair (Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery – The Untold Story) recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and debuted on CBC/CBC Gem on Sept. 17.

Better Broken is McLachlan's first album in over a decade, and she reportedly digs deeply into her personal emotional life for its material. A just-released new single and video, "Reminds Me," features Katie Gavin. This fall, McLachlan presents her Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th Anniversary Canadian Tour. Celebrating her blockbuster album of that name, the 17-date cross-country run begins October 15 in Victoria and wraps November 9 in Peterborough.

Also out this week is Later Tonight, the keenly-anticipated debut full-length album from Canadian country star, Josh Ross. Last weekend he won two major awards at the CCMA Awards in Kelowna, BC, for single of the year ("Single Again") and in the coveted entertainer of the year category. Earlier this year, Ross won his first Juno Award, for his chart-topping eight-song EP, Complicated. Its hit ballad “Trouble” went Double Platinum in Canada and was certified gold in the U.S..

The Ontario-raised, Nashville-based Ross returns north for an extensive national tour, set for February and March 2026. The 11-city, 12-show trek will see the Ontario-raised, Nashville-based singer-songwriter perform in large clubs, theatres, and event spaces. Itinerary here.

Also releasing new music this week are popular Vancouver alt-rock band Yukon Blonde, folk-rockers Jolie Laide release In The Low Light , a collection of B-sides from their album Creatures, folk singer-songwriter Daniel James McFadyen serves up Back To The Country, singer-songwriter Selina Martin reissues her acclaimed album Time Spent Swimming in the Immersive Audio Album format, Juno-nominated Americana-accented group Altameda release a fourth album, Crazy Blue, highly-regarded multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Mappe Of puts out Afterglades and Vancouver shoegaze/dream-pop trio bloom effect deliver an EP, oscilón.

Check out the full album release calendar here.

September

8: Tyler Shaw, Yesterday (10th anniversary vinyl edition and deluxe digital album)

10: James Correa, Bonny Park

11: Lauren Ash, Call Me When You Get This

12: Camilla Sparksss, ICU Run (On The Camper Records)

12: Rezz, As The Pendulum Swings (HypnoVision)

12: Jordan Armstrong, This Engine

12: Peter Campbell, Haunted Melody

12: Handsome Tiger, Diaspora II

12: Justin Karas, Flowers Wild Abound

12: Lynn Jackson, Mirrors (Busted Flat)

12: David Occhipinti, Camera Lucida (Elastic Recordings)

12: The Eisenhauers, Back Burner (Black Hen Music)

12: By A Thread, Mirrored Life (Spartan Records)

15: Jolie Laide, In The Low Light (Victory Pool)

16: The Blue, So Look At The Bright Side

16: Pompey, I'm Scared

19: Headstones, BURN ALL THE SHIPS

19: Yukon Blonde, Friendship & Rock 'n' Roll (Dine Alone)

16: Chloe Stroll, Bloom in the Break

16: NorthSideBenji, Misery Loves Company (NRTHRN Records LTD)

19: Daniel James McFadyen, Back To The Country

19: Dun-Dun Band - Pita Parka, Pt. II : Nim Egduf (We Are Busy Bodies)

19: bloom effect, oscilón

19: Selina Martin, Time Spent Swimming - Immersive Audio Album edition

19: Arid Landscapes, S/T

19: Mappe Of, Afterglades ( Paper Bag Records)

19: Matt Patershuk, DOG. TIGER. HORSES. (Black Hen Music)

19: Jon Stancer, Are We Not Here For Fun? (Weeeee! Records)

19: Afternoon Bike Ride, Running With Scissors (Friends of Friends)

19: Sarah McLachlan, Better Broken (Concord Records)

19: Pure Carrière, Visions 2 l'Enfère

19: Josh Ross, Later Tonight (UMC)

19: Altameda, Crazy Blue

23: Ev. G, And Then I Go Up

25: pHoenix Pagliacci, R&B Diaries

26: Coeur de Pirate, Cavale

26: Sloan, Based on the Best Seller

26: Absolute Losers, In The Crowd (Paper Bag)

26: The Young Novelists, These Dark Canyons

26: Scott Hardware, Overpass

26: Beta Trip, Superette (Having Fun)

26: Motivation, Take It To The Sky

26: The Bapti$, Pop Cult(ure)

October

3: Robert Adam, Governed by the Seasons

3: Laura Hickli, dark secrets

3: The Penske File, Reprieve (Stomp Records)

3: AV & The Inner City, S/T

9: Babygirl, Stay Where It's warm (Arts & Crafts)

9: Vivek Shraya, New Models

10: The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Ghost Nation (Full Time Hobby)

10: Valley Voice, Stars, Engines (Elastic Recordings)

10: Great Lake Swimmers, Caught Light

14: Seth Anderson, These Exact Days, These Peaceful Nights

15: Brodie Christ, Big Feelings

16: Fredy V & The Foundation, No Tribe No I

17: BirdBelly, The Wind The Wood

17: The Barr Brothers, Let It Hiss (Secret City)

17: bbno$, S/T

17: Rachel Bobbitt, Swimming Towards the Sand (Fantasy)

17: Oranje, In Irons

17: Royal Wood, Dear John (Cordova Bay Records)

17: Living Hour, Internal Drone Infinity (Paper Bag Records)

17: Beauts, Marigolds

17: Alix Fernz, Symphonie publicitaire sous influence

17: Terra Lightfoot - Home Front (Sonic Unyon)

17: Bob Moses, BLINK

17: Larker, Romanticide

21: The Boojums, S/T (Having Fun/We Are Busy Bodies)

24: Ark Identity, Deluxe Nightmare

24: Julianna Riolino, Echo In The Dust

24: John Borra, Last Dance at The E Room

24: Begonia, Fantasy Life (Birthday Cake Records)

24: Alexandra Kay, Second Wind

24: Jerry Leger, Waves Of Desire (DevilDuck Records)

24: The Mendozaz, The Completely Fictional History Of This Great Nation of Canada

24: Jory Nash, The Light Still Shines On The Main

24: The Strumbellas, Burning Bridges Into Dust (Glassnote Records)

24: Ouri, Daisy Cutter

29: Evan Redsky, THE LANGUAGE OF FISHERMEN

31: Shad, Start Anew (Secret City Records)

31: sundayclub, Bannatyne (Paper Bag Records)

31: Gaspard Eden, Crooked Lines (Coyote Records)

November

1: SHEBAD, Music is the Answer (Stripped)

7: Jade Lemac, It's Always At Night (Warner Music Canada)

7: The Dears, Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!, (Next Door Records)

7: Niall Mutter, Silver

7: Crasher, Odditi Populaire

7: Peter Katz, Everything Unfolding

14: Odonis Odonis, S/T ( Royal Mountain Records)

12: Rise Carmine, Come In Closer (Paper Bag Records)

14: Austra, Chin Up Buttercup (Pink Fizz/Domino)

January 2026

9: Calling All Captains, The Things That I’ve Lost Out (New Damage Records)

30: Softcult, When A Flower Doesn’t Grow (Easy Life Records)