New & Upcoming Canadian Album Releases: Mac DeMarco, Anne Murray & Sarah McLachlan Announce New Albums
It's a big week for new Canadian music announcements. Check out the whole calendar of new releases here.
Mac DeMarco
There is an eclectic group of Canadian albums being released this week.
Now based in Nashville and recently signed to Epitaph, Canadian rockerRoyale Lynn has been creating a serious buzz, attracting over 1 million followers across socials and 65 million global streams. Out on June 27, Black Magic is her debut, and it showcases a retro alt-metal influenced, hard-rock sound.
Toronto alt-pop artist Alex Porat has also been amassing impressive stats, such as 120M+ global streams and 1.1M YouTube subscribers and a spot on the Billboard Canada Airplay charts. She recently released a tender dream-pop ballad, "Blueprint" and her EP crushed! comes out today (June 27). Montreal indie &B artist/producer kerrihas drawn praise from Timbaland, his song “us/faces” was synced on NBC’s Bel-Air, and now his new album DON'T PANIC is out now.
Acclaimed soul combo The Souljazz Orchestra serve up a vinyl edition of their record, Manifesto, funky jazz combo The Heavyweights Brass Band serve up Knockout2 and eloquent roots singer-songwriter Shuyler Jansen puts out a new EP, DELUJN (vol. 1). Psych project Lammping delivers Never Never, the first in a four-part series and one featuring a collaboration with Bloodshot Bill. The record blends fuzzed-out psych with boom-bap textures and analog experimentation.
Some major Canadian stars announced upcoming album release dates over the past week. Pop superstar Anne Murray has dug into her vaults of unreleased material for a new collection of songs, Here You Are, out on Sept. 5. Another multi-platinum-selling artist, Sarah McLachlan, will release Better Broken on Sept 19. It is her first new album in a decade. It has been termed “a soul-searching reflection on the fortitude that comes from weathering life’s constant storms.”
Multi-Juno Award-winning electro-pop artist Kiesza will deliver a six-song record, Dancing and Crying: Vol. 2, on July 25. Indie singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco will put out his new album, Guitar, on August 22 via Mac’s Record Label. The lead single and video, “Home,” is described as "a reflective song about place, memory, and change." DeMarco also revealed he is expanding his sold-out 2025 tour including Canada stops, with new tour dates for 2026, including a February/early March run in Asia and an extensive May tour in the U.S..
A full schedule of album releases below.
June
18: Steve Marriner ,Hear My Heart'
20: Sunshine Makers, The Sun Still Shines (Lovetown Records)
20: Sultaan, Rap God (North Records)
20: Celeigh Cardinal, Boundless Possibilities - Deluxe Edition
20: Aaron Goodvin, Drinkin’ Hand.
20: Meggie Lennon, Desire Days ( Mothland)
20: Drives the Common Man , Grief and Purpose (Red Music Rising)
20: Aiko Tomi (富愛子), Everything Sparks Joy
20: U.S. Girls, Scratch It
20: Aysanabee, Edge of the Earth (Ishkode)
20: Andrew O, May Baby (LHM Records)
25: The Souljazz Orchestra, Manifesto (vinyl)
27: Royale Lynn, Black Magic (Epitaph Records)
27: Penny & The Pits, Liquid Compactor (Forward Music)
27: Lammping, Never Never (We Are Busy Bodies)
27: The Heavyweights Brass Band, Knockout
27: Alex Porat, crushed!
27: Kerri, Don't Panic
28: Shuyler Jansen, DELUJN (vol. 1) (Pseudo Sound)
July
1: Friendly Rich, Friendly Rich Sings The Nihilist Spasm Band
11: Tami Neilson, Neon Cowgirl (Outside)
11: Hughes, S/T
11: Karma Glider, From the Haze of a Revved Up Youth (Mothland)
11: Long Branch, Arc of The Sun
17: Breagh Isabel, S/T
18: Ian James Bain, At Your Service (ArtHaus Music)
18: Mary Ancheta, Rituals
22: JP LeBlanc, All In My Blood--Je l’ai dans le sang ( Acadian Connection)
25: The Dirty Nil, The Lash (Dine Alone Records)
25: Fortunato Durutti Marinetti, Bitter Sweet, Sweet Bitter (We Are Time)
25: Kiesza, Dancing and Crying: Vol. 2 (Zebra Spirit Tribe / Vydia)
August
1: Debby Friday, The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life (Royal Mountain)
1: Andy Stochansky, Poetry of Birds (ArtHaus)
8: Ada Lea— when i paint my masterpiece (Saddle Creek)
8: Curbside, A Lifetime To Outgrow (TIR)
8: No Joy, Bugland
15: Friendly Rich, The Birds of Marsville (We Are Busy Bodies)
15: Georgia Harmer, Eye Of The Storm (Arts & Crafts)
15: Billianne, Modes of Transportation (The Orchard)
22: Chambers Deslauriers, Our Time To Ride (40 Below Records)
22: Ellen Braun, The Doldrums
22: Kathleen Edwards, Billionaire (Dualtone/MNRK)
22: The Planet Smashers, On the Dancefloor (Stomp Records)
22: Mac DeMarco, Guitar (Mac’s Record Label)
22: Duo Concertante, Maier, Franck, Schumann
29: The Beaches, No Hard Feelings (AWAL)
29: Lhasa Petik, THYMIA (Friends of Friends)
29: Ron Sexsmith, Hangover Terrace
September
5: Anne Murray, Here You Are
12: Camilla Sparksss, ICU Run (On The Camper Records)
12: Handsome Tiger, Diaspora II
12: Carson McHone, Pentimento (Merge Records)
19: Headstones, BURN ALL THE SHIPS
19: Yukon Blonde, Friendship & Rock 'n' Roll (Dine Alone)
19: Matt Patershuk, DOG. TIGER. HORSES. (Black Hen Music)
26: Coeur de Pirate, Cavale
26: Sloan,Based on the Best Seller
October
3: Robert Adam, Governed by the Seasons
9: Vivek Shraya, New Models
17: The Barr Brothers, Let It Hiss (Secret City)
