New & Upcoming Canadian Albums: Roy Woods, Alex Henry Foster, Menno Versteeg & More

The arrival of the holiday season inevitably means a quiet week for the release of new albums by Canadian artists, but there are some notable exceptions.

Those putting out new work include Menno Versteeg (frontman of indie rock favourites Hollerado), Montreal prog-rock auteur Alex Henry Foster, acclaimed Toronto jazz guitar ace Reg Schwager, Vancouver rockers Movieland, blues guitarist-songwriter Lucas Haneman and saxophonist-composer Nicola Miller.

There's also a recent new album from acclaimed Toronto R&B singer-songwriter Roy Woods, part of Drake's OVO Sound label roster. Rolling Stone is described as his most personal work yet.

Check out the full calendar of new and upcoming Canadian albums below.

December

6: Lubalin, haha, no worries (Cult Nation)

6: Cœur de pirate, Child of Light soundtrack -10th anniversary vinyl edition

6: Cory Marks, Sorry For Nothing (Better Noise Music)

6: Alexandre David, photogrammes (DAME)

6: Martin Tetreault , Vraiement Plus de Snipettes!! (DAME)

6: Julian Taylor Band, Live at TD Music Hall

6: Moka Only, Martian XMAS 2024 (Urbnet)

6: Roy Woods, Rolling Stone (OVO Sound)

6: Sadboi, Dry Cry

6: Sean Leon, In Loving Memory+

6: Lioness Kaur, The Lion With Emerald Eyes

9: Lucas Haneman, I’m Just One Man

11: Alex Henry Foster, A Whispering Moment

13: Menno Versteeg, Why We Run ( Royal Mountain Records)

13: Reg Schwager, Poinsettia (Bandcamp)

13: Movieland, Then & Now (604 Records)

13: Nicola Miller, Living Things

January

10: Maddie Jay, I Can Change Your Mind

17: Marlaena Moore, Because You Love Everything (Session/Bonsound)

17: The Weather Station, Humanhood ( Next Door Records)

17: Jonas & the Jaguar Moon, S/T

17: Drop It First, Fundamentals

17: Ken Presse, Someday

24: Motherhood, Thunder Perfect Mind (Forward Music)

24: Tariq, Scroll Before You Sleep (Tiny Kingdom)

24: Sarah Page & Patrick Graham, Littoral States

31: Christian Sean, Hallelujah Showers (Bonsound)

31: Charlie Houston, After I Die (Arts & Crafts)

31: Gus Engelhorn, The Hornbook (Secret City)

31: N NAO, Nouveau Langage ( Mothland)

31: Featurette, Panic Pills (via Division11)

31: Jann Arden, MIXTAPE

February

3: Nia Nadurata, Still Living With My Parents (Arts & Crafts)

7: Gino Vannelli, THE LIFE I GOT (TO MY MOST BELOVED)(COA Productions)

7: Naya Ali, We Did The Damn Thing (Bonsound)

14: Peter Dreams and MOONRIIVR, S/T (Six Shooter)

14: Art d’Ecco, Serena Demon (Paper Bag Records)

14: Raj Ramayya, Love Thy Brown Brother

14: Alessia Cara, Love & Hyperbole

18: Mark McLaughlin, All I Can Say

21: Basia Bulat, Basia’s Palace (Secret City Records)

21: Tate McRae, So Close To What (RCA Records)

21: Silverstein, Antibloom (UNFD)

21: Laurie Torres, Après coup (Tonal Union)

27: JJ Miller, Hometown Believer

28: CJ Wiley, So Brand New (Tiny Kingdom)

28: Filmmaker – An Invitation to an Accident (Record Record Label)

28: The Hylozoists – La Fin Du Monde (Record Record Label)

28: hHead – Jerk/Fireman (Record Record Label)

28: Don Amero, Broken Record: Part 1 - Heart

March

6: The Shuffle Demons, Are You Really Real (ALMA Records)

7: No Frills, Sad Clown (We Are Busy Bodies)

7: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea, (Pale Chord /Rise Records)

28: Salin, Rammana

May

9: Hanorah, Closer Than Hell (Ensoul Records)