New & Upcoming Canadian Albums: Aysanabee Announces New Album, Rush Deliver Career Anthology

Rush are no longer touring after the death of drummer Neil Peart, but they're keeping their legacy alive.

This week, the beloved Canadian prog-rock trio release Rush 50, a 50-track anthology spanning their legendary career. The presence of unreleased tracks on this first-ever full retrospective box set will excite the super-fans.

There are some other notable albums out this week. Thea May puts out Brought to You by Tragedy, the first release by the hotly-tipped roots artist on the Indigenous label Ishkōdé Records. There's also a live album, Lucky Streak: Live From The Hangar, by the acclaimed and prolific Toronto roots songsmith Jerry Leger. Some Nights is an eclectic solo debut release from noted producer Brock Geiger.

Aysanabee, a rising star in the Canadian music scene, has announced his keenly-awaited sophomore full-length, Edge of the Earth, on June 20. Last year, the soulful Indigenous songwriter won two major Juno Awards, for Songwriter and Alternative Album of the Year, for his EP Here and Now.

Other artists announcing new work include the enigmatic Toronto rocker Harkness (subject of a new film doc), with his sophomore album, Ciao To The Beauty, acclaimed roots duo Rube & Rake (Good Times After Bad), critical favourite Bibi Club with a deluxe edition of Feu de Garde (Les Braises), an intriguing collaboration between Dragonette and NY electro-duo The Knocks, Revelation, a debut EP, Shattered Love, from Absolute Treat, the Toronto pop group formerly known as Dilettante and now reportedly focusing on the dance floor and Point, a solo debut from Quebec folk singer-songwriter Stephane Archambault.

Here is the full list of new and upcoming releases.

March

14: cleopatrick Fake Moon, (Nowhere Special Recordings/Thirty Tigers)

14: Jonathan Personne, Nouveau Monde (Bonsound)

14: Shiv and The Carvers, Tell Me You Love Me Again

14: El Balcón ,El Errante

14: Real Sickies, Under a Plastic Bag

18: Brock Geiger, Some Nights

21: RUSH, RUSH 50 (UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records)

21: Thea May, Brought to You by Tragedy (Ishkōdé Records)

21: Elena Erin, Roaring 20s

21: Jerry Leger, Lucky Streak (Latent)

26: Salin, Rammana

28: Destroyer, Dan’s Boogie (Merge)

28: Bria Salmena, Big Dog (Royal Mountain)

28: Population II, Maintenant Jamais (Bonsound)

28: Various Artists, How Far Would You Take It (Halocline Trance )

28: Jessie Reyez, Paid In Memories

28: Aqyila, Falling Into Place (Sony Music Entertainment Canada)

28: Envy of None, Stygian Waltz

28: The Blue Stones, Metro (Thirty Tigers)

28: Henry Taylor, Sweet Thunder

28: Gloin, All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry) (Mothland)

April

4: Sister Ray, Believer (Royal Mountain Records)

4: young friend, motorcycle sound effects (Nettwerk)

4: Lowest Of The Low, Over Years and Overnight (Sonic Envy)

4: Melanie Fiona, Say Yes ( (LoveLinc/Public Records/Cadence Music Group)

4: Thais, Personne (Bravo)

4: Endray, S/T

8: Terry Gomes, Some Chunes

9: Cold Specks , Light for the Midnight (Secret City Records)

11: Amanda Rheaume, The Truth We Hold (Ishkōdé Records)

11: My Son The Hurricane, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Vegas Funeral Records)

11: Captain Tractor, East of Edson (Revisited), 30th Anniversary Edition

11: The Last Mile, Holding On To Hope

11:Mona Lissa Chanda, Queen of Games

11: Casper Skulls, Kit-Cat ( Next Door Records)

11: Ostara, The Roots

17: Harkness , Ciao To The Beauty

18: GMINXR, Hit List (91 North Records)

18: Drew Smith, Leaf by Leaf

25: Digawolf, Trapline

25: Rachella Wred, Leave The Light On

25: Braden Lam, The Cloudmaker's Cry

25: Bells Larsen, Blurring Time (Royal Mountain)

25: Michael Cloud Duguay,Wobbly Yonder (Watch That Ends The Night)

25: Anthony OKS, Make Way

25: Matt Andersen, The Hammer & The Rose (Sonic Records)

25: 1001 Est Crémazie,S/T (We Are Busy Bodies)

25: Philippe Massé, Le Vent

25: Vivienne Wilder, Terrible Human

25: Richard Moody, Tobacco & Rose

25: Karneef, It’s How You Say It

25: Kyle McKearney, To The River

25: METÒ, Wed To The Moment

25: Heather Ferguson, Found

30: Jolie Laide, Creatures (Victory Pool)

May

2: Lights, A6

2: Kelly Bado , Belles âmes (Good People) (Odd Doll Records)

9: Kate Maki, Impossible Knot

9: Hanorah, Closer Than Hell (Ensoul Records)

9: Kara-Lis Coverdale, From Where You Came (Envision Records)

9: Rube & Rake, Good Times After Bad (LHM Records)

9: Bibi Club, FEU DE GARDE (LES BRAISES)- Deluxe edition (Secret City)

16: Ensign Broderick, Come Down and Mirror Ring

16: Tanika Charles , Reasons To Stay

23: David Celia , Organica (vinyl edition)

23: Two Hours Traffic, I Never See You Anymore

23: Stephane Archambault, Point

25: Alexander Gallant, Rubber Monster Suit (Tibet Street Records)

30: Amy Millan, I Went To Find You (Last Gang Records)

30: SamWoy, Even Sad Boys Like to Have Fun (Hidden Ship)

June

6: Born Ruffians, Beauty’s Pride (Wavy Haze Records)

6: Suzie Ungerleider, Among the Evergreens (MVKA)

6: Mother Mother, Nostalgia(Warner Music)

6: Nadah El Shazly, Laini Tani (Backward Music)

6: The Knocks and Dragonette, Revelation (Neon Gold Records / Futures / Virgin)