New & Upcoming Canadian Album Releases: Jill Barber's First Christmas Record, Tate McRae's Deluxe Reissue

A diverse collection of new albums from Canadian artists arrived this week.

Fast-rising global pop star Tate McRae is proving unstoppable these days. On Nov. 8, she wrapped the Miss Possessive Tour in Los Angeles, and stats reported to Billboard Boxscore show that, since kicking off in March, the tour grossed $110.8 million and sold 1 million tickets over 77 shows. Capitalising on this momentum, McRae has just released a deluxe version of her breakthrough hit album, So Close To What now called So Close To What???. As reported here, this edition features four brand new cuts, “Trying on Shoes,” “Anything But Love,” “Nobody’s Girl” and “Horseshoe.”

Versatile B.C.-based singer-songwriter Jill Barber has found gold-selling success in the folk, pop and jazz worlds, and she has just deliveredA Holly Jolly Jill Barber Christmas, her first holiday record. Featuring lush strings and an all-star band, it was produced and arranged by Grammy Award-nominated Drew Jurecka (Dua Lipa). The debut single is a fresh take on the classic "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," featuring Jill's brother Matthew Barber, a Juno-winning singer-songwriter. Jill Barber begins a 12-city concert tour in support of the album on Nov. 27 in Toronto. Itinerary and tickets here.

Other Canadian artists with new music out this week include indie rock veterans Rheostatics with The Great Lakes Suite, Ruby Singh & The Future Ancestors with Celestial Libations, Motherhood and guitarist Keith Hallett's take on country as Sam Salmon & the Grand Manan Bandits with Down For Life, Toronto indie rocker Just Jillian (Story of Mine) and house/disco duo TUSH with Heavy Weather. There are also vinyl reissues of albums by indie rockers Limblifter (1/0) and Odds (Nest).

New album announcements this week included news that Montreal singer Dominique Fils-Aimé will release the second chapter of her sophomore soul/R&B trilogy, My World Is The Sun, on Feb. 20, via Ensoul Records. The album is described as part of "her exploration of sonic, creative and spiritual freedom.“ Here's the first single.

Here is the full album release calendar.

November

12: Eddie Schwartz, Film School

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

13: Magella, The Pearl

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

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

14: Yves Jarvis, All Cylinders (Deluxe) (In Next Door Records)

14: Siibii, S/T (Ishkōdé Records)

14: The Bros. Landreth, Dog Ear

14: Hélène Barbier, Panorama ( Bonsound)

14: Gaspard Eden, Crooked Lines (Coyote Records)

14: Tim Brady, For Electric Guitar (People Places Records)

14: Jess Moskaluke, The Encore Mixes EP, (MDM Recordings Inc.)

14: Nicholas Craven Criminally Attached (Roc Nation)

14: Colter Wall, Memories And Empties Memories and Empties (La Honda Records)

14: Old Man Luedecke, She Told Me Where To Go (Deluxe edition) (Outside Music)

14: Men Without Hats, On the Moon

19: Alex Little, Spider in the Sink

21: Boutique Feelings, Shwaya, Shywya (Mothland)

21: Limblifter, I/O -vinyl reissue (Record Record Label )

21: Jill Barber, A Holly Jolly Jill Barber Christmas (Outside Music)

21: Odds, Nest -vinyl reissue (Record Record Label )

21: Sam Salmon & the Grand Manan Bandits, Down For Life (Forward Music/Big Turnips)

21: Just Jillian, Story of Mine

21: Rheostatics, The Great Lakes Suite (Cordova Bay)

21: Anna Pidgorna,Invented Folksongs (Redshift Records)

21: Tate McRae, So Close To What - deluxe

21: Ruby Singh & The Future Ancestors, Celestial Libations

21: TUSH, Heavy Weather

25: Johnny Max Band, Johnny Max & His So-Called Friends

27: David Vertesi, Cardiography - Anniversary Acoustic Edition (Tiny Kingdom Music)

December

1: The Jellyfish, S/T

5: The Dirty Nil, Live At The Dine Alone Store

5: Hugo Blouin, Le buffet (Ambiances Magnétiques)

5: Géraldine Eguilluz and Michel F Côté, hORs TempS (Ambiances Magnétiques)

5: Kid Koala, The Storyville Mosquito - picture disc vinyl

12:Patrick Smith, Words Underlined (Lit Soc)

January 2026

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

16: Clothesline From Hell, Slather On The Honey

21: Katie Tupper, Greyhound (Arts & Crafts)

23: Dana Sipos, Golden Molten

26: Jo Passed, Away (Youth Riot Records)

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

30: Gab Bouchard, Encore

30: New Saint, Santo

30: Luca Fogale, Challenger (Nettwerk Music Group)

February

6: Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Laughter In Summer (Transgressive)

6: Nick Schofield, Blue Hour (Backward Music)

6: Daphni, Butterfly

13: Boy Golden, Best of Our Possible Lives (Six Shooter Records)

27: Bibi Club, Amaro (Secret City)

27: Garrett T. Willie, Bill's Cafe

March

13: Malinowski, Under A Landslide of Stars

13: Marie Celeste, Tout ce qui brille

19: Gnarwhal, Lucid Machines

20: Edwin Raphael, I Know A Garden

27: Wintersleep, Wishing Moon (Dine Alone)