New & Upcoming Canadian Albums: Global Pop Star Tate McRae Delivers 'So Close To What,' Basia Bulat Puts Out 8th Album

After last week's drop of Drake & PartyNextDoor's joint album, this week brings another album from a Canadian music a-lister. Tate McRae's new album So Close To What is out now after a nice run of viral singles. She also performs on SNL on March 1.

Veteran singer-songwriter Basia Bulat is also releasing Basia’s Palace, her eighth album. Other artists with new albums this week include punk veterans Silverstein, synth-pop favourites Men Without Hats, Montreal-based jazz pianist and composer Ariane Racicot, acclaimed classical music artists Christina Petrowska Quilico & Jacques Israelievitch and highly-touted pop newcomer Saya Gray.

Those announcing new album release dates include acclaimed indie rock heroes Lowest Of The Low, acclaimed roots singer-songwriter Jerry Leger, up and coming soul vocalist Kelly Bado, Montreal pop artist Laraw, adventurous composer and musician Nick Storring, country songsmith Don Amero and eclectic Montreal composer and singer Karneef.

Here is the full calendar of new and upcoming Canadian music releases:

February

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

14: Drake and PartyNextDoor, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U

14: Customer Service, to you, after 2000 years (Royal Mountain)

14: Fernie, Hopeless Dreams

14: Raj Ramayya, Love Thy Brown Brother

14: Alessia Cara, Love & Hyperbole

14: Neil Young, Oceanside Countryside (Reprise)

14: Elephant & Stars, Under The Earth And Above Heaven

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

14: Stephen Hamm, Theremin Man (Light Organ Records)

14: Gavin McLeod, The Constant Astonishment (Dine Alone)

14: Denielle Bassels, It Goes Like This

14: Moka Only - Do U A Solid ((Urbnet)

14: Henry Canyons & Fresh Kils - Educated Guesses (Urbnet)

14: Gary Louris, Dark Country ( Sham/Thirty Tigers)

18: Mark McLaughlin, All I Can Say

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

21: Ariane Racicot, Danser avec le feu

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

21: Saya Gray, SAYA (Marion Murata Records)

21: Christina Petrowska Quilico & Jacques Israelievitch, Mozart Complete Sonatas & Variations For Piano & Violin (Parma Recordings)

21: Silverstein, Antibloom (UNFD)

21: ENDRUN - All Pain 4 Me (Urbnet)

21: Laurie Torres, Après coup (Tonal Union)

21: Geoff Arsenault, Hired Hand

21: Men Without Hats, Live (Shocore)

26: Pierre Kwenders, Tears On The Dancefloor (Moonshine / ADA Warner)

27: JJ Miller, Hometown Believer

27: Shealagh Rose, Perth

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

28: Naomi SV, Timescape

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

28: Sanford, Violet Gave Willingly,- OST

28: Killing Daisies, Echoes Of Tomorrow

28: Brett Kissel, Let Your Horses Run

28: Sacred Wolf Singers X Simon Walls, L’nu’k Mawiejik (The People Gather Together).

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

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

28: Moka Only, Arbutus Canyon (Urbnet)

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

28: Ron Ledoux, Views, Visions & Destinations

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

March

1: Newbridge, Past Lives

4: Blair Packham, The Impossible Dream

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)

7: Morgan Toney, Heal The Divide (Ishkode)

7: The Burning Hell, Ghost Palace ( You've Changed Records)

7: Rachel Therrien, Mi Hogar II ( Lula World Records)

7: Housewife, EP Girl Of The Hour

7: Frog Eyes, The Open Up

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

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 Nick Storring, Mirante (We Are Busy Bodies)

21: Jerry Leger, Lucky Streak (Latent)

28: Salin, Rammana

28: Destroyer, Dan’s Boogie (Merge)

28: Bria Salmena, Big Dog (Royal Mountain)

28: The Blue Stones, Metro (Thirty Tigers)

28: Laraw, J’ai quitté le Heartbreak Club (Bravo)

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

11: Mona Lissa Chanda, Queen of Games

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

11: Ostara, The Roots

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

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

25: Karneef, It’s How You Say It

25: Kyle McKearney, To The River

25: METÒ, Wed To The Moment

May

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

9: Hanorah, Closer Than Hell (Ensoul 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: - Nadah El Shazly, Laini Tani ( Backward Music)