New & Upcoming Canadian Releases: The Last Weeknd Album?

We've updated our calendar of new and upcoming Canadian albums, and there's one name that dominates the list: The Weeknd... soon to be known just as Abel Tesfaye. The artist's new album Hurry Up Tomorrow is reportedly the final album global superstar Tesfaye will deliver under that name. Stream it here.

Other artists releasing new music this week include progressive pop artist Christian Sean, queer-pop singer-songwriter Charlie Houston, acclaimed singer-songwriter Gus Engelhorn, perennial pop favourite Jann Arden, dream-pop songstress N Nao, Simply Saucer mainman Edgar Breau (a solo effort) and intense Toronto rock trio Featurette.

Those announcing upcoming album release dates recently include Hall of Famers Rush (with a career retrospective), Men Without Hats, (a live album), Polaris Prize winner Pierre Kwenders, roots singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume, Toronto rockers Casper Skulls and Shiv and The Carvers and promising newcomers Bells Larsen and A Short Walk To Pluto.

Here is the full album release calendar:

January

24: Motherhood, Thunder Perfect Mind (Forward Music)

24: Holly Cole, Dark Moon

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

24: Sarah Pagé & Patrick Graham, Littoral States (Envision Records)

24: Lou-Adriane Cassidy, Journal d’un Loup-garou

25: Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin, The Eye Of The Storm

31: Christian Sean , Hallelujah Showers (Bonsound)

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

31: The Weeknd, Hurry Up Tomorrow (XO and Republic Records)

31: Gus Engelhorn, The Hornbook (Secret City)

31: N NAO, Nouveau Langage ( Mothland)

31: Featurette, Panic Pills (via Division11)

31: Edgar Breau, Acadian Drifter

31: Jann Arden, MIXTAPE

February

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

6: Busty and the Bass, The Mannequin

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

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

7: AHI, The Light Behind the Sun

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

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)

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

21: Silverstein, Antibloom (UNFD)

21: Laurie Torres, Après coup (Tonal Union)

21: Men Without Hats, Live (Shocore)

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

27: JJ Miller, Hometown Believer

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

28: Naomi SV, Timescape

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

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: hHead, Jerk/Fireman (Record Record Label)

28: Ron Ledoux, Views, Visions & Destinations

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)

7: Morgan Toney, Heal The Divide (Ishkode)

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: Real Sickies, Under a Plastic Bag

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

28: Salin, Rammana

28: Destroyer, Dan’s Boogie (Merge)

28: Bria Salmena, Big Dog (Royal Mountain)

28: The Blue Stones, Metro (Thirty Tigers)

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)

8: Terry Gomes, Some Chunes

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

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

25: Rachella Wred, Leave The Light On

25: Braden Lam, The Cloudmaker's Cry

25: Bells Larsen, Blurring Time (Royal Mountain)

25: METÒ, Wed To The Moment

May

9: Hanorah, Closer Than Hell (Ensoul Records)