New & Upcoming Canadian Album Releases: deadmau5 Returns with New EP, Hollerado's Menno Versteeg Goes Solo

A mid-summer release week brings some notable new releases from Canadian artists, including Oleyada andRuss Brannon. Hot off the exclusive cover story in the new Rolling Stone Quebec, deadmau5 is also back with a new release, some ep, that combines his first solo music in two years with his alter-ego Testpilot.

For Eden, meanwhile, is the second full-length from indie folk/roots songsmith Boy Golden (Liam Duncan). His debut LP, Church of Better Days, hit #1 at Canadian Alternative radio, and he has quickly become a favourite on the touring circuit. Already a Juno winner, Winnipegger Begonia turns heads with her force of nature voice, and new album Open Swim will spread the word.

This week has brought some significant announcements of new album release dates. Rush fans will be pleased to learn that the first-ever solo albums of Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee are being reissued on Anthem Records on Aug. 9, in various formats, including a range of vinyl configurations. Lifeson’s 1996 album Victor was followed by Lee’s 2000 solo debut, My Favourite Headache. Of note: famed reissues label Rhino Records will distribute the records outside Canada.

Menno Versteeg has made a splash as frontman of indie rock faves Hollerado and a member of 'supergroup' Anyway Gang as well as founding the successful Canadian indie label Royal Mountain Records. He's just now releasing music under his own name, delivering a solo album, Strangers Like Us, on Oct. 16,while a new single featuring Doug Paisley came out this week. Expect mellow folk rather than upbeat indie rock on this one.

After two decades of work together as We Are Wolves, Montrealers Alexander Ortiz and Vincent Levesque can be considered veterans. After a few years out of the spotlight, they recently returned with two singles, "Transition" and "Súper Normal" (released this week) , and they just announced that a new album (title TBA) is headed our way on Nov. 8. WAW's propulsive sound fuses post-punk and dance-rock elements.

Renowned Toronto keyboardist-composer Sarah Davachi releases a new album, The Head As Form’d In The Crier’s Choir, on Sept. 13, as a double disc set. The seven adventurous compositions on this album form a conceptual suite, with inspirations ranging from Rilke to Monteverdi. They are fleshed out by horns and strings, while Davachi plays mellotron, electric organ, synthesizer and pipe organ.

On the roots music side, singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalists Bella White has earned attention by signing with prestigious U.S. label Rounder Records. Her new EP, Five For Silver, arrives on Aug. 16, and is produced by renowned Grammy-nominated producer Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty). Expect bluegrass with a twist.

Here is our full schedule of releases

July

11: Sojiii, Alive

12: Donovan Woods, Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now (End Times Music)

12: Colin Fisher, Suns Of The Heart (We Are Busy Bodies)

12: Debra-Jean Creelman, Ego Death

17: Begonia, Open Swim (Birthday Cake Records)

19: Oleyada, Late Night Jam

19: Boy Golden, For Eden (Six Shooter)

19: deadmau5, some ep ( mau5trap)

19: Russ Brannon, Sojourn

26: Electric Religious, The Taste (Red Music Rising)

26:Doug Wilde, The Sixth Dimension

26: Wild Rivers, Never Better (Nettwerk Music Group)

August

2: Orville Peck, Stampede

2: Michael Zuzek, Everest

9: Fucked Up, Another Day

9: Adonis Boss, Wait Till Summer EP (Moonshine Music)

16: KROY, Militia

16: Dee Holt, loving in the dark

16: Bella White, Five For Silver (Rounder)

16: Lexxicon, Pink Fraternity

23: The Secret Beach, We Were Born Here, What's Your Excuse? (Victory Pool)

23 Colin James, Chasing The Sun (Stony Plain)

23: Michael Cloud Duguay, Succeeder (Watch That Ends The Night)

28: Ghostkeeper, Cîpayak

30: The Sound of Eddy, Ladders (Ensoul Records)

September

6 : Hansom Ēli, Sip (The Vault)

6: Cuff The Duke, Breaking Dawn (Cardinal Records)

6: Michael Scott Dawson, The Tinnitus Chorus (We Are Busy Bodies)

6: Thélonius García, Marche Nocturne (night walk)

6: SUUNS, The Breaks (Secret City)

6: Mo Kenney, From Nowhere

9: ASKO, S/T (Dine Alone)

13: Colin Stetson, The love it took to leave you (Envision Records)

13: The Fretless, Glasswing (Birthday Cake)

13: Sarah Davachi, The Head As Form’d In The Crier’s Choir ( Late Music)

13: The Devil's Sons,Now and at the Hour of Death

13: Joel Plaskett, One Real Reveal

13: Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Red Future

16: The Meringues, Pavlova's Dog

19: ASKO, S/T (Dine Alone Records)

20: Golden Feather, Release

20: Sunset Rubdown, Always Happy to Explode

20: Alex Henry Foster, A Measure of Shape and Sounds (Hopeful Tragedy)

20: Goldie Boutilier, The Actress

20: Nelly Furtado, 7

27:Leif Vollebekk, Revelation (Secret City Records)

27: Julian Taylor Pathways (Howling Turtle, Inc.)

27: Andy Colonico, Daytime Broker

27: Mustafa, Dunya(Arts & Crafts).

October

4: Mia Kelly, To Be Clear

4: Devarrow, Heart Shaped Rock (Paper Bag Records)

4: Christo Graham, Music For Horses (We Are Busy Bodies)

4: The Low Sixes, The Oshawa Tree ( Forge Again Records)

11: Klô Pelgag, Abracadabra (Secret City Records)

11: Jadea Kelly, Weather Girl

16: Menno Versteeg, Strangers Like Us (Royal Mountain Records)

18: Twin Flames, Hugging the Cactus

25: Victime, En conversation avec (Mothland)

November

1: Jeremie Albino, Our Time in the Sun ( Good People Record Co./Easy Eye Sound)

8: The Tragically Hip, Up To Here (box set)

8: We Are Wolves, title TBA

December

5: Carmen Braden, A Hard Light