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The following musical events and releases that happened in 2018 in Canada.

Events

March – Juno Awards of 2018
April – East Coast Music Awards
May – Prism Prize
June – Preliminary longlist for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize is announced
July – SOCAN Songwriting Prize
July – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced
September 17 – Jeremy Dutcher wins the Polaris Music Prize for his album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
December 1 – 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards

Albums released

A

AHI, In Our Time
Alaskan Tapes, The Ocean No Longer Wants Us
Alaskan Tapes, You Were Always an Island
Jann Arden, These Are the Days – February 2^[1]
Arkells, Rally Cry – October 19
Astral Swans, Strange Prison – May 30

B

Bahamas, Earthtones – January 19^[1]
Gord Bamford, Neon Smoke – January 19^[1]
Jill Barber, Metaphora – June 22^[2]
Matthew Barber, Phase of the Moon
Alexis Baro, Sandstorm^[3]
Ridley Bent, Ridley Bent and the Killer Tumbleweeds
Beppie, Let's Go Bananas!
Bernice, Puff LP: in the air without a shape
Laila Biali, Laila Biali – January 26^[4]
Jean-Michel Blais, Dans ma main – May 11
Forest Blakk, Minutes
The Blue Stones, Black Holes (re-release) - October 26
Bob Moses, Battle Lines – September 14^[5]
Bonjay, Lush Life
Born Ruffians, Uncle, Duke & the Chief – February 16^[1]
Paul Brandt, The Journey YYC, Vol. 1 – April 6^[6]
Paul Brandt, The Journey BNA, Vol. 2 – November 9^[6]
Michael Jerome Browne, Can't Keep a Good Man Down
Jim Bryson, Tired of Waiting – September 14^[7]

C

Cadence Weapon, Cadence Weapon – January 19^[8]
Aleksi Campagne, Aleksi Campagne
Alessia Cara, The Pains of Growing – November 30
Caracol, À paraitre – February 2^[1]
Jennifer Castle, Angels of Death – May 18
Chilly Gonzales, Solo Piano III – September 7
Chromeo, Head Over Heels – June 15
City and Colour, Guide Me Back Home – October 5
Classified, Tomorrow Could Be – June 29; Tomorrow Could Be The Day Things Change – October 12
Cœur de pirate, En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé – June 8
Antoine Corriveau, Feu de forêt
Cowboy Junkies, All That Reckoning
Jim Cuddy, Constellation – January 26^[1]

D

Marie Davidson, Working Class Woman
Art d'Ecco, Trespasser
Dilly Dally, Heaven
The Dirty Nil, Master Volume – September 14
Drake, Scary Hours – January 19
Drake, Scorpion – June 29
Jeremy Dutcher, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa – April 6

E

Elisapie, The Ballad of the Runaway Girl

F

54-40, Keep on Walking
Christine Fellows, Roses on the Vine – November 16
Michael Feuerstack, Natural Weather
Dominique Fils-Aimé, Nameless
Jeremy Fisher Junior, Highway to Spell
Sue Foley, The Ice Queen – March 2^[1]
La Force, La Force
FouKi, Zay
FouKi, La Zayté
Angelique Francis, Kissed by the Blues
The Fretless, Live from the Art Farm
Debby Friday, Bitchpunk
FRIGS, Basic Behaviour
Frontperson, Frontrunner^[9]
Fucked Up, Dose Your Dreams – October 5

G

The Good Lovelies, Shapeshifters – February 9^[1]
Grand Analog, Survival – January 26^[1]
Great Lake Swimmers, Side Effects – April 13;^[10] The Waves, the Wake – August 17^[11]
Greg Keelor, Last Winter – April 27^[12]

H

Harm & Ease, Black Market Gold
Harrison, Apricity^[13]
Hawk Nelson, Miracles – April 6
Hillsburn, The Wilder Beyond – February 2^[1]
Nate Husser, minus 23 (July);^[14] 6° (October)^[15]
Andrew Hyatt, Cain

I

Zaki Ibrahim, The Secret Life of Planets – January 31
Brandon Isaak, Rise 'n Shine

J

Jazz Cartier, Fleurever – July 27^[16]
Just John x Dom Dias, Don (June); Don II (November)

K

Kae Sun, Whoever Comes Knocking – March 2^[1]
Kellarissa, Ocean Electro^[17]
Khotin, Beautiful You
Francois Klark, Love
Korea Town Acid, Mahogani Forest
Nicholas Krgovich, "Ouch"^[18]

L

Mélissa Laveaux, Radyo Siwèl – February 2
Salomé Leclerc, Les choses extérieures
Hubert Lenoir, Darlène – February
Loony, Part 1
Les Louanges, La nuit est une panthère
Lowell, Lone Wolf
The Lynnes, Heartbreak Song for the Radio

M

Magic!, Expectations – September 7
Dan Mangan, More or Less – November 2^[19]
Matiu, Petikat
Kalle Mattson, Youth
Matt Mays, Twice Upon a Hell of a Time – October 19
Efrim Manuel Menuck, Pissing Stars – February 2
Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes – May 25
Dylan Menzie, As the Clock Rewinds
Metric, Art of Doubt – September 21
Milk & Bone, Deception Bay – February 2^[1]
Monowhales, Control Freak
Mother Mother, Dance and Cry – November 2

N

N Nao, À jamais pour toujours
Nap Eyes, I'm Bad Now – March 9^[20]
Safia Nolin, Dans le noir – October
Northern Haze, Siqinnaarut
Justin Nozuka, Low Tide – February 16
Justin Nozuka, Run To Waters – May 18^[21]

O

OBUXUM, H.E.R.
Oktoécho, Saimaniq
The Olympic Symphonium, Beauty in the Tension – February 9^[1]
Steven Lee Olsen, Timing Is Everything – November 9^[22]
The Oot n' Oots, Electric Jellyfish Boogaloo
Ought, Room Inside the World – February 16
Our Lady Peace, Somethingness – February 23

P

Dorothea Paas, One for the Road
Pharis and Jason Romero, Sweet Old Religion
Scott-Pien Picard, Scott-Pien Picard
Pilou, La Vraie nature
Postdata, Let's Be Wilderness
Preoccupations, New Material – March 23

Q

Queer Songbook Orchestra, Anthems & Icons

R

Billy Raffoul, 1975
Rare Americans, Rare Americans
Allan Rayman, Harry Hard-On
Lee Reed, The Steal City EP
The Reklaws, Feels Like That – August 31
Reuben and the Dark, Arms of a Dream – May 4
Jessie Reyez, Being Human in Public
Daniel Romano, Human Touch – January 4^[23]
Daniel Romano, Nerveless – January 4^[23]
Daniel Romano, Finally Free
Rum Ragged, The Hard Times
Rusty, Dogs of Canada^[24]

S

Jay Scøtt, EM0G0D
Jay Scøtt x Smitty Bacalley, Un chevreuil
Joseph Shabason, Anne – November 16
Shad, A Short Story About a War – October 28
Dylan Sinclair, Red Like Crimson
The Slakadeliqs, Heavy Rockin' Steady – February 9
Sloan, 12 – April 6
Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Rez Bangers & Koolapops
So Loki, Planet Bando
So Loki and bbno$, Whatever
Souldia, L'Album noir and Survivant
Rae Spoon, bodiesofwater
Story Untold, Waves – February 2
Suuns, Felt – March 2^[20]

T

TEKE::TEKE, Jikaku^[25]
Three Days Grace, Outsider – March 9
Thus Owls, The Mountain That We Live Upon
Tokyo Police Club, TPC – October 5^[26]
The Trews, Civilianaires – September 14
Tri-Continental, Dust Dance

U

U.S. Girls, In a Poem Unlimited – February 16^[1]

V

Mathew V, The Fifth
Diyet van Lieshout, Diyet and the Love Soldiers
Various Artists, The Al Purdy Songbook^[27]
Vile Creature, Cast of Static and Smoke
Voivod, The Wake – September 21

W

Wax Mannequin, Have a New Name
The Weeknd, My Dear Melancholy, – March 30
Wild Rivers, Eighty-Eight
Donovan Woods, Both Ways – April 20^[28]

Y

Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Dirt
Young Galaxy, Down Time – April 6^[20]
Yukon Blonde, Critical Hit – June 22

Deaths

January 25 – Tommy Banks, 81, jazz musician and politician^[29]
January 31 – Leah LaBelle, 31, singer and contestant on American Idol^[30]
June 19 – Matthew Grimson, 50, singer-songwriter
October 20 – Jon McMurray, 34, rapper and freeskier^[31]
December 19 – Mike "Beard Guy" Taylor, 51, keyboardist for Walk off the Earth

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "A Calendar Of 2018 Album Releases...So Far". FYI Music News, December 27, 2017.
^ "Metaphora: Vancouver-based songwriter Jill Barber brings modern vibe to new album". CBC News British Columbia, April 23, 2018.
^ Colin Story, "Sandstorm - Alexis Baro". The WholeNote, October 30, 2018.
^ "First Play: Laila Biali, self-titled". CBC Music, January 18, 2018.
^ Bob Moses
^ ^a ^b "First Play Live: Paul Brandt, The Journey YYC: Vol. 1". CBC Music. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
^ "Jim Bryson Reveals 'Tired of Waiting' EP, Shares New Song". Exclaim!, July 24, 2018.
^ "Rapper Cadence Weapon on his musical journey and current state of hip-hop in Canada". Q, January 15, 2018.
^ Eric R. Danton, "Frontperson: Frontrunner Review". Paste, September 18, 2018.
^ "Watch: Great Lake Swimmers premiere new video, announce EP". CBC Music, April 10, 2018.
^ "Great Lake Swimmers Announce 'The Waves, The Wake' LP". Exclaim!, April 11, 2018.
^ "Bio – Greg Keelor". Warner Music Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^ Matt Bauer, "Harrison Knows Winter Is Coming; 'Apricity' Will Help Us Cope". Exclaim!, October 10, 2018.
^ Olivier Boisvert-Magnen, "RAP LOCAL : MB, TIRER UN TRAIT SUR LE PASSÉ". Voir, July 10, 2018.
^ Josephine Cruz, "Montreal’s Nate Husser Continues His Impressive Run with “6º” EP". Complex, October 15, 2018.
^ "Fleurever by Jazz Cartier on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
^ John Lucas, "Ocean Electro finds Kellarissa in a contemplative space". The Georgia Straight, March 7, 2018.
^ Calum Marsh, "Nicholas Krgovich: 'Ouch'". Pitchfork, November 29, 2018.
^ "Dan Mangan Sheds Light on His Upcoming Album and Embracing His Solo Troubadour Status". Exclaim!, February 13, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE CALENDAR". Metacritic.
^ "Run to Waters by Justin Nozuka – iTunes – Apple".iTunes
^ Cantrell, LB (November 9, 2018). "Steven Lee Olsen Releases Debut Album 'Timing Is Everything'". Music Row Magazine.
^ ^a ^b "Daniel Romano Surprise Releases 'Nerveless' and 'Human Touch' Albums". Exclaim!, January 4, 2018.
^ "Rusty Return with Their First Album in 20 Years". Exclaim!, June 29, 2018.
^ Matt Bobkin, "Meet TEKE::TEKE, the J-Rock Tribute Turned Full-Fledged Fusion Band". Exclaim!, January 10, 2019.
^ Calum Slingerland, "Tokyo Police Club Announce 'TPC' Album, Share New Song". Exclaim!, July 9, 2018.
^ "Canadian poet Al Purdy inspires songs by Jason Collett, Sarah Harmer and more" Archived 2019-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. Now, January 22, 2019.
^ "Donovan Woods Announces 'Both Ways' LP, Shares New Song". Exclaim!, February 5, 2018.
^ "Legendary Edmontonian jazz pianist, ex-senator Tommy Banks dead at 81". CBC News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^ Pedersen, Erik (2018-02-01). "'American Idol' Finalist Leah LaBelle & Ex-NBA Player Husband Killed In Car Crash". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
^ Rapper dies after music video stunt goes wrong

[fyi-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "A Calendar Of 2018 Album Releases...So Far". FYI Music News, December 27, 2017.

[2] "Metaphora: Vancouver-based songwriter Jill Barber brings modern vibe to new album". CBC News British Columbia, April 23, 2018.

[3] Colin Story, "Sandstorm - Alexis Baro". The WholeNote, October 30, 2018.

[4] "First Play: Laila Biali, self-titled". CBC Music, January 18, 2018.

[5] Bob Moses

[CBCM-6] "First Play Live: Paul Brandt, The Journey YYC: Vol. 1". CBC Music. Retrieved April 25, 2018.

[7] "Jim Bryson Reveals 'Tired of Waiting' EP, Shares New Song". Exclaim!, July 24, 2018.

[8] "Rapper Cadence Weapon on his musical journey and current state of hip-hop in Canada". Q, January 15, 2018.

[9] Eric R. Danton, "Frontperson: Frontrunner Review". Paste, September 18, 2018.

[10] "Watch: Great Lake Swimmers premiere new video, announce EP". CBC Music, April 10, 2018.

[11] "Great Lake Swimmers Announce 'The Waves, The Wake' LP". Exclaim!, April 11, 2018.

[12] "Bio – Greg Keelor". Warner Music Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[13] Matt Bauer, "Harrison Knows Winter Is Coming; 'Apricity' Will Help Us Cope". Exclaim!, October 10, 2018.

[14] Olivier Boisvert-Magnen, "RAP LOCAL : MB, TIRER UN TRAIT SUR LE PASSÉ". Voir, July 10, 2018.

[15] Josephine Cruz, "Montreal’s Nate Husser Continues His Impressive Run with “6º” EP". Complex, October 15, 2018.

[16] "Fleurever by Jazz Cartier on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved July 27, 2018.

[17] John Lucas, "Ocean Electro finds Kellarissa in a contemplative space". The Georgia Straight, March 7, 2018.

[18] Calum Marsh, "Nicholas Krgovich: 'Ouch'". Pitchfork, November 29, 2018.

[19] "Dan Mangan Sheds Light on His Upcoming Album and Embracing His Solo Troubadour Status". Exclaim!, February 13, 2018.

[meta-20] "UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASE CALENDAR". Metacritic.

[itunes-21] "Run to Waters by Justin Nozuka – iTunes – Apple".iTunes

[22] Cantrell, LB (November 9, 2018). "Steven Lee Olsen Releases Debut Album 'Timing Is Everything'". Music Row Magazine.

[romano-23] "Daniel Romano Surprise Releases 'Nerveless' and 'Human Touch' Albums". Exclaim!, January 4, 2018.

[24] "Rusty Return with Their First Album in 20 Years". Exclaim!, June 29, 2018.

[25] Matt Bobkin, "Meet TEKE::TEKE, the J-Rock Tribute Turned Full-Fledged Fusion Band". Exclaim!, January 10, 2019.

[26] Calum Slingerland, "Tokyo Police Club Announce 'TPC' Album, Share New Song". Exclaim!, July 9, 2018.

[27] "Canadian poet Al Purdy inspires songs by Jason Collett, Sarah Harmer and more" Archived 2019-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. Now, January 22, 2019.

[28] "Donovan Woods Announces 'Both Ways' LP, Shares New Song". Exclaim!, February 5, 2018.

[29] "Legendary Edmontonian jazz pianist, ex-senator Tommy Banks dead at 81". CBC News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[30] Pedersen, Erik (2018-02-01). "'American Idol' Finalist Leah LaBelle & Ex-NBA Player Husband Killed In Car Crash". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[31] Rapper dies after music video stunt goes wrong

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