Overview of the events of 2021 in Canadian music
The following musical events and releases that happened in 2021 in Canada .
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Backxwash , I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses - May 28[10]
BadBadNotGood , Talk Memory - October 8
James Baley , A Story [11]
Ashleigh Ball , Before All the Magic's Gone [12]
Gord Bamford , Diamonds in a Whiskey Glass - June 4[13]
Barenaked Ladies , Detour de Force - July 16
The Beaches , Sisters Not Twins (The Professional Lovers Album)
Beatchild , Unselfish Desires - August 13
Bell Orchestre , House Music - March 19
Belly , See You Next Wednesday - August 27
Beppie , Dino-Mite!
Art Bergmann , Late Stage Empire Dementia - May 21[14]
Bernice , Eau de Bonjourno
The Besnard Lakes , The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings - January 29[15]
Justin Bieber , Justice - March 19
Big Brave , Vital
Big Brave with The Body , Leaving None but Small Birds
Big Wreck , Big Wreck 7.1 - November 19
Blue Rodeo , Many a Mile - December 3[16]
The Blue Stones , Hidden Gems - March 19
Born Ruffians , Pulp - April 16
Boslen , Dusk to Dawn [17]
Boys Night Out , Nevermind 2 - July 16
Jon Bryant , Psychidyllic Salutations - November 26
Spencer Burton , Coyote [18]
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Cadence Weapon , Parallel World - April 30[19]
Alessia Cara , In the Meantime - September 24
Casey MQ , babycasey: ultra [20]
Charlotte Cardin , Phoenix - April 23[21]
Casper Skulls , Knows No Kindness - November 12[22]
Annabelle Chvostek , String of Pearls
Cœur de pirate , Perséides (April 30); Impossible à aimer (October 15)
Louis-Jean Cormier , Le ciel est au plancher - April 16[23]
Charlotte Cornfield , Highs in the Minuses - October 29[24]
Crown Lands , White Buffalo
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Death From Above 1979 , Is 4 Lovers - March 26
Art d'Ecco , In Standard Definition
The Deep Dark Woods , Changing Faces
Del Barber , Stray Dogs (Collected B-Sides / Vol. 1) - August 20[25]
Devours , Escape from Planet Devours
The Dirty Nil , Fuck Art - January 1
Julie Doiron , I Thought of You - November 26[26]
Drake , Certified Lover Boy - September 3
Drake, Scary Hours 2 - March 5
Kevin Drew , Influences - July 16
Dru , The Rebirth MMXX - May 27
Ducks Ltd. , Modern Fiction
Willie Dunn , Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies [27]
Melanie Durrant , Where I'm At - May 7
Dvsn , Amusing Her Feelings - January 15
Dvsn and Ty Dolla Sign , Cheers to the Best Memories - August 20
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Majid Jordan , Wildest Dreams - October 22
Manila Grey , No Saints on Knight Street
Martha and the Muffins , Marthology: In and Outtakes - November 5[39]
Matt Mays , From Burnside with Love
Kyle McKearney , Down-Home
Kairo McLean , Easy Now
Kelly McMichael , Waves
Myst Milano , Shapeshyfter [40]
Millimetrik , Sun-Drenched
Ariane Moffatt , Incarnat - March 25[41]
Monowhales , Daytona Bleach
Jess Moskaluke , The Demos - February 19[42]
Mother Mother , Inside - June 25
Mouth Congress , Waiting for Henry - December 10[43]
Mustafa , When Smoke Rises - May 28[10]
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Dorothea Paas , Anything Can't Happen - May 7[48]
Meghan Patrick , Heart on My Glass - June 25[49]
Nico Paulo , Live at First Light
Dany Placard , Astronomie (suite)
Planet Giza , Don't Throw Rocks at the Moon [50]
The Joel Plaskett Emergency , Twenty Years Gone: The Joel Plaskett Emergency Revisits Down at the Khyber [51]
Plaza , Nocturnes - October 1
Postdata , Twin Flames - March 5[12]
Garth Prince , Falling in Africa
Priyanka , Taste Test - July 16[52]
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Raised By Swans , Raised By Swans Is the Name of a Man, Volume 1 - February 9
Rare Americans , Rare Americans 2 (March); Jamesy Boy & The Screw Loose Zoo (November)
Rhye , Home - January 22[12]
Daniel Romano , Cobra Poems
Daniel Romano , Fully Plugged In
Daniel Romano , Kissing the Foe
Royal Canoe , Sidelining - July 9
Justin Rutledge , Islands - March 26[53]
Ruth B. , Moments In Between - June 11
Serena Ryder , The Art of Falling Apart - March 12
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Julien Sagot , Sagot
Said the Whale , Dandelion - October 22
SATE , The Fool
JP Saxe , Dangerous Levels Of Introspection - June 25
Jay Scøtt , Ses plus grands succès
Joseph Shabason , The Fellowship - April 30
Shabason , Krgovich and Harris , Florence [54]
Shad , TAO - October 1
Andy Shauf , Wilds
Jairus Sharif , Mega Optics
Tyler Shaw , Tyler Shaw - August 20
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson , Theory of Ice
Skiifall , Woiiyoie Tapes Vol. 1 [55]
Small Sins , Volume II - February 12[12]
Snotty Nose Rez Kids , Life After [56]
Spiritbox , Eternal Blue - September 17
Arielle Soucy , Unresolved Collection
Souldia , Dixque d'art
Status/Non-Status , 1 2 3 4 500 Years [57]
Emily Steinwall , Welcome to the Garden [58]
Stripper's Union , The Undertaking [59]
Adrian Sutherland , When the Magic Hits [60]
Suuns , The Witness
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Talk , Talk to Me
Tebey , The Good Ones - January 22[61]
TEKE::TEKE , Shirushi [62]
TiKA , Anywhere But Here [63]
Tommy Lefroy , Flight Risk
Morgan Toney , First Flight
The Tragically Hip , Saskadelphia (EP) - May 21[64]
The Tragically Hip , Road Apples: 30th Anniversary Edition - October 15[65]
The Trews , Wanderer - November 19
Tuns , Duly Noted - March 26[66]
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References
^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees" . Exclaim! , December 1, 2020.
^ David Friend, "Juno Awards postpone 50th anniversary show date to June 6 amid COVID-19 pandemic" . Toronto Star , April 14, 2021.
^ "Cadence Weapon wins Polaris Music Prize for ‘Parallel World’" . The Globe and Mail , September 27, 2021.
^ David Friend, "‘Drag Race’ winner Priyanka to co-host Canada’s country music awards with Lindsay Ell" . Toronto Star , November 8, 2021.
^ Laura Robinson, "Viral Canadian Punk Star 347aidan Takes The Stage" . Next Magazine .
^ Murray, Joshua (July 17, 2021). "Alee Releases New Album, Feels Like This" . The Reviews Are In . Retrieved December 12, 2022 .
^ Erik Leijon, "Two stars of the Montreal music scene unite for All Hands Make Light" . Cult MTL , September 23, 2021.
^ Calum Slingerland, "a l l i e Announces New Album 'Tabula Rasa'" . Exclaim! , August 13, 2021.
^ "Tenille Arts Thinks If You Can Relate To It, You Can Listen To It" . B104 . August 19, 2021.
^ a b c d "21 Canadian albums we can't wait to hear in 2021" . CBC Music , December 30, 2020.
^ Richard Trapunski, "Toronto’s best music 2021: albums, concerts and so many songs to stream" Archived 2022-07-02 at the Wayback Machine . Now , December 9, 2021.
^ a b c d e f Alex Hudson, "Exclaim!'s 29 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2021" . Exclaim! , January 4, 2021.
^ Nicolson, Deb (May 26, 2021). "Award-Winning Country Star Gord Bamford" . Patch .
^ Josiah Hughes, "Art Bergmann Details New Album 'Late Stage Empire Dementia,' Shares 'Entropy'" . Exclaim! , March 19, 2021.
^ Alex Hudson, "The Besnard Lakes Share Trippy 'Feuds with Guns' Video" . Exclaim! , December 29, 2020.
^ Bell, Kaelan (October 15, 2021). "Blue Rodeo Announce New Album 'Many a Mile' " . Exclaim! . Retrieved 4 December 2021 .
^ Mitch Mosk, "INTROSPECTIVE, CINEMATIC, & DARK”: BOSLEN DIVES INTO THE VULNERABLE DEPTHS OF DEBUT ALBUM ‘DUSK TO DAWN’" . Atwood Magazine , October 4, 2021.
^ Vish Khanna, "Spencer Burton Keeps Hope Alive on 'Coyote'" . Exclaim! , February 19, 2021.
^ a b "Spring 2021 guide: 21 albums you need to hear" . CBC Music , March 19, 2021.
^ Alex Hudson, "Casey MQ Announces 'babycasey: ultra' Remix Album" . Exclaim! , September 29, 2021.
^ Calum Slingerland, "Charlotte Cardin Readies Debut Album 'Phoenix'" . Exclaim! , February 12, 2021.
^ Calum Slingerland, "Casper Skulls Detail Sophomore Album 'Knows No Kindness'" . Exclaim! , August 26, 2021.
^ Louis-Philippe Labrèche, "Louis-Jean Cormier annonce son nouvel album : Le ciel est au plancher" . Le Canal auditif , March 19, 2021.
^ Pappis, Konstantinos (August 5, 2021). "Charlotte Cornfield Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song 'Headlines' " . Our Culture Mag . Retrieved August 7, 2021 .
^ Schneider, Jason (August 18, 2021). "Essentials… with Del Barber" . FYIMusicNews. Retrieved June 27, 2023 .
^ Matt Bobkin, "Julie Doiron Announces 'I Thought of You,' First Solo Album in Nine Years" . Exclaim! , September 21, 2021.
^ Sam Sodomsky, "Willie Dunn — Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology" . Pitchfork , March 22, 2021.
^ Shawn Conner, "‘Great Aunt Ida’ Nilsen returns with the lush Unsayable" . Vancouver Sun , September 1, 2021.
^ Brock Thiessen, "Great Lake Swimmers Announce 'Live at the Redeemer 2007'" . Exclaim! , February 25, 2021.
^ Kerry Doole, "NDP MP Charlie Angus' Songwriting Remains Potent on Grievous Angels' 'Summer Before the Storm'" . Exclaim! , January 13, 2021.
^ "Hunter Brothers Drop New Album, Been A Minute June 30th" . Top Country . June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021 .
^ Michael Meanchoff, "Montréal’s Nate Husser enlists Mick Jenkins, Jean Deaux & Eva Shaw for Adult Supervision" . HipHopCanada , June 30, 2021.
^ Stephen Cooke, "Mo Kenney’s got this covered: new album offers fresh takes of favourite tunes" . Halifax Chronicle-Herald , February 24, 2021.
^ Conchita Galvez, "'Music is medicine': Shawnee Kish on her new EP, identifying as two-spirit" . CTV News Edmonton , June 15, 2021.
^ Meister, Lauren (March 4, 2021). "Brett Kissel says new record is heart driven not hit driven" . CochraneNow .
^ Stuart Derdeyn, "Nicholas Krgovich releases collection of Veda Hille songs This Spring" . Vancouver Sun , May 14, 2021.
^ Yara El-Soueidi, "Quebec Media Rejected Hubert Lenoir, So He's Taking Over the World Instead" . Exclaim! , September 13, 2021.
^ Jason Schneider, "Essentials… with Lowest Of The Low’s Ron Hawkins" . FYI Music News , December 9, 2021.
^ Nick Krewen, "Martha and the Muffins’ fresh batch almost ready — but in the meantime, their anthology lets them look back" . Toronto Star , October 30, 2021.
^ "The Sound of September 2021: This Month's Essential New Releases" . Exclaim! , September 14, 2021.
^ Josée Lapointe, "Le nouvel album d’Ariane Moffatt sortira le 26 mars" . La Presse , February 26, 2021.
^ Dagg, Nanci (January 28, 2021). "Mark February 19 on your calendar. That's the day that Jess Moskaluke's new album The Demos will be released" . Canadian Beats Media .
^ Calum Slingerland, "Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini Detail Mouth Congress Retrospective Album" . Exclaim! , October 26, 2021.
^ Kaitlin Irving, "Ocie Elliott Find Peace on 'Slow Tide' EP" Archived 2021-08-27 at the Wayback Machine . Exclaim! , March 12, 2021.
^ Matt Bobkin, "Odonis Odonis Announce New Album 'Spectrums'" . Exclaim! , March 9, 2021.
^ "GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER-SONGWRITER STEVEN LEE OLSEN ANNOUNCES EP, RELATIONSHIP GOALS, OUT JULY 30" . Universal Music Canada . July 22, 2021.
^ Daniel McIntosh, "Ouri Offers Something for Everyone, from Electronic to Neo-Classical, on 'Frame of a Fauna'" . Exclaim! , October 20, 2021.
^ Alex Hudson, "Dorothea Paas Shows That Anything Can Happen on 'Anything Can't Happen'" . Exclaim! , May 5, 2021.
^ "Meghan Patrick Announces New 'Heart On My Glass' Album Out June 25th With New Single, "Mama Prayed For" Out Today (5.7)" . Shore Fire Media . May 7, 2021.
^ Mr. Wavvy, "REVIEW: Planet Giza, Don’t Throw Rocks at the Moon" . Cult MTL , April 6, 2021.
^ Richard Woodbury, "2 decades after Down at the Khyber, the Joel Plaskett Emergency re-records landmark album" . CBC News Nova Scotia, October 16, 2021.
^ Corey Atad, "‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Winner Priyanka Releasing Debut EP ‘Taste Test’ . ET Canada , July 14, 2021.
^ David Pratt, "Justin Rutledge: Islands" . Folk Radio UK , February 17, 2021.
^ Calum Slingerland, "Shabason, Krgovich & Harris Announce Instrumental Album 'Florence'" . Exclaim! , February 5, 2021.
^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "Stream Skiifall's New EP 'WOIIYOUI TAPES VOL. 1'" . Complex , August 6, 2021.
^ Aly Laube, "It Took a Village to Raise Snotty Nose Rez Kids, and Now They're Paying It Forward" . Exclaim! , October 21, 2021.
^ Matt Bobkin, "Status/Non-Status, Formerly WHOOP-Szo, Tells Complicated Stories of Indigeneity" . Exclaim! , April 28, 2021.
^ Allie Gregory, "Toronto Saxophonist Emily Steinwall Is a Force for Unity on 'Welcome to the Garden'" . Exclaim! , March 30, 2021.
^ Calum Slingerland, "Tragically Hip and Odds Offshoot Strippers Union Ready New Double Album" . Exclaim! , January 18, 2021.
^ Dorothy Stewart, "Adrian Sutherland launches deeply personal solo album" . CBC North , November 3, 2021.
^ Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (December 16, 2020). "Tebey To Release Debut Album 'The Good Ones' In January" . Entertainment Focus .
^ Matt Bobkin, "TEKE::TEKE Showcase Many Possibilities of Their Kaleidoscopic Psych Rock on 'Shirushi'" . Exclaim! , May 10, 2021.
^ Aly Laube, "TiKA's 'Anywhere but Here' Is an Exuberant Celebration of Black Queer Love" . Exclaim! , February 23, 2021.
^ Jonathan Dekel, "The inside story of The Tragically Hip’s Saskadelphia, the band’s first new album since the death of Gord Downie" . The Globe and Mail , May 20, 2021.
^ Tim Peacock, "The Tragically Hip Announce Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition Of ‘Road Apples’" . UDiscoverMusic , September 16, 2021.
^ Vish Khanna, "Sloan/Super Friendz/Inbreds Supergroup TUNS Yield Even Richer Results on 'Duly Noted'" . Exclaim! , March 22, 2021.
^ Brock Thiessen, "Chad VanGaalen Returns with New Album 'World's Most Stressed Out Gardener'" . Exclaim! , January 28, 2021.
^ Natalie Harmsen, "The Pleasure and Pain of Jon Vinyl" . Complex , October 1, 2021.
^ Elio Iannacci, "Martha Wainwright’s ‘rebirth’: After a divorce, finding love again and returning to her music, singer-songwriter is starting over with a new album" . Toronto Star , August 13, 2021.
^ Jeff Bierk, "The Weather Station Announces New Album Ignorance, Shares New Single" . Paste , November 18, 2020.
^ Allie Gregory (May 20, 2021). "Charlotte Day Wilson Announces Debut Album 'Alpha' " . Exclaim! .
^ Stephan Boissonneault, "Yoo Doo Right Earn Their Spot Among Montreal Post-Rock Royalty with 'Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose'" . Exclaim! , May 19, 2021.
^ " 'Trailblazer' Ojibway musician Shingoose dies of COVID-19 at 74" . CBC News . January 12, 2021.
^ Niel Scobie, "Jay W. McGee, a groundbreaking vocalist, songwriter and Juno nominee, always went back to the music of his father" . Toronto Star , May 2, 2021.
^ David Friend, "Paul Humphrey, suave frontman of ‘80s Toronto new wave band Blue Peter, dies at 61" . Toronto Star , April 7, 2021.
^ James Cullingham, "Veteran Quebec crooner Michel Louvain was a teen idol in the 1950s" . The Globe and Mail , May 6, 2021.
^ Jeff Mahoney, "Hamilton’s Bob Lanois dead at 73" . Hamilton Spectator , April 20, 2021.
^ "Custom a.k.a. Duane Lavold, Dead at 54" . 23 December 2021.
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