# 2018 in Canadian music

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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
* Arkells, Rally Cry – October 19
* Astral Swans, Strange Prison – May 30

### B

* Bahamas, Earthtones – January 19
* Gord Bamford, Neon Smoke – January 19
* Jill Barber, Metaphora – June 22
* Matthew Barber, Phase of the Moon
* Alexis Baro, Sandstorm
* 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
* 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
* Bonjay, Lush Life
* Born Ruffians, Uncle, Duke & the Chief – February 16
* Paul Brandt, The Journey YYC, Vol. 1 – April 6
* Paul Brandt, The Journey BNA, Vol. 2 – November 9
* Michael Jerome Browne, Can't Keep a Good Man Down
* Jim Bryson, Tired of Waiting – September 14

### C

* Cadence Weapon, Cadence Weapon – January 19
* Aleksi Campagne, Aleksi Campagne
* Alessia Cara, The Pains of Growing – November 30
* Caracol, À paraitre – February 2
* 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

### 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
* 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
* Fucked Up, Dose Your Dreams – October 5

### G

* The Good Lovelies, Shapeshifters – February 9
* Grand Analog, Survival – January 26
* Great Lake Swimmers, Side Effects – April 13; The Waves, the Wake – August 17
* Greg Keelor, Last Winter – April 27

### H

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

### I

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

### J

* Jazz Cartier, Fleurever – July 27
* Just John x Dom Dias, Don (June); Don II (November)

### K

* Kae Sun, Whoever Comes Knocking – March 2
* Kellarissa, Ocean Electro
* Khotin, Beautiful You
* Francois Klark, Love
* Korea Town Acid, Mahogani Forest
* Nicholas Krgovich, "Ouch"

### L

* Mélissa Laveaux, Radyo Siwèl – February 2
* Salomé Leclerc, Les choses extérieures
* Hubert Lenoir, Darlène – February
* Brianna Lizotte, Scratch 'Em
* 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
* Maïa, Plus que vive
* Dan Mangan, More or Less – November 2
* 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
* 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
* Safia Nolin, Dans le noir – October
* Northern Haze, Siqinnaarut
* Justin Nozuka, Low Tide – February 16
* Justin Nozuka, Run To Waters – May 18

### O

* OBUXUM, H.E.R.
* Oktoécho, Saimaniq
* The Olympic Symphonium, Beauty in the Tension – February 9
* Steven Lee Olsen, Timing Is Everything – November 9
* 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
* Daniel Romano, Nerveless – January 4
* Daniel Romano, Finally Free
* Rum Ragged, The Hard Times
* Rusty, Dogs of Canada

### 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

### T

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

### U

* U.S. Girls, In a Poem Unlimited – February 16

### V

* Mathew V, The Fifth
* Diyet van Lieshout, Diyet and the Love Soldiers
* Various Artists, The Al Purdy Songbook
* 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
* Royal Wood, Ever After the Farewell
* Donovan Woods, Both Ways – April 20

### Y

* Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Dirt
* Young Galaxy, Down Time – April 6
* Yukon Blonde, Critical Hit – June 22

## Deaths

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