December 31, 2012—Music Lovers, We accomplished a lot in the last year; releasing five albums, touring through Canada, USA, & Europe, winning ‘Management Company of the Year’ at the East Coast Music Awards, launching our sister label Backward, growing with the Shivering Songs festival, and now everyone is making new, exciting music that’ll be out in 2013.…
December 30, 2012—The Shivering Songs Festival is extremely pleased to announce an impressive trio of headliners for the festival’s third edition: Sarah Harmer, Jian Ghomeshi and The Sadies. The festival, which is entering its third year, will take place January 25–27th at various intimate venues around Fredericton, New Brunswick. Sarah Harmer, a platinum selling songstress, has enjoyed…
December 30, 2012—It’s been a long time coming, but bluegrass guitarist Alan Jeffries is finally ready to share his debut album with you. Recorded live at the Confidence Lodge in rural Nova Scotia this past summer, the 10 tracks on ‘Coffee ’til Midnight’ are an upbeat mix of traditional, modern, and original bluegrass music. The album features…
October 31, 2012—The first installment of Backward compilations is out today and available as either a pay-what-you-want digital download or as a lovely mail-order CD package. This album features New York soundscape ensemble Bing & Ruth (led by David Moore), Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist producer/percussionist Joshua Van Tassel, and Paper Beat Scissors leader Tim Crabtree. “a cinematic blend of…
October 12, 2012—There’s been a few folks around here who have been working hard at a new project called ‘Backward’ that’s been talked about, secretly, for a while now. It’s starting at the end of the month with the release of an album limited to 350 hand-screened packages. You can pre-order the album at http://forwardmusic.limitedrun.com/products/504766 For more…
August 28, 2012—Seemingly out of nowhere, Grand Theft Bus return with their fourth, and arguably their strongest, album ‘Say It With Me.’ A collection of songs both old and new, the material is a further evolution of the band’s genre of progressive-pop. Having toured extensively across Canada as well as the US and UK for over a…
August 7, 2012—Tim Crabtree is exchanging his Greyhound ticket for the much more extravagant Eurorail pass. Paper Beat Scissors is headed to Europe for the third time in the last two years. Performances in Iceland, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, and the Netherlands are coming up in the next 7 weeks. Included in this is a showcase…
July 18, 2012—Snailhouse is retiring. Well, at least the name is. Michael Feuerstack is abandoning his 20-year moniker under which he makes music in lieu of the name on his passport. He is currently finishing up an album of beautiful music that will make its way to your ears soon. In the meantime, come see the Snailhouse…
July 18, 2012—It would be quite the understatement to say that Gypsophilia’s first foray into the United States went well. The 3-week tour that the band recently completed, culminating in a sold-out show at the Halifax Jazz Festival to 2200 people, was a HUGE success. Thanks to everyone who came out, helped out, and spread the word.…
July 11, 2012—Our artists will be quite busy at festivals this summer. You can catch us on our ‘Forward’ stages at Dooryard Arts Festival and Evolve, as well as individual shows at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Rochester Jazz Festival, the Halifax Jazz Festival, PEI Jazz Festival, MESStival, Tay Creek Folk Festival, Bore Music Festival, Festival…
June 19, 2012—Tim Crabtree aka Paper Beat Scissors just returned from another successful tour through Eastern and Atlantic Canada. On his journey he found some time to film a Joanna Newsome cover in Wakefield with Montréal-based video-blog Here On Out. See the video and read about their experience at the link below: https://www.tumblr.com/hereonout/24975689877/paper-beat-scissors-sprout-and-the-bean
June 6, 2012—To tide you over until the cryptic new recording surfaces, Snailhouse has released a digital EP comprised of sketches and demos leading up to the recording of Sentimental Gentleman. The 5-song album features one B-side and four acoustic-version tracks. It sheds a bit of light on the process of making that record by presenting the…
June 6, 2012—En route to the Rochester and Montreal Jazz Festivals, Gypsophilia will be touring through the North-Eastern United States for the first time before making their way back home through Eastern and Atlantic Canada. Many of the dates are free outdoor shows at festivals so do yourselves a favour and get out to see the band…
June 6, 2012—We already told you about Paper Beat Scissors’ current tour but what we didn’t tell you was that Tim will be travelling with a limited-edition cassette. The collection of new demos, This/That, is ONLY available in tape form and at shows. There will only be 50 made and it won’t make it’s way to the…
May 15, 2012—Mitch Fillion is a workaholic. He began filming Southern Souls videos two and a half years ago and has since made more than 675 videos. That’s getting near to a video a day. He’s a busy guy. That’s why we were surprised when he agreed to fly to Fredericton for two days last winter to…
May 15, 2012—After a very successful album release tour across Canada, Paper Beat Scissors will return to the Eastern provinces, as well as New Brunswick, to catch some of the cities/towns that were missed on the last run. Don’t worry Newfoundland, you’re next. Tim will have with him a very limited number of tour-only cassette EPs with…
April 11, 2012—The reviews following the release of Paper Beat Scissors’ debut full-length have been nothing short of spectacular. Writers from all around North America, Europe and even Mexico have given great praise to this album. There’s a reason for it so do yourself a favour and give it a listen. “…a mastery of the folk form…
April 11, 2012—Kid Koala is currently touring an impressive live spectacle called the ‘Space Cadet Headphone Experience’ and we’re proud to announce that Snailhouse will be a part of some of the dates. Space Cadet is a unique immersive headphone concert experience. The audience sits in inflatable “space pods”, listening to the show through individual headphone systems…
April 11, 2012—Forward Music and our artists will be well represented at the 2012 East Coast Music Awards with two nocases (unofficial showcases) we’re promoting on Friday, April 13th at the Old Cosmo (700 Main St.) as well as a few other official ones throughout the weekend (see the shows page). Both Gypsophilia and The Olympic Symphonium…
March 7, 2012—Paper Beat Scissors’ self-titled debut obsesses over ends; ends as states of loss, ends as places for reflection, ends as necessary preconditions to new beginnings. Tim Crabtree’s haunting voice lies at the centre of everything, with an honesty and rawness that skirts discomfort. Across the album, the instrumental palettes shift from the hypnotic loops of…