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…
February 22, 2012—The Olympic Symphonium are headed to Memphis this weekend to take part in the International Folk Alliance conference. This will be the group’s second time performing in Tennessee and will again see them eating large quantities of dry-rub barbecue. If you happen to be in the area, check out one of the shows. They all…
February 22, 2012—There been a nice bit of buzz leading up to the March 06th release of Paper Beat Scissors’ debut album from Exclaim!, Ear To The Sound, a Mexican blog, a Spanish blog, and Herohill, who said, “I’m not sure there’s ever been a band we’ve covered on Herohill that I wanted to see succeed more…
February 22, 2012—Forward Music Group alumni Andrew Sisk from Share has recently release his first solo album, Treelines, which is available for streaming/purchase at andrewsisk.bandcamp.com Treelines was completed in his apartment in Montreal with his son Elliott sleeping on his lap during vocal takes, and quietly watching him record classical guitar parts. While self-engineered and produced, the…
February 12, 2012—Paper Beat Scissors releases its self-titled debut LP on Tuesday, March 06 via Forward Music Group. The Halifax based act embarks on a national tour this March in support of the album. Paper Beat Scissors’ self-titled debut obsesses over ends; ends as states of loss, ends as places for reflection, ends as necessary preconditions to…
January 28, 2012—The East Coast Music Association just announced the nominees for the 2012 awards and we’re proud to see some love for our label and artists. Gypsophilia is up for ‘Group Recording of the Year’ and ‘Jazz Recording of the Year’ for Constellation, and ‘Video of the Year’ for Agricola and Sarah. The Olympic Symphonium is…