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…
January 28, 2012—We’ve been big fans of Tim Crabtree’s work as Paper Beat Scissors for a while now. I can remember seeing his band back in 2009 and being absolutely blown away by the control and originality of the music. Being a fan, it was an easy decision to release the record once Tim was looking for…
December 24, 2011—We’re pleased to announce that Snailhouse’s Sentimental Gentleman has been making big waves in ‘Best of 2011’ lists from around Canada, USA and over in Europe. Exclaim! named ‘Sentimental Gentleman’ #5 of the ‘Best Folk & Country Albums of 2011’ alongside some other great artists like Gillian Welch, Dan Romano, Barr Brothers, and Nick Lowe.…
December 18, 2011—We’re releasing a Fall sampler next week but I thought we’d give you all an advance copy as thanks for keeping up with us. The album is a smattering of unreleased, released and cover material from the past year or so. Tracklisting is below and you can go to the albums page to download for…
October 26, 2011—Hi everyone, We are now officially home and recovered from our time on tour – thanks to everyone who helped us along the way. It was good fun and felt like a massive success! So now we are ready to hit Halifax with TWO album release shows in the next week: Our Masquerade Dance Party…
October 25, 2011—We’ve released a Fall 2011 Sampler for FREE. The album is a smattering of unreleased, released and cover material from the past year or so. Tracklisting is below and you can download in the albums section. 1. Snailhouse – Living the Dream (previously unreleased in Canada) 2. Gypsophilia – Bir Hakeim (unreleased) 3. The Olympic…
October 25, 2011—After some shows in Atlantic Canada and Quebec in the coming weeks, Snailhouse will head overseas to again search for his German roots. There are still some gaps if anyone has any clever ideas… November 05 – Laval, QC: TRAC November 10 – Zwolle, NL: Popfront November 11 – Leiden, NL: House Concert November 13…
September 24, 2011—“We are thrilled to have just released a new music video to the internet. Agricola & Sarah is the first track on our album Sa-ba-da-OW! (2009) and now it is also a beautiful stop-motion animation love story. A huge thank you and much respect goes to both Sydney Smith and Jason Levangie – it was…