Chapter 1 re-release + shows

We’re quite pleased to be re-releasing our debut album back into the world. It’s been almost two years since we’ve been sold out of the original and we didn’t like the idea of something we’re proud of being unavailable. This “special revised edition” comes remixed with more banjo and drums, remastered, and including a bonus…

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the Communication Barrier + tour

Rock n’ Roll tour-de-force Sleepless Nights are finished the 3rd and final chapter in their complimentary digital EP series. The epic 13-minute Communication Barrier is a pet-project the band has been working on for several years, originating in the era when the band was a seven-person ensemble. The one-song EP has materialized into a psychadelic…

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showcases and new records and stuff

so we’ve been slacking in the updates department, but that’s because we’re up to our eyeballs in the swamp that is slate pacific (zach is completely submerged…). but now, the out of the swamp arises the monsters we’ve been so carefully breeding! ok, i’m gonna kill this metaphor before it gets any creepier…. for starters,…

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The Phone Booth Outside The Video Store

The Phone Booth Outside The Video Store, the second of three complimentary albums to be given away by Sleepless Nights, is now available for download. The 4 songs are synth-heavy, guitar-driven power pop that make you want to listen to the album again before it’s even over. The first installment in this holy trinity, King…

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New FREE Share EP

Too prolific to keep it to themselves, Share are releasing their new EP for FREE digital download only 6 months after their celebrated release of 2009’s Slumping in your Murals. Download it now

Olympics, Free Music & ECMA Voting

The Olympic Symphonium go to the Olympics, record new album & play shows in East Coast ——————————————————————————————- A dream that wasn’t even on our wish-list has come true. We’re heading to Vancouver in February to play at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games! We’ll be at the Atlantic Canada House on Granville Island alongside artists like…

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ECMA Nomination!

ECMA 2010 Nomination for Best Jazz Album for Pyramyd

Recording

We’re going to start recording a new album in January 2010. Spur of the moment but exciting!

Happy Holidays – Free Music Inside

We’d like to extend a HUGE thanks to everyone who made 2009 such a success for Forward Music Group. Touring Eurpope twice, releasing 5 successful albums, and recording a BBC session were dreams that we never thought we’d realize. Add to that the ECMA nominations, showcases at several festivals around the world and we think…

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Shows

New Brunswick, you were wonderful last weekend. Thank you. We’ll be playing a couple shows in Nova Scotia during the winter, the first of which will be at Gus’ Pub in Halifax on January 17th with the awesome Cousins and The Establishment. Still recording as well….

King Diamond EP

Sleepless Nights live to write music. While writing song after song after song it became apparent it was time to bring these songs to the forefront. Their plan, release three EPs over the next year. The catch, they don’t want you to have to pay ANYTHING for them! King Diamond, the first release, is unnecessarily…

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ECMA Nominations!

We’re excited to have a bunch of nominations for Forward artists at this year’s East Coast Music Awards, most notably to The Motoleague who are up for Group Recording of the Year and Loud Recording of the Year for Black Noise and Video of the Year for Hymn for the Newly Departed. Share is nominated…

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Contest Announced

On Saturday December 19th, Grand Theft Bus and Force Fields will be celebrating the Holidays with an exclusive show set to take place at The Capital Complex. As a Holiday special, we want to offer all Forward Music Group and GTB fans the chance to pick up a reserved EARLY BIRD TICKET. A limited number…

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ANOTHER FORWARD MUSIC GROUP UPDATE

The Motorleague Need Your Help On the last day of September, Moncton’s Motorleague released their first video from Black Noise for the infectious ‘Hymn For The Newly Departed’. Since the release of the video, it has been added to Much Loud’s playlist and featured on the Punk Show – both nationally syndicated on Much Music. The…

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from upper canada

salutations from toronto. we’re two shows deep and it’s been pretty, pretty good; here’s the run down thus far: montreal: double-booked with a poetry reading = hilariously awkward and hectically stressful set. but all things work themselves out in the end. and museum pieces were great. toronto: new music tuesday was quite the experience. we…

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we’re going to canada

new brunswick’s in the rear view, a distant memory; the landscape of central canada is spread out before us… sunday marks the start of our first ever tour outside of atlantic canada. we’re excited and nervous and anxious and ecstatic and earnest and realistic and more than anything else ready. so come help us celebrate…

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Another Forward Music Update

Sleepless Nights Release NEW EP: King Diamond Sleepless Nights live to write music. While writing song after song after song it became apparent it was time to bring these songs to the forefront. Their plan, release three EPs over the next year. The catch, they don’t want you to have to pay ANYTHING for them!…

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The Chronicles of The Slate Pacific

since we last met our heroes, they have traversed the country on white horses made of rock and roll, faced the mythical tomcat combat, were brutalized by bloodsport across three provinces, got smothered in hugs, and spent the intervening time brushing up on their latin. but the time has come for our lionhearted adventurers to…

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Another Forward Music Group Update…

SHARE Announce Tour Dates and New Weekly Video Releases In support of their new album and upcoming tour dates, Share will be releasing one video a week for every song on ‘Slumping In Your Murals,’ which hit stores on August 4th. This week’s video for Horse & Rider features Jason MacIsaac of the Heavy Blinkers…

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September Dates & New Bassist!

Hello JimmyJimmy How are you? – I am fine. I’m writing to let you know that Jonah Hache of SomethingDelicious / MCA will be playing bass for us now – so we won’t need your impressive cardboard cutouts of PJ after all! Also we’ll be making the rounds in September at all the usual spots…

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