Archive / 2008 / DECEMBER

Los Campesinos! Make The Cut
Hold On Now, Youngster, the debut album from Los Campesinos! was named #30 on Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2008. To celebrate, we have put the album on sale over at iTunes.

This of course was the first of two releases the band had in 2008. We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed is also available now.

CBC's Bucky Awards Announce Winners
Congrats to both Jason Collett and Stars for their victories at the 2008 Bucky Awards. Jason won the prestigious "Most Canadian Song" award for "Charlyn, Angel of Kensington", and Stars added to their trophy case as well, taking the "Best Lyrics" category with their Sad Robots EP nugget "14 Forever".

Listen to the Buckys gala podcast over at CBC Radio 3.

BSS On Letterman Tonight
Tune in to the Late Show With David Letterman tonight (December 17) to catch BSS performing Churches Under The Stairs from Brendan Canning's Something for All of Us... record.

Associated Press names Kensington Heights #1 Rock Album of the Year
The Associated Press released their Top 10 Rock Albums of 2008 today and put Kensington Heights by Constantines at the top of the list. Others on the list include The Hold Steady, Fleet Foxes, and TV On The Radio. Go here to read the story

Rolling Tundra Rolls Again
Constantines will reunite with their good friends The Weakerthans for a Canadian tour like no other. The bands will cross all 10 provinces by plane, bus and boat, and will even throw in a Territory for good measure. The two groups previously toured together, in the first incarnation of the Rolling Tundra Revue 4 years ago.

Check below for dates.

Rolling Tundra Revue 2008 with The Weakerthans

03/19/09 St. John's, NF Club One
03/20/09 Halifax, NS The Palace
03/22/09 Sackville, NB George's Roadhouse
03/23/09 Fredericton, NB UNB - SUB Ballroom
03/25/09 Quebec, QC Le Cercle
03/26/09 Montreal, QC Le National
03/28/09 Ottawa, ON Bronson Centre
03/29/09 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
04/03/09 London, ON London Music Club
04/04/09 Guelph, ON River Run Centre
04/17/09 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre
04/21/09 Regina, SK Ridell Centre
04/22/09 Saskatoon, SK The Odeon Events Centre
04/23/09 Edmonton, AB Winspear Centre
04/25/09 Calgary, AB MacEwan Ballroom
04/26/09 Banff, AB Wild Bill's
04/27/09 Kelowna, BC Kelowna Community Theatre
04/28/09 Victoria, BC Element
05/01/09 Vancouver, BC The Commodore Ballroom
05/02/09 Vancouver, BC The Commodore Ballroom
05/04/09 Whitehorse, YT Yukon Arts Centre

The Happiness Project
Charles Spearin, founding member of both Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene will be releasing his album The Happiness Project via Arts & Crafts on February 14. It's safe to say that this is one of the most unique and amazing projects we will have the pleasure of being associated with. For more information on the Happiness Project please visit here .

Arts & Crafts Welcomes Bell Orchestre
We are elated to bring you the news that Bell Orchestre is joining the Arts & Crafts roster. The Montreal sextet made up of Richard Reed Parry, Sarah Neufeld, Stefan Schenider, Pietro Amato, Mike Feuerstack and Kaveh Nabatian will be bringing you their follow-up to 2005's Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light early in 2009.

Check back for more details in the coming weeks