LAYIN’ TRACKS FOR A BUNCH OF FLOOR KIDS A CONVERSATION WITH KID KOALA Kid Koala is a ground-breaking scratch DJ with as impressive a creative resume as is imaginable. In our interview this past week, I also came to know him to be open, [...]
Kid Koala Floor Kids (Original Video Game Soundtrack) Arts & Crafts It is no surprise, given his hard-to-contain talent and countless sources of artistic inspiration, that Eric San (aka Kid Koala) would get involved in the creation of a [...]
DAN MANGAN CELEBRATES LOVE AMIDST CHAOS IN NEW “FOOL FOR WAITING” VIDEO US TOUR DATES WITH STARS BEGIN APRIL 15 – CANADIAN TOUR DATES WITH KALEO BEGIN JUNE 23 Dan Mangan’s new single “Fool For Waiting” is an instant classic [...]
LOWELL ANNOUNCES SOPHOMORE ALBUM OUT THIS WEEK NEW ALBUM LONE WOLF OUT FRIDAY APRIL 6 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS Multi-talented alt-pop siger-songwriter-producer Lowell announces her sophomore album Lone Wolf set for release on April 6 via Arts & [...]
Moby Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt Arts & Crafts American electronic DJ/producer/singer-songwriter Moby’s latest album Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt isn’t anything like his fifth and breakthrough album [...]
FRIGS Basic Behaviour Arts & Crafts FRIGS’s debut album Basic Behaviour has all of the hallmarks of post-punk — straight-ahead and pounding percussion, guitar tones that squeal and roll, and a lead singer that wails as often as sings. These [...]
FRIGS ANNOUNCE DEBUT LP + SHARE NEW TRACK “TALKING PICTURES” Rising Toronto post-punk four-piece FRIGS today announce their debut full-length album, Basic Behaviour, due out February 23 via Arts & Crafts. The band also shares the [...]
OVERCOATS BRING ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM BACK TO TORONTO ON JANUARY 18 AT THE MOD CLUB THEATRE DELUXE VERSION OF NEW YORK CITY DUO’S ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM YOUNG OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS With the incredible response to their debut album YOUNG, [...]
Gord Downie Introduce Yerself Arts & Crafts Gord Downie’s newest album Introduce Yerself couldn’t come at a better time for Canada, a nation that needs a whole lot of healing right now. Dropping exactly ten days after Gord’s heartbreaking [...]
NEW GORD DOWNIE VIDEO REVEALED AHEAD OF UPCOMING ALBUM INTRODUCE YERSELF In the lead up to the release of Gord Downie’s new double album, Introduce Yerself, Arts & Crafts has shared a video that documents the creation of the album’s closing [...]
The Darcys w/ Ralph & Industrials @ The Mod Club Theatre, Toronto October 20, 2017 The Darcys are a duo from Toronto currently signed to the Arts & Crafts label. They performed this past Saturday at the Mod Club on a bill featuring [...]
GORD DOWNIE ANNOUNCES NEW RECORD INTRODUCE YERSELF 23-SONG DOUBLE ALBUM PRODUCED BY KEVIN DREW OUT OCTOBER 27 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS Gord Downie announces Introduce Yerself, a double-album of twenty-three new songs. The music was recorded swiftly [...]
Dan Mangan Shares New Video Dan Mangan And Director Stuart Gillies Explores The Other Side Anger New Project, Side Door, Seeks To Reimagine The Mechanics Of The Touring Industry For Emerging Artists – Find Out More Below Arts & Crafts [...]
The Darcys w/ Prairie Cat @ The Mercury Room, Edmonton June 15, 2017 The Darcys managed to bring energy and enthusiasm to their Edmonton show despite a last minute venue change, from the Starlight Room to the Mercury Room, and a smaller than [...]
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE ANNOUNCE HUG OF THUNDER + SHARE TITLE TRACK | ALBUM OUT JULY 7th Arts & Crafts Toronto’s Broken Social Scene recently detailed their first album in seven years, Hug Of Thunder, out July 7 on their label Arts & Crafts. [...]
DARCYS KICK OFF SUMMER TOUR WITH TORONTO SHOW ON JUNE 1 + ANNOUNCE “ARIZONA HWY” SINGLE NEW SINGLE “ARIZONA HWY” B/W “KISS” (PRINCE COVER) AVAILABLE MAY 26 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS Arts & Crafts This June Darcys will take to road [...]
Timber Timbre Sincerely, Future Pollution Arts & Crafts Timber Timbre have been around since 2005, when their debut album, Cedar Shakes was released. A dark, frightening, brooding album, and from there, they have continued on to this, their [...]
IT’S DECIDED AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDY KIM There’s something special that occurs when speaking with legend, Andy Kim. This Canadian Hall of Fame inductee has sold 30 million records worldwide, including everlasting pop #1 hits like [...]
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE SHARE FIRST NEW SONG IN 7 YEARS “HALFWAY HOME” – TOUR DATES BEGIN MAY 23 Arts & Crafts Broken Social Scene have released their first new song in seven years. Entitled “Halfway Home”, the new song follows the band’s [...]
TIMBER TIMBRE – “VELVET GLOVES & SPIT” SINCERELY, FUTURE POLLUTION (APRIL 7, 2017) Arts & Crafts February 16, 2017 Timber Timbre debuts a new video for “Velvet Gloves & Spit”, the second song released off the band’s [...]
LOWELL INVIGORATES WITH ELECTRIFIED NORTHERN SOUND AN INTERVIEW WITH LOWELL There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the release of her latest Part 1: Paris YK EP, which brings three new tracks, imbued with reflections on a formative period of [...]
Andy Shauf w/ Chris Cohen @ The Mod Club Theatre, Toronto November 22 & 25, 2016 Last week Mod Club hosted two sold-out performances featuring two stand-out young songwriters in current indie rock. November 22nd and November 25th brought [...]
Darcys Centerfold Arts & Crafts Sometimes a band needs to make some big changes to keep heading in the right direction. Darcys took a risk back in 2014, after hitting some hard times with their four-piece rock band at the time, when deciding [...]
Darcys Bring Centerfold To The Phoenix Concert Theatre On November 23 Partner With Wayhome For Holiday Show With Bear Mountain And The Beaches Upcoming Album, Centerfold, Set For Release November 4 Via Arts & Crafts Arts & Crafts Darcys [...]
