Gord Downie & Bob Rock Lustre Parfait Arts & Crafts Lustre Parfait, a collaboration between the late Gord Downie and famed producer Bob Rock, is a labour of love that was a decade in the making. Work began on the project soon after Rock [...]
Gord Sinclair In Continental Drift Pheromone Recordings/Cadence Music Group Gord Sinclair returns with his sophomore solo album, In Continental Drift, the follow-up to his solo debut 2020 release, Taxi Dancers. Sinclair, well-known for his bass [...]
GORD SINCLAIR OF THE TRAGICALLY HIP RELEASES NEW SINGLE “GOOL GUY” FORTHCOMING SOPHOMORE SOLO ALBUM ARRIVES THIS SPRING VIA PHEROMONE RECORDINGS/CADENCE MUSIC GROUP Gord Sinclair, best known as the bassist and songwriter for legendary Canadian [...]
GORD DOWNIE AND BOB ROCK RELEASE MONUMENTAL NEW SONG “THE MOMENT IS A WILD PLACE” ARTS & CRAFTS “The Moment Is A Wild Place” is an epic ballad that will contend with the greatest songs in the eternal canon of Gord Downie. The [...]
GORD DOWNIE AND BOB ROCK RELEASE “THE RAVEN AND THE RED-TAILED HAWK” ARTS & CRAFTS Gord Downie, the iconic frontman of The Tragically Hip, and Bob Rock, the legendary producer perhaps best known for Metallica’s Black Album, [...]
GORD DOWNIE AND BOB ROCK RELEASE “LUSTRE PARFAIT” ARTS & CRAFTS More than a decade in the making, Gord Downie, the iconic late frontman of The Tragically Hip, and Bob Rock, the legendary producer perhaps best known for Metallica’s Black [...]
The Tragically Hip Live At The Roxy Universal Music Canada 1991 was a momentous year for The Tragically Hip. The five-piece had months earlier released their sophomore album, Road Apples, the follow-up to their debut LP, Up To Here. On May 3rd, [...]
Gordon Downie Coke Machine Glow: Songwriters’ Cabal Arts & Crafts It is not an easy task to spin words about an album that was released 20 years ago, penned by one of this country’s most beloved characters, musicians, ambassadors for a [...]
INTRODUCING LAKE FEVER LAGER – THE OFFICIAL BEER OF THE TRAGICALLY HIP The Tragically Hip have announced the release of the ‘official’ Hip beer earlier this week. In the words of the band: “In celebration of the first day [...]
50th ANNUAL JUNO AWARDS VIRTUAL EVENT JUNE 6, 2021 “Music is magic, music is unbelievably special, and important to human life. It always has been, and it always will be”, exclaimed Jann Arden on accepting her nomination tonight at the JUNO [...]
THE THIRD TIME REALLY IS A CHARM (PART 2) A CONVERSATION WITH ROB BAKER OF STRIPPERS UNION The bands Odds and The Tragically Hip are intrinsically linked through their music, touring, and years of friendship as they go way back to the early [...]
THE THIRD TIME REALLY IS A CHARM (PART 1) A CONVERSATION WITH ROB BAKER OF STRIPPERS UNION Strippers Union, a veritable Canadian supergroup featuring Craig Northey (Odds) and Rob Baker (The Tragically Hip), recently released their third album, [...]
Strippers Union The Undertaking The Orchard Strippers Union’s The Undertaking is the third instalment from the collaborative efforts of Rob Baker (The Tragically Hip) and Craig Northey (Odds), and supported by Pat Steward (Odds – drums), [...]
STRIPPERS UNION RETURN AFTER 10 YEAR HIATUS WITH NEW DOUBLE-LP THE UNDERTAKING | FIRST SINGLE “WE ARE THE UNDERWORLD” RELEASED THE ORCHARD In 2006, Strippers Union, fronted by Rob Baker (The Tragically Hip) and Craig Northey (Odds) [...]
Gord Downie Away Is Mine Arts & Crafts Traditionally, The Tragically Hip fans, over the past thirty-plus years, have become accustomed to hearing new material from the band every few years, including solo and side projects. In the spirit of [...]
GORD DOWNIE ANNOUNCES NEW DOUBLE ALBUM AWAY IS MINE OUT OCTOBER 16 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS LISTEN TO “HOTEL WORTH” AND “USELESS NIGHTS” Away Is Mine is Gord Downie’s final solo recording. Steered to life by “my oldest Toronto friend,” guitarist [...]
Gord Sinclair Taxi Dancers (Arte Humane Inc./Pheromone Recordings) Taxi Dancers, the first solo album from Gord Sinclair, who manned bass and joined in songwriting duties for 40 years as a member of The Tragically Hip, is at times an extension [...]
GORD SINCLAIR (OF THE TRAGICALLY HIP) ANNOUNCES DEBUT SOLO RECORD TAXI DANCERS DUE FEBRUARY 28 SET TO OPEN FOR THE TREWS ON UPCOMING ONTARIO DATES Gord Sinclair, well known as the bassist and songwriter in legendary Canadian rock band The [...]
THE TREWS SHARE NEW SINGLE “TOUCH” UPCOMING TOUR DATES INCLUDE KINGSTON PENITENTIARY ON SEPTEMBER 14 WITH HEADSTONES, MEMBERS OF THE TRAGICALLY HIP AND MORE It’s been a year since The Trews released their critically acclaimed [...]
WE GOT GAS IN THE TANK TO GO ALL NIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH MAX KERMAN OF ARKELLS The relationship with one’s hometown is something special. Whether you love where you’re from, hate it, or simply feel a connection to it because it’s where you’re [...]
ARKELLS RELEASE NEW SINGLE “RELENTLESS” FROM UPCOMING ALBUM RALLY CRY UNIVERSAL MUSIC Following the announcement of their highly anticipated new studio album, Rally Cry, today Arkells drop lead single “Relentless” today. Arkells [...]
DALLAS GREEN AND SARAH HARMER TO HONOUR LEGENDARY SINGER-SONGWRITER GORD DOWNIE AT THE 2018 JUNO AWARDS Canadian singer-songwriters Dallas Green and Sarah Harmer are teaming up for a special tribute performance honouring musician, writer, [...]
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 [...]
