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Arts And Crafts (record Label)
Arts & Crafts Productions is a music-focused media and artist services company that offers information as an independent record label, management firm, merchandiser, and publisher worldwide. It has earned 21 Juno Awards. Arts & Crafts has been called one of Canada's most important record labels. History Founding Arts & Crafts (also referred to as "A&C") was launched as a music company in 2003 by friends Jeffrey Remedios & Daniel Cutler both former Virgin Records executives as well as Kevin Drew, who co-founded flagship group Broken Social Scene (BSS) with Brendan Canning. The partnership was originally intended as a vehicle for self-release and artist management of Broken Social Scene's breakthrough album ''You Forgot It in People'', and the structure quickly formed as a platform to release albums and manage the careers of artists directly affiliated with members of Broken Social Scene. In addition to BSS albums the labels first releases were by Stars, Jason Collett, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Drew
Kevin Drew (born September 9, 1976) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene. He was also part of the lesser-known KC Accidental, which consisted of Drew and Charles Spearin, another current member of Broken Social Scene. Drew has shared in the direction of Broken Social Scene videos under the name Experimental Parachute Movement. In 2008 he wrote and directed a short film called "The Water," inspired by and starring his bandmate and former girlfriend Leslie Feist. In 2009, Drew contributed to the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night produced by the Red Hot Organization. Drew grew up in west Toronto and attended the Etobicoke School of the Arts, along with Metric's Emily Haines, Stars' Amy Millan and novelist Ibi Kaslik, where he, Amy and Emily studied drama. He was married to Jo-ann Goldsmith, a social worker and an occasional trumpet player in BSS. Drew's second solo a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Set Yourself On Fire
''Set Yourself on Fire'' is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Stars. It was released on September 14, 2004 on the Arts & Crafts International record label in Canada and the United Kingdom, and on March 8, 2005 in the United States. The album's most notable single was "Ageless Beauty", the band's breakthrough hit in Canada. "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" has also garnered significant play in the United States. It was featured on the soundtrack of ''The O.C.'' On November 17, 2009, "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" was featured on Fox network's ''So You Think You Can Dance'', season 6. Former show contestant and current choreographer Travis Wall chose it as the track for his piece danced by Ellenore Scott and Ryan Di Lello. In 2005 ''Set Yourself on Fire'' was a Juno Award nominee for Alternative Album of the Year. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timber Timbre
Timber Timbre is a Canadian music group, featuring Taylor Kirk. The moniker refers to an early series of recordings made in a timber-framed cabin set in the wooded outskirts of Bobcaygeon, Ontario. History Timber Timbre released two albums independently before releasing their self-titled album on Out of This Spark in January 2009. They were subsequently signed to Arts & Crafts, who re-released the album on June 30 in Canada and July 28 internationally. The album was named as a longlist nominee for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize on June 15, 2009,"CBC Radio3 Announces Polaris Prize Longlist" |
Kensington Heights
''Kensington Heights'' is the fourth full-length album by the Constantines. It was released on the Arts & Crafts record label on April 15, 2008, in Canada, and on April 29, 2008, in the US. The track "Hard Feelings" was released as the album's first single. The lyrics of the track "Do What You Can Do" include a reference to organist Diane Bish. The album was produced and mixed by Jeff McMurrich and mastered by Noah Mintz Track listing # "Hard Feelings" – 3:25 # "Million Star Hotel" – 4:43 # "Trans Canada" – 3:03 # "Shower of Stones" – 3:05 # "Our Age" – 3:39 # "Time Can Be Overcome" – 5:44 # "Brother Run Them Down" – 3:24 # "Credit River" – 2:44 # "I Will Not Sing a Hateful Song" – 4:09 # "New King" – 4:11 # "Life or Death" – 4:57 # "Do What You Can Do" – 4:51 References External links''Kensington Heights'' release informationat the Arts & Crafts website Constantines albums 2008 albums Arts & Crafts Productions albums {{2000s-indie-ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantines
Constantines is an indie rock band from Guelph, Ontario, Canada. History Constantines was formed in 1999 by vocalist and guitarist Bryan Webb, drummer Doug MacGregor and guitarist Paul Bright, all of whom had played together in the emo band Shoulder from 1994 to 1997; with the addition of bassist Dallas Wehrle. Bright was asked to leave early on and was replaced by Steve Lambke. Their style has been described as "art-punk", and they have been compared to bands like The Clash, Fugazi, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, and Nick Cave. The name of the band is taken from an episode of ''Coast to Coast with Art Bell'', in which Bell was playing recordings of ghost voices in static, and one of the ghosts' names was Constantine. From their hometown of Guelph the band relocated to London, Ontario and then to Toronto, where in 2001 they released their self-titled first album. ''Constantines'' enjoyed widespread play on campus radio and was nominated for a Juno Award for Best Alternat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Mills (producer)
Christopher Mills is a Canadian director, editor, animator and cinematographer. He has directed music videos for bands such as Modest Mouse, Interpol, Broken Social Scene, Blue Rodeo, Metric, The Joy Formidable, Senses Fail and Breaking Benjamin. He has also worked on commercials, short films, documentaries, projections and art album covers. Mills' style and work is "Renowned for his unique mix of live action, 2D and 3D filmmaking techniques" according to the writer Anne T. Donahue. "Mills has taken otherwise simple concepts and helped make them magical, transforming each video from a standard visual counterpart to an entirely different form of expression". Mills has had his work featured in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine and on many websites among them Kanye West's blog or MTV.com. He played on ''Oprah'', MTV, MTV2, VH1, Much Music, and other music video networks worldwide. Mills has given retrospectives in respected universities, global film festivals, and at Canada's National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Social Scene (album)
''Broken Social Scene'' is the third studio album by Broken Social Scene, released on October 4, 2005. In addition to the musicians who contributed to the band's prior release ''You Forgot It in People'', new contributors on ''Broken Social Scene'' include k-os, Jason Tait ( The Weakerthans) and Murray Lightburn ( The Dears). The initial domestic pressings of the album were issued with a seven-track bonus EP, ''EP to Be You and Me'', a play on Marlo Thomas' children's record album '' Free to Be... You and Me''. The Japanese release is still issued with the EP. The vinyl pressing was released on two records, the first three sides being the album and the fourth being the EP. The album was certified Gold in Canada on September 14, 2012. Background The album was originally to be titled ''Windsurfing Nation''. Additionally, the original artwork was to be a cartoon rendition of Pangaea, which was later scrapped in favor of the current artwork drawn by lead singer Kevin Drew. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Anansi Press
House of Anansi Press is a Canadian publishing company, founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and Dave Godfrey. The company specializes in finding and developing new Canadian writers of literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. History Anansi started as a small press with only one full-time employee, writer George Fetherling. It quickly gained attention for publishing significant authors such as Margaret Atwood, Matt Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, Marian Engel, Erín Moure, Paulette Jiles, George Grant and Northrop Frye. The company also published many translations of French language works by authors such as Roch Carrier, Anne Hébert, Lise Bissonnette and Marie-Claire Blais. Anansi publishes the transcripts for many of the Massey Lectures. House of Anansi Press was purchased in 1989 by General Publishing, parent of Stoddart Publishing. In June 2002 it was acquired by Scott Griffin, founder of the Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feist (singer)
Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Feist launched her solo music career in 1999 with the release of ''Monarch''. Her subsequent studio albums, ''Let It Die (album), Let It Die'', released in 2004, and ''The Reminder'', released in 2007, were critically acclaimed and commercially successful, selling over 2.5 million copies. ''The Reminder'' earned Feist four Grammy nominations, including a nomination for Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist. She has received 11 Juno Awards, including two Artist of the Year. Her fourth studio album, ''Metals (album), Metals'', was released in 2011. In 2012, Feist collaborated on a split EP with metal group Mastodon (band), Mastodon, releasing an interactive music video in the process. Feist received three Juno awards at the 2012 ceremo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RED Distribution
RED Music, stylized RED MUSIC, formerly RED Distribution, LLC (Relativity Entertainment Distribution) was a Sony-owned sales and marketing division that merged under The Orchard in 2017. RED previously handled releases for more than sixty independent record labels. History Founded in 1979 as mainly a hard rock music distributor called Important Record Distributors, which originally distributed Metallica's first two LPs in the US, it became RED Distribution in the 1990s. In October 1999, Sony Music Entertainment sold 80% of RED Distribution to Edel SE & Co. KGaA. In March 2016, Sony announced the acquisition of Essential Music and Marketing. As part of this deal, a new company was launched, Red Essential, which is based at the Cooking Vinyl Group’s West London offices. The company is now located in Farringdon. This division had very little correlation to RED in the United States besides its name. Acquisition On June 1, 2017, Sony Music announced that it would merge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
