Do you remember last year I wrote a piece titles Arts & Crafts and The pleasure of buying from a Canadian Music Label? In my book Arts & Crafts truly honors good Canadian music and treats fans like their family.
On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Arts & Crafts is releasing Arts & Crafts: 2003-2013. A deluxe package curated from a decade of releases, including some of the label’s most recognizable songs, as well as never before heard rarities. This commemorative release will be available as a 4xLP special edition boxed set on translucent vinyl, as a deluxe double CD and in all digital formats. Physical copies are complete with a 24-page colour booklet including liner notes written by Stuart Berman, noted journalist and author of Broken Social Scene biography This Book Is Broken.
This would make a great gift for an A&C fan in your life. Or for yourself so you can be introduced to some musical rarities whilst also adding to your existing music collection in one cohesive format.
Tracks include of the following:
ARTS & CRAFTS: 2003-2013
I
Broken Social Scene – “7/4 (Shoreline)”
Stars – “Elevator Love Letter”
Zeus – “Are You Gonna Waste My Time?”
The Stills – “Being Here”
Feist – “Mushaboom”
Apostle Of Hustle – “Folkloric Feel”
Amy Millan – “Skinny Boy”
The Most Serene Republic – “Content Was Always My Favorite Colour”
Jason Collett – “I’ll Bring The Sun”
New Buffalo – “Recovery”
Feist – “I Feel It All”
Timber Timbre – “Demon Host”
Dan Mangan – “Rows Of Houses”
Stars – “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead”
Los Campesinos! – “You! Me! Dancing!”
Broken Social Scene – “Lover’s Spit”
II
Broken Social Scene – “Deathcock”
The Hidden Cameras – “Mind, Matter And Waste”
Amy Millan – “She Got By”
Apostle Of Hustle – “I Want A New Drug”
Cold Specks – “Grave Goods”
Ra Ra Riot – “Saccharin And The War”
Sally Seltmann – “You Don’t Know Me Anymore”
Los Campesinos! – “Allez Les Blues”
Timber Timbre & Tasseomancy – “The Darkness Of Things”
Feist & Constantines – “Islands In The Stream”
Stars – “Rollerskate”
The Dears – “Raise The Dead”
Brendan Canning – “Secretaries’ Party”
Jason Collett – “False Cassandra”
Dan Mangan – “Faults”
Chilly Gonzales – “Tarantelle”
Kevin Drew – “Apology”
Snowblink – “Blue Moon”
This collection of music will get A&C fans ready for the Field Trip Music & Arts Festival, to be held in Toronto on Saturday, June 8 at Fort York and Garrison Common.
In the months to come I will pop up new tracks and featured A&C artists in the run up to the Field Trip Music & Arts Festival. Now that the sun is shining, it’s only a matter of time Toronto! Stay tuned!
Arts & Crafts: 2003-20013 is available now for physical pre-order via GalleryAC.com.
