‘News’ Archive

– Email Blast for July 2010 –

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Hello love,
Since we last wrote, the band and I have done much traveling. We went to England and played at Glastonbury, we shared stages with some of our heroes, and got to celebrate Canada Day with thousands of Brits and Canadian ex-pats at [...]

– 24H Newspaper Cover Story –

Dan was on the cover of 24H today in Vancouver! It’s a two part piece with round two circulating tomorrow. It also comes with a video podcast, viewable below!

– Online Release July 13 ~ “Robots vs. Indie Queens” –

Hello World,
As of today, July 13th, Arts & Crafts has released a teaser EP worldwide (excluding Canada, Australia and New Zealand) called “Robots vs. Indie Queens” - available online (iTunes, Emusic, etc) and at GalleryAC.
1. Robots
2. The Indie Queens Are Waiting
3. Set The Sails
The EP is 3 songs from from the upcoming release of “Nice, [...]

– June 30 @ The Lexington. London, UK –

Get yo Tickets!

– Polaris Long List –

We’re happy to announce that “Nice, Nice, Very Nice” has made the long list for the Polaris Music Prize 2010!
For more information on Polaris, and this year’s long list, go here.
The short list is announced July 6th! Fingers are officially crossed.

-On The Road Again: US Tour with Wooden Birds-

Following a festival season that sees him play Glastonbury festival, Canadian Blast and The Local Present “CANADA” festival, Canada Day London (in the UK) and Mariposa Folk Festival, Ottawa Bluesfest, Dawson City Music festival and Calgary Folk Festival in Canada through July, Dan will be heading south on tour with The Wooden Birds (Andrew Kenny [...]

– Nice, Nice, Very Nice available on Vinyl in Canada tomorrow! –

Available June 1st, 2010, FU:M is issuing a vinyl release of Nice, Nice, Very Nice - they’ll be available at the following stores:
Red Cat Records, Highlife Records, Zulu Records, Neptoon Records (Vancouver)
X-Ray (Regina)
Ditch (Ottawa)
Criminal Records, Compact Music, Soundscapes, Kop’s, McNally Robinson, Soundcity (Toronto)
Grooves (London)
Sloth (Calgary)
Fred’s (St. John’s)
Bop City (Courtenay)
Obsolete (Halifax)
Backstreet Records (Fredericton)
Blueprint Records (Lethbridge)
Sunrise (Various [...]

– Night At The MOV –

Next Friday, May 28! Dan will be performing at a variety show at the Museum of Vancouver hosted by Conor Holler with special guests comedian Charlie Demers and Grant Lawrence (of CBC Radio 3 and The Smugglers fame).
This night is brought to you by Vancouver Is Awesome.
Tickets available at www.museumofvancouver.ca