Arbutus presents NYE party in Vancouver, BC

Here at Arbutus we are taking our game westward -- you will find our bands in Vancouver, British Columbia this winter. For New Years Eve 2011, the sickest, next-level party will be held at eatART in collaboration with Unfamiliar Records and the Love Dancing crew. Catch local superstars Makeout Videotape play with Grimes, Sean Nicholas Savage, Blue Hawaii, Resorts (mem. Brasstronaught), and Paula (mem. Silly Kissers). No Gold will also be DJing alongside Love Dancing and Cadence Weapon. Tickets for this unforgettable night are already sold-out, but a Twitter account will be set up for the evening to announce capacity. There may be more spots available. Cool!



However, if you do miss this night, we will be preforming again at the Zoo Zhop on Jan 2nd. You can see Grimes, Sean, Blue Hawaii, Paula play all over again with the help of Terror Bird for an Arbutus Records showcase (Zoo Zhop 223, Main Street, $8 - 7pm, ).
RSVP on Facebook

Puces POP

The handsome Arbutus boys were recently featured in The Gazette regarding this weekend's Puces POP! Read it here. Montrealers, you can purchase all your favorite Arbutus releases, from SNS's Mutual Feelings to the recently re-released Blooming Summer- details in the gif below.

You can also watch an interview with myself, Sebastian 'big cheese' Cowan and Silly Kissers on Musique Plus today at 7PM.

Sean Nicholas Savage "Only You" - Music Video by Rosa Aiello

Rosa Aiello recently completed a stop motion video for Sean Nicholas Savage's "Only You", off his new record Mutual Feelings of Respect and Admiration - available now on 12" vinyl from the SHOP or in stores across Canada. Check out Rosa's youtube channel to see another film she did for Blue Hawaii.

SEAN NICHOLAS SAVAGE MUSIC VIDEOS see the light of day

The Ghost is White video all our friends have seen, but I reckon it's pretty new to everybody else!

and this other video is just so well-made and evocative of a very specific feeling I just had to post it.

I guess I don't have much else to say because I'm a pretty bad blogger.

On a crazier and unrelated note, Seb and myself are listening to Autechre. I've never really listened to it before but its pretty crazy. So he tells me, it is all analog.

He is telling me its stupid that I'm putting this on in the same post as Sean but I'm going to do it anyway!

D'Eon "Palinopsia" - Out Now on Hippos In Tanks

Dear friend and DX-7 soulful dance mastermind Chris Deon's debut LP, Palinopsia, is now out of LA based label Hippos In Tanks.

Order off the label's website, or get in contact with Chris directly off his myspace.

http://www.hipposintanks.net/
http://www.myspace.com/chrispdeon

TRON LEGACY: The Mixtape

The Arbutus family are huge fans of Rollie. He can dance, he can make you dance, he can sing, he can write, he can rap, he put out a mixtape and we're loving it. Available for Pay What You Can- it features Buck 65, Giovanni Marks, and our very own David Carriere of Silly Kissers fame on guitar. Oooooh baby! Get it here.

Matt Perri & The Living Sluts "In The Alley" - Directed By Tim Kelly

Contains vomit and penis. Concept by Matt Perri.
http://www.myspace.com/mattperri
http://timkellyfilm.tumblr.com/

FIN FIN BALTYMOORE

I went to Toronto this weekend to play a show and came upon an unexpected surprise: Fin, my musical soul-mate. If you like Grimes, you will probably like this. It's like a sexy lady version of How to Dress Well or something. I highly suggest that anybody check it out.

I also apologize for this shitty box.com embedded thing, I don't really know how to use the internet....

http://myspace.com/dearfin

Christophe Jordache Toilet Paper Animation

A still from this insane animation was used as the cover art for Precious Necklace.
I never thought I would see it online, but here it is!

Mutual Feelings for Donatable Download + All Releases Available Digitally

Sean Nicholas Savage's Mutual Feelings of Respect and Admiration is now available in record shops across Canada. One may also mailorder off the website by contacting Jasper at orders@arbutusrecords.com Alternatively it's available as a download by donation off the website's DOWNLOAD page, or by clicking here.
Additionally, all new releases and much of our sought-after sold-out back catalogue is now available digitally worldwide!! Find it on iTunes, Amazon, EMUSIC and more!

Titles include....
Sean Nicholas Savage Summer 5000, Spread Free Like A Butterfly, Movin Up In Society, and more!
Blue Hawaii Blooming Summer
Grimes Geidi Primes, Halfaxa
Pop Winds The Turquoise
Silly Kissers Precious Necklace

Thank you, as always, for your continued support.

Step brother of Grimes kicks off rap career

The famous Jay Worthy of Vancouver B.C. in his new sweet video!
wtf!

Jay Worthy- All Independent from MistaHindz on Vimeo.

Erotic City & Jordache love

One of our favorite venue spaces shut down permanently, the night before our first anniversary. Instead of dancing to Flow Child and Grimes until the morning, as planned, we caught some early zzz's. Here's a video our friend and Arbutus intern David Cowan captured at one of the last parties at Silver Door, when Rollie of Cadence Weapon fame and members of Pat Jordache and Silly Kissers performed as Prince.

Later Dolly Parton’s wig and jacket got ripped off and some ghouls got a little too rowdy for the Artist Formerly Known As. Someone pointed out that the bongos come in at 4:20. Silver Door was a good ride while it lasted...

Hey, also, speaking of Pat Jordache, I'm listening to the FUTURE Songs tape right now and you should too, it's really doing it for me this morning... You can stream it, download it for pay what you can (sugg. $5) or buy the tape (which is clearly the better option) right here.

Devon Welsh amazing new Songsz!

Devon of Pop Winds has been secretly working on his solo project and I thought it would be cool to share a few songs because they blow my mind. This is one of the most under-rated projects in Mtl right now - check it!







xxxo

p.s. songs are pretty unmastered and rough - best listened too on headphones

grimes is depressed - but here is a cool video of our friend Tim Lafontaine

sigh,
stupid (*%$(#) have to ruin everything i won't say too much for fear of inciting more trouble.

anyway, here's our good friend COP CAR BONFIRE playing some sweet jams on the street:



myspace.com/copcarbonfire

check it out!

SEAN NICHOLAS SAVAGE Mutual Feelings of Respect and Admiration: Release!

Sean Nicholas Savage, who returns from months abroad with the new album Mutual Feelings of Respect and Admiration, will be celebrated on Arbutus' first birthday!

Club Lambi / 4465 Saint-Laurent, Montreal
$5 Door or Buy a $12 record and get in free!
Featuring...
SEAN NICHOLAS SAVAGE
SILLY KISSERS
D'EON
Arbutus Records has now existed for one full year! This burgeoning Montreal-based label has seen a lot of growth over the past twelve months, and has decided there is no better way to celebrate than with its' oldest and most prolific artist, Sean Nicholas Savage.

Mutual Feelings of Respect and Admiration is now available on 12'' vinyl in record shops across Canada, or for $12 + shipping off the website (email Jasper at orders@arbutusrecords.com with your address). The record comes with a free digital download, which includes two bonus tracks: the original mixes of Friendship and Yes I Need You!

Savage himself has evolved dramatically from album to album, and offers his latest as a modern disco experiment. Mutual Feelings of Respect and Admiration is a collaborative project involving producers Sebastian Cowan and David Carriere (Silly Kissers). The album, initially recorded onto reel-to-reel tape, was then given over to Carriere who creatively remixed and arranged Savage's songs. This unusual project is pulled off with great success: breezy synth lines and pitched vocals gives the whole recording a nostalgic, yet eerie feeling. In sum it allows Savage's brilliant and timeless songwriting to find the modern listener at mind and heart. Perfectly poppy and aesthetic, its' depth is developed by the rich spacing and layering of the remix process.

Listen to a song below:
Sean Nicholas Savage - Oo La La

SILLY KISSERS ON A YACHT

Download "You Could Even Like Me" (right click/ctrl-click to save)

GREATSHOWS

(D'eon with his new haircut!!)

So I've been peer pressured into writing a blog post but I've got some good shit.

Firstly, I'd like to announce two incredible shows. On Nov 6th, for Sean Nicholas Savage's album launch, the extremely handsome D'eon and the unbelievably charismatic Silly Kissers will be playing to celebrate the modern masterpiece; Mutual Feelings of Respect and Admiration. This is honestly the best line up I can think of.

Except that later on (after-party) an equally good line up consisting of Flow Child and myself (Grimes) and probably some other people will also play!

Anyway, you'll regret missing either of these shows (mtl), which are actually one show but in two separate locations (lambi and ++secret++) ???

I'd also like to point out that D'eon is sporting a new haircut and some great new clothes he got in Halifax so you should come check out his stylesss

GRIMES // Halfaxa Release!

Grimes' new album Halfaxa is available on gatefold CD, and distributed across Canada by F>A>B>. Walk into any record store, and if they don't already stock it they can order it for you! It should retail for $10 depending on the store's markup. You can also find Halfaxa in all popular digital retailers (iTunes, Amazon, etc).

Order off the website and receive a free poster! Email Jasper at orders(at)arbutusrecords.com, or visit the SHOP tab for more details. The album is $8 + shipping - be sure to include you address and method of payment.

Halfaxa is also available for download by optional donation on the DOWNLOAD tab! Paypal is required for donation.

Listen to a song off the album below, or click here to go to her myspace.


Please enjoy, share, and support this music!

Love,
Arbutus

POP is here!

I woke up feeling like it's Christmas and that's because Pop Montreal is here! Now I'm drinking coffee and getting my schedule ready for tonight while listening to this HOT TRACK- D'Eon covering Swans' Children of God via Daily Print. A daily publication Palimpsest Magazine & Art POP will co-publish at DHC / ART throughout the festival. Listen to it here.



In other news, if you're in town this week- Arbutus big cheese Sebastian Cowan will be part of a discussion alongside Sean Michaels (Said the Gramophone), Jesse Locke (Planet Tapes, Texture Magazine), Aaron Levin (Weird Canada, Cantor Records) as part of the Pop Montreal Symposium' Growing Hobby Labels !

"When your obsession becomes a necessary venture. We take a look at what drives the music collector and appreciator to venture into distribution on a small scale, and where it can go from there."

Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 16:30 FREE

See you somewhere here, sometime this week.
xo,
-M

Sean Nicholas Savage // New Songs

Join us at the Arbutus Records Showcase, as part of the Pop Montreal Festival. It takes place at the Rialto Theatre on September 30th at nine pm, and tickets are $5. We will also be launching the new Grimes album Halfaxa. Pre-order the CD now at orders@arbutusrecords.com, for $8+Shipping and receive a free poster!

The only person who won't be there is our dear Sean Nicholas Savage, presently elsewhere in Europe. Preparing himself for his anticipated return to our northern home, he is tactfully in time to brighten our waning daylight with a brand new album of disco songs. Recorded on Arbutus' sketchy tape machine, and then completely remixed by David Carriere of Silly Kissers, this is an exceptional album.

Listen below to a song off the album, and visit his myspace for more
http://www.myspace.com/seannicholassavage


The release date November 9th, 2010 - with a party at Club Lambi on Saturday the 6th. More details to come.

nomag blue hawaii

Sooo now all the artists on arbutus have been given free license to write stuff on this blog, as long as we abide by certain rules. So I hereby begin with the inaugural post.

Anyway, here's a great fucking video by blue hawaii, my fucking sweet roommates. :)



come see them at pop montreal at the arbutus records showcase!!! Sept 30 for 5 dollars

love forever,
grimes

Sick Video Flyer

In preparation for our label showcase on September 30th during the Pop Montreal festival, the talented Mister Jaysun Humvee has created a video flyer.
This is also the Grimes CD Launch, for her upcoming album Halfaxa.
Pre-order now and receive a free poster! Contact Jasper at orders@arbutusrecords.com. The CD is $8 + shipping.

Pop Montreal Label Showcase + Grimes Album Release

On September 30th we'll be hosting our label showcase, as part of the Pop Montreal festival. The evening takes place at the beautiful Rialto Theatre, constructed in 1924 and modelled after the neo-baroque Paris Opera House in the Louix XVI style. Tickets are five dollars, and are available in advance from Phonopolis (5403A ave du Parc) as of September 1st.

This show will also be the launch party for Grimes' new album, Halfaxa. Released on CD for $8 + shipping, with a bonus poster, we're now accepting pre-orders. Please send an email to Jasper at orders(at)arbutusrecords.com and include you shipping address.



Listen to a song off the album:
Grimes - Weregild by Arbutus Records

Emily Kai Bock - Human Heart

Emily Kai Bock documentary short on GRIMES.

Trevor Barton - Little Black Baby : A Book Of Short Stories

Trevor Barton's first collection of short stories, Little Black Baby, captivatingly presents a delirious cartography of contradictory landscapes, each couched in a new, equally obscure epoch. Consistency is nonetheless unmistakable in the idiosyncratic designs etched into corners or over the titles of chimerical cities, and in the pervading atmosphere of an obscene yet captivating climate.

Beautifully illustrated in ink by Rosa Aiello, the book retails mail order for $8 + shipping from the shop page.

Blue Hawaii - Second Pressing

After the rapid sell-out of the first batch of cassettes we've pulled together a second run. This time packaged in aesthetic soft-polymer cases and wrap-around artwork.
Available from our shop for five dollars (+shippıng) each, or directly from orders@arbutusrecords.com

Silly Kissers re-mix of Blue Hawaii's single, Dream Electrixra
Blue Hawaii - Dream Electrixra (Silly Kissers Remix) by Arbutus Records

Music Video by Rosa Aiello

Braids/Blue Hawaii - Split Tape : Cassette w/ Digital Download

A Blue Hawaii/Braids split tape.

Braids' half contains a Plath Heart off their forthcoming release Native Speaker and a specifically composed ambient track, Glastears. Blue Hawaii entered the studio to record two live off-the-floor songs, the antithesis to the studio compositions contained on their recently released Blooming Summer.



Catch Braids on the x-Canada tour. Full dates listed on their myspace.




Listen to a track off the album here:
Blue Hawaii - Floral by Arbutus Records

Blue Hawaii - Blooming Summer : Cassette & Free Download

We're excited to announce the anticipated release of Blue Hawaii's first album, Blooming Summer. It is available as a cassette tape from the website's SHOP, and free download at the following link: http://www.mediafire.com/?2zmtzjyjwcx



Listen to a song here:
Blue Hawaii - Dream Electrixra by Arbutus Records

Find Blue Hawaii on myspace here: http://www.mysapce.com/bluebluehawaii

Emily Kai Bock - Sean Nicholas Savage & Kyle Bennett of Pop Winds

The recording of Sean Nicholas Savage's Movin Up In Society


Kyle Bennett of Pop Winds (solo project Flow Child)

Pop Winds - The Turquoise : CD & Free Download

The Pop Winds' new album, the Turquoise, is now released as a CD and free download at the following link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zzngjzuaikz

The CD is available from the Arbutus website, and they will be promoting it with a some Ontario and Quebec show dates. For details see this facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=117062671640862&ref=ts

Pop Winds - Drowning In The Dark by Arbutus Records

Sean Nicholas Savage - Movin Up In Society: Cassette & Free Download Release!

Sean Nicholas Savage will release his latest recording on cassette and free download, Wednesday, April 7th. Titled Movin Up In Society, it was recorded on a wonderfully questionable analogue 8-track machine and marks his command of classic pop music.

Download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?niiwcjtjnz0

Sean Nicholas Savage - Gemini Heart by Arbutus Records

Catch him... Wednesday April 7th @ Club Lambi 4465 St. Laurent
$5 - 8pm
Sean Nicholas Savage http://www.myspace.com/seannicholassavage
Indien Soci (of Braids) http://www.myspace.com/indiensoci
Devon Welsh (of Pop Winds) http://www.myspace.com/devonwelsh
Crown Vandals http://www.myspace.com/thecrownvandals

Karn Remixes!

Genius, mastermind, sketchaziod, kitchenaid, neighbor, sexy Karn has remixed...

Grimes Feyd Raytha Dark Heart
Grimes-FeydRauthaDarkheart(karnheartrevisit) by karn

Silly Kissers Halloween Summer
Silly Kissers - Halloween Summer (karnlogladyedit) by karn

Homosexual Cops I am a Homosexual Cop
I am a homosexual cop (karnrejuke) by karn

Silly Kissers "Ghost In Your Heart" - Music Video

The ever talented Mister Sean Nicholas Savage has drawn this fine video for the Silly Kissers' Ghost In Your Heart, off of their new 10" record Precious Necklace.

Silly Kissers - Precious Necklace: 10" Vinyl Release

Happy St. Valentines Day!

Celebrate with lovesick sweethearts, Silly Kissers. Get their sugar-coated debut vinyl release, "Precious Necklace": a 10" record with beautiful artwork by Christophe Jordache and a complimentary digital download.

It's available mail order from the Arbutus website, and in Montreal's Phonopolis (5403A Ave Du Parc). Soon to arrive in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Toronto, Moncton, Fredericton, and Halifax. Check back on the Arbutus website for updates.



Listen to a great song off the record...
Silly Kissers - Ghost In Your Heart by Arbutus Records
Join us for the album launch at the Torn Curtian, February 19th.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=324389907064&ref=ts

http://www.myspace.com/sillykissersmusic

Two new film shorts by Sean Nicholas Savage

Sean Nicholas Savage and Grimes release!

Sean Nicholas Savage's "Spread Free Like A Butterfly" is now available on 12" vinyl. It features a selection of his best material, and is presently found at record stores in Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, and Edmonton - and is soon to strike Calgary, Saskatoon, Moncton, Fredericton, and Halifax. For a detailed list of record stores, please view the "RETAIL" tab on the Arbutus website.

Grimes' "Geidi Primes" is a limited run of lovely coloured, hand packaged, cassette tapes. They're available off the website and at shows, as well as in select Montreal record stores. It is also offered as a free download.
...or listen to a track right here:
Grimes - Rosa by Arbutus Records

If in Toronto, you'll be seeing Sean perform at an all-ages afternoon show: 2:30pm on January 16th at 167 Augusta (playing with Ohbijou, The Miles, and Ruzan Orkestar).

Tonight (January 14th) Grimes is having a vernissage at Green Room - 5386, St. Laurent, Montréal. Although she won't be performing, admission is free and copies of her tapes will be available.

Sean Nicholas Savage on Myspace
Grimes on Myspace

Enjoy!