June 2009

Snailhouse nominated for Polaris Prize! Lies on the Prize has officially made the long list (of 40 artists) for Canada's
most prestigious music award. www.polarismusicprize.ca

Home from European solo tour: Special thanks to all of the promoters, bands, hosts and friends from along the way
who helped make the tour happen! It was an amazing trip, filled with faces both familiar and new. Traveling alone
was amazing, and gave me lots of time to work toward finishing many new songs for the next recording. A few photos here.

Snailhouse on Radio 2: You can hear a recording of our full March concert in Ottawa at St Brigid's on the
CBC Radio 2 or CBC Radio 3, whichever spins your wheel. It will be hosted there for a good while,
but if you prefer to hear it on the real, old fashioned radio it airs Friday, June 12th at 8 pm on Radio 2.

Also, snailhouse can now be found on Twitter, if that swings your gate. Bam.

xo
snailhouse

May 2009

Hey hey

Gearing up to hit the sky tomorrow, and head to Manchester to begin a snailhouse solo tour. Please check the dates, and come out and hear me play. These shows will bring me to the UK, NL, FR and DE. Then I go back to London and start over as a member of Bell Orchestre. I will support Bell on a couple of these shows as well, so check your listings. Always a pleasure because they will join me on stage for re-styled versions of some snailhouse songs. I really hope to see you.

xo snailhouse

April 2009

Things are quite busy for a while with Bell Orchestre, but not too busy to be working on new snailhouse songs as well.

January 2009!

Happy New Year. snailhouse got some props in the year-end lists: Guelph Mercury, wolveshawksandkites.com, Hero Hill.
Thanks for showing your love. Stay tuned more shows, more music.
Also, mp3s have been added once again to the discography page. Enjoy. They're free!

xo snailhouse

december 2008

The snailhouse trio (myself, Bill Hesselink and Peter X) is back from our European tour with our new friends Paper Tiger. See some pictures and videos if you like that sort of thing.

xo snailhouse

OUT NOW

Lies on the Prize CD and LP out now in Europe on German label Mi Amante. More tour dates coming for late November/early December. Lies on the Prize is of course out now in Canada on Unfamiliar (CD) and Saved by Vinyl (LP). Get it at finer record stores, or order it here, or get it electronically on iTunes, or at Zunior by clicking on the icon below:

Also

Sappy Records International Corporation has put together a tribute to yours truly. This is probably the biggest honour imaginable. It hosts tracks by a whole slew of amazing artists - all playing snailhouse songs! Weird? Yeah I know. Includes: John Tielli, Maritime, Aaron Booth, Moon Socket, Rick White, Sarah Hallman, The Acorn, Shotgun Jimmie, The Just Barelys, Ron Bates, Anglers Arms, Vailhalen, Paperweight, and Colonial Quarrels. My speech writers are busy.