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As 2011 comes to a close, Nettwerk Music Group is excited to share a year-end recap of some significant milestones the label has achieved in Canada.

Toronto’s revered indie-folk/rock band Great Lake Swimmers saw their Juno-nominated album Lost Channels exceed 16,000 copies sold, bringing their career sales to nearly 30,000 albums in their home country. Meanwhile, Australian sibling duo Angus & Julia Stone, whose sophomore album Down The Way debuted at #118 on the Canadian Soundscan Album Chart, saw their album surpass 10,000 copies sold in Canada, with break-out single “Big Jet Plane” exceeding 11,000 in track sales.

Nettwerk has also been focused on expanding its label roster over the past 12 months with the addition of various up-and-coming Canadian talents, including Vancouver-based folk singer/songwriter Joshua Hyslop, Waterloo sibling trio Kidstreet, Toronto-born folk/rock artist Liam Titcomb and Vancouver-based electro synth-pop fivesome Young Liars.  More information on each artist is below.

“Since its inception over 25 years ago, Nettwerk has remained committed to the flourishing Canadian music scene,” says Nettwerk President Ric Arboit. “We’ve signed some amazing Canadian talent in the past months are excited to be redoubling out efforts in 2012.”

In addition to new albums from the aforementioned label roster additions, 2012 brings anticipated releases from some of Nettwerk’s most loved Canadian artists, including 2010 Juno-Nominees Great Lake Swimmers and Vancouver’s Frazey Ford (of the Be Good Tanyas). Angus & Julia Stone will also return with new music following the worldwide success of sophomore album Down The Way, and Grammy-nominated remixer/prdoucer Morgan Page will release his new single “Body Work,” a collaboration with Canadian indie duo Tegan & Sara.

Today marks the release of the latest Twilight soundtrack: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1.  The highly-anticipated soundtrack features a brand new song from Nettwerk recording artist Angus & Julia Stone called "Love Will Take You There."  Other artists on the soundtrack include Bruno Mars, Christina Perri, The Belle Brigade, The Joy Formidable, Theophilus London and many more.

The entire soundtrack is currently available for streaming on Spotify HERE.

For the latest music videos from Angus & Julia Stone, visit Nettwerk's YouTube channel HERE. 

Julie Stone, one half of brother/sister duo Angus & Julia Stone, joined the Flaming Lips and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros on stage at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in June for a free surprise sunrise performance of "Do You Realize." Check it out above.

Julie Stone's solo album, The Memory Machine, is out now. Listen to the album HERE.

Last week, So You Think You Can Dance finalist Melanie danced solo to Angus & Julia Stone's cover of "You're The One That I Want" from the musical Grease. As a result, the track sold more than 4,800 copies this week, and both the 'Big Jet Plane EP' (which the cover initially appeared on) and the band's award-winninn sophomore album Down The Way landed on the Billboard Folk Chart this week. Check out the solo performance above. 

Additionally, Nylon Magazine premiered a heart-breaking animated video today by the Aussie brother/sister duo for the track "I'm Not Yours Anymore" from Down The Way. See the original post from Nylon here, and check out the video on YouTube below.

If you are headed out to the desert this weekend for Coachella, don't miss Nettwerk artists fun. and Angus & Julia Stone, who are both playing Sunday, April 17. 

fun. will play the Outdoor Theatre Stage from 2:25pm - 3:10pm.
Watch fun.'s "Walking The Dog" HERE. 

Angus & Julia Stone will play the Gobi Tent from 3:50pm - 4:35pm.  
Watch Angus & Julia Stone's "Big Jet Plane" HERE. 

Check out the haunting new video from Julia Stone (of Aussie bro/sis Angus & Julia Stone) for the track "Maybe" from her critically-acclaimed solo debut The Memory Machine. 

And if you haven't heard it yet, listen to gorgeous track "Let You Break" from William Fitzsimmons' new album Gold In The Shadow, featuring Julia on vocals. 

William Fitzsimmons - Let You Break (featuring Julia Stone) by nettwerkmusicgroup

The accolades keep pouring in for Aussie bro/sis pair Angus & Julia Stone, who have been nominated for two awards at the 11th Annual Independent Music Awards, or The Indies as they are called.  The nominations are in the categories of "International Breakthrough Artist/Group Or Duo Of The Year" and "International Single Of The Year" for "Big Jet Plane."

Part of Canadian Music Fest (March 9 - March 15), The Indies are set to happen the night of Saturday, March 12th at the Canadian Ballroom in the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto. The Indies “acknowledge, promote and honour achievements of Canadian and international artists in the independent music sector.”

For a full list of nominations and more information, click HERE. 

Today, Amazon.com posted their "Best of 2010" lists, and three Nettwerk albums made their way onto the"100 Best Albums of 2010" list: Angus & Julia Stone's Down The Way, Julia Stone's solo debut The Memory Machine and St. Lola In The Fields' High Atop The Houses And The Towns.

Additionally, Down The Way and High Atop The Houses And The Towns were in the Top 5 of the "50 Outstanding Albums of 2010 You Might Have Missed" list, and the track "Draw Your Swords" from Down The Way landed at #49 on "Amazon Picks: The Top 100 Best Songs Of 2010."

Nettwerk would like to send a huge congratulations to Angus & Julia Stone, who walked away with top honors at the 2010 ARIA Awards in Australia over the weekend. The Aussie siblings won the most coveted awards of the evening: "Album Of The Year" (Down The Way) and "Single Of The Year" ("Big Jet Plane"), bringing their total wins to five. Prior to the awards telecast, the folk duo won the award for "Best Adult Alternative Album," as well as two Artisan Awards ("Best Cover Art" and "Producer Of The Year").

Check out Angus & Julia Stone's performance of "Big Jet Plane" at the iTunes Live ARIA Concert Series from the Sydney Opera House prior to the awards ceremony above.

Both Angus & Julia have solo projects being released in North America tomorrow (Nov 9); Julia Stone releases The Memory Machine and Angus Stone releases Smoking Gun under his solo artist name Lady Of The Sunshine.

Angus & Julia Stone have just been announced as support on three DeVotchKa dates, including two shows in Chicago at Lincoln Hall (Oct 15 and 16) and a special CMJ show at Sideshows at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park in New York City (Oct 23). The Aussie brother and sister have also added a Boston date to their headline tour on October 26 at Paradise. (Full list of dates below)

Check out the gorgeous new video for Angus & Julia's "Hold On" above.