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The folks at Canadian label Arts & Crafts seem intent on living up to the latter part of their name. In just the last few months, the label's roster has grown to include Los Campesinos!, the Stills, and now, Constantines, who have signed to A&C for a worldwide record and management deal. And that's in addition to collaboration-and-side-project-friendly label stalwarts like Broken Social Scene, Stars, and Feist.

As for the newest members of the A&C family, Constantines are hard at work on their next album, the follow-up to 2005's equal parts tough-and-tender Tournament of Hearts. Arts & Crafts will release the album in March.

The Toronto quintet has a single tour date scheduled for September 22 in London, Ontario's Victoria Park as part of the previously reported LOLA Festival.