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More today from the Hamilton, Ontario indie-rock band Arkells . Blueprint is the closing track to the band's critically acclaimed debut LP Jackson Square , released on October 28th of 2008; the album was among the 40 Canadian independent releases long-listed for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize . The band rode the success of Jackson Square to the 2009 CASBY Awards where they took home the award for Favorite New Artist. Currently the band is making their way through a Canadian tour, with notable stops in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto; the full tour schedule [...]