Singer-songwriter Spencer Krug, a man known for his eccentric and drawn-out tunes in bands like Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown, has released a new track with his more experimental side project, Moonface. A new album has been announced. The title: Heartbreaking Bravery . It's a collaboration with the band Siinai, and is set to release April 17 on Jagjaguwar. Siinai is a band that hails from Finland and accompanied Wolf Parade on a tour back in 2009. The song they've put out abandons the focus on specific instruments like the previous Moonface releases did with the marimba [...]
Last year, Moonface put on one of the best shows I've seen in recent memory. Read the review over at Exclaim! , and also read my album review and my preview of his upcoming With Siinai: Heartbreaking Braver y. Speaking of that new album, the song "Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips" is below. Looks like Spencer Krug ditched the long-form style.
Spencer Krug is returning to his Moonface project and will release With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery on April 17th through Jagjaguwar. Download the first single "Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips" below and check out the track listing for the new album. Read more »
Moonface is the project of Spencer Krug , who is one of the vocalists and creative minds behind the great indie rock band Wolf Parade , as well as Sunset Rubdown . He teamed up recently with Siinai, a Finnish band of some sort. The details are a little arduous, but the results are pretty good. Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips is the lead single for the album and the sound is familar to anyone who has backgroud knowledge on Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown. Moonface will be releasing their album on April 17 [...]
On April 17th, Spencer Krug returns with another album from Moonface , the follow-up to last year's Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped . Titled Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravey , the 10-track effort is a collaboration with Finnish band Siinai, who previously toured with Wolf Parade in 2009 as Joensuu 1685. Recorded in Finland, the album pits Krug behind the mic and keyboard, while Siinai performs "the meat of the music," according to the album's press release. If one couldn't tell by the title already, the album revolves around - [...]
The Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade singer's new record is due out April 17.
With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery is out on 4/17 via Jagjaguwar. It features: 1. Heartbreaking Bravery 2. Yesterday's Fire 3. Shitty City 4. Quickfire, I Tried 5. I'm Not The Phoenix Yet 6. 10,000 Scorpions 7. Faraway Lightning 8. Headed For The Door 9. Teary Eyes & Bloody Lips 10. Lay Your Cheek On Down Visit Moonface at his official site. Purchase Moonface items via Insound. MP3: Moonface - Teary [...]
On February 28th, Plants and Animals will release their new album The End of That via Secret City. The band is also planning on releasing a 7" the same day for their album single "Lightshow". Also, on the 7" is a live cover of Wolf Parade's song "I'll Believe In Anything". Watch Plants and Animals' live performance of the song below. Read more »
In the long ago days that we called 2006, the stars aligned, money appeared and I secured a press pass to Iceland Airwaves. I flew alone to Reykjavik and took in the festival. It's always a well curated affair that takes over most of the small 101 district. The charm lies in the close proximity of all the venues, the beauty of the city and the kindness of the locals. The first night I met a couple who offered up great conversation and a couch to crash on, as my hotel was a bit of [...]
Plants and Animals have a new album titled The End of That , which will be out February 28 on Secret City. Check out the first single from the album 'Lightshow' and also there is a video for a cover of them performing Wolf Parade's "I'll Believe in Anything," which will be available on the Lightshow single. The video is during their 'Live from Breakglass' session at Breakglass Studios in Montreal during the Pop Montreal Festival, September 24, 2011. Plants and Animals - Lightshow by SecretCityRecords
by teepoo Happy Saturday! Aaron and Alia- Wicked Game (Chris Isaak Cover) SolarSolar- Albatross (Wild Beasts Cover) Here's Plants and Animals covering Wolf Parade:
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Dan Boeckner Edition Last week's Power Play featured a playlist of songs from musicman Spencer Krug. It only seemed fitting to make this week's themed around his colleague and music-mate, Dan Boeckner . The yin to Krug's yang, Boeckner split vocal roles in the band Wolf Parade, offering a contrasting style and sound that allowed WP to explore different soundscapes. Boeckner also made sweet music with his wife Alexie Perry and delivered some incredible work as Handsome Furs. If you really want to delve [...]
Canadians announce two-front North American tour and 7" in anticipation of upcoming LP.
Worlds Collide Late last year, Plants and Animals performed Wolf Parade 's "I'll Believe In Anything" during their Live from Breakglass session at Breakglass Studios in Montreal during the Pop Montreal Festival. Check it out! Also of note, P&A are set to release their follow-up to La La Land later next month. The End of That will hit shelves February 28 .
5 Songs is a weekly series where we point out the strange, the grand, and the unique connections between our favorite songs. Let's get weird. Photo by Michael Wells Words by Chris There's a lot of Raptures these days. Tuesday we're gonna die, Thursday we're gonna die. The good news is that it's all bullshit and nothing really matters! Come along this long road of long songs to the End of Days… [...]
Click image to download full album Sounds like: Mister Heavenly, Sunset Rubdown "Islands - This Is Not A Song" What's so good? Nick Thorburn is back — well, back at recording with Islands, after a Mister Heavenly tour this past year. The Canadian avant-pop maestro will be releasing A Sleep & A Forgetting on February 14, but has let slip "This Is Not A Song" for your listening pleasure. A slowed [...]
BAM! Bet you were expecting a Best of 2011 list, yeah? Well I don't got time for that (YET)! No...this is where I acknowledge all the great stuff I missed in 2010. 'Cause it doesn't get any more rock n roll than to talk about shit that's over a year old. Write that down in your How to Be Rock N Roll notebooks. Anyway, the last time I wrote this list , I spent quite a while talking about how there isn't enough time in one year to listen to all the potentially great releases and put [...]
Canadian husband-wife duo Handsome Furs released the music video for "Serve the People", a track off their 2011 album Sound Kapital. Members Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Atlas Strategic) and Alexei Perry met the video's director, Han Xia, during their 2009 tour. They met during a show in Beijing, when Xia was a film student at
Man, you've got to love it when a band throws caution to the wind and actually goes into the studio without a bunch of pre-programmed tracks to build on. This is just such the case with UK outfit Tribes , who've just released their We Were Children EP , which is the precursor to their album, Baby , which should make its way over here in January. From the get go, it's got a bit of that off-kilter warble that you might remember from early [...]
Two more re-posts to go... and three days in a row. Will there be a fourth? We'll see. Get it below. Blogophilia 20 Songs retrieved from music blogs 06.01.10-07.15.10 Gapless compilation ripped @ 320 kbps VBR DOWNLOAD ALL FILES IN ONE ZIP Tracklist 01 Space Invaders – The White White Lights 02 What Did My Lover Say [...]
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Earbuddy
The Quiet Floor
Consequence Of Sound
The NJ Underground
A Heart Is A Spade
taking tiger mountain
Fake Plastic Tunes
Ride The Tempo
Three Colours
Draw Us Lines
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Given and Taken in Ink
Obscure Sound
Austin Town Hall
The Dadada
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