Moonface Solo Piano Tour

Spencer Krug, aka Moonface, has begun his short solo piano tour of North America. Having played in Rhode Island and Upstate New York already, tonight he will perform in Brooklyn, NY.

Some fans that have seen the previous two shows have said they are absolutely amazed at what Krug has put forth. He is performing several more live dates but there is no news of an official release. However, the performance in Rhode Island, at Machines with Magnets, was recorded live in their studio. Hopefully we will all get to hear that recording some day.

05-05 Brooklyn, NY – Littlefield
05-06 Montreal, QC -Il Motore
05-12 Toronto, ON – The Conversation Room @ The Great Hall

Moonface and Divine Fits Updates!

Hey everyone! I’m back from another tour with Diamond Rings who was out supporting the amazing OMD! Check out OMD’s new album, English Electric, it’s incredible!

In Moonface news…

Moonface (Spencer Krug) has added some additional shows to his solo piano tour! Here is the full set of dates:

05-03 Pawtucket, RI – Machines With Magnets
05-04 Clinton, NY – Sadove Living Room @ Hamilton College
05-05 Brooklyn, NY – Littlefield
05-06 Montreal, QC -Il Motore
05-12 Toronto, ON – The Conversation Room @ The Great Hall

In Divine Fits news…

The boys of DF have been rather busy this last month, with a short tour of the midwest and then playing the two weekends at Coachella. Dan spoke with the CBC about Coachella and the new band he’s formed called OPERATORS!

In addition to playing a slew of festivals in the coming months — including stops in Dallas, TX, Chicago, IL, Calgary, Alta., and Squamish, B.C. — Boeckner is also working on a new project called Operators.
“It’s a real mix of like electronics and lots of live drums and guitar. I’m kind of tapping into my … I listened to a lot of Fugazi when I was a kid, so it’s that plus my love of New Order. That’s kind of how it’s shaking up.”

Yes, Dan has a brand new band! Hopefully we’ll get to hear about about this soon. You can read Dan’s interview with the CBC here

A know it’s a little late, but here’s some press from SXSW:

Check out this audio interview DF did with Nerdist from SXSW at Nerdist.com

Noisy teamed up with Jansport at SXSW this year and had Divine Fits play their ‘Bonfire Sessions’.
Check out the video from DF’s show with Japandroids:

Here’s a few pro videos from their Coachella performances:

Check out these great photos from weekend 1 over at Examiner.com

DF have just announced they’ll be opening for The Postal Service at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Here is a full list of their upcoming tour dates:

05-11 Dallas, TX – Homegrown Festival
05-25 Quincy, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
06-08 New York, NY – Governors Ball
06-14 Chicago, IL – Taste of Randolph Festival
06-16 Manchester, TN at Bonnaroo Festival
06-19 Calgary, AB at Sled Island Festival
07-13 Cincinnati, OH – Bunbury Festival
07-24 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre *Supporting The Postal Service (on sale 4.27 at 10am PST)
08-03 Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon Festival
8-10 Squamish, BC – Squamish Festival

Kimmel

Last night Divine Fits performed on Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel. They did their new single ‘Like Ice Cream’ and a cover of Tom Petty’s ‘You Got Lucky’. Divine Fits head out on tour next week starting in Cincinnati on April 2nd. Check out the Divine Fits Tour Dates page for the full list of their upcoming shows.

Like Ice Cream

“You Got Lucky” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Moonface and Divine Fits News

So it looks like Moonface is coming back to North America and performing his SOLO PIANO SHOW! Two events are listed in May in the New York area:

05-04 – Clinton, NY – Hamilton College (Sadove Living Room inside Student Center,$5 on sale Fri 3/29 at 12:00 pm EDT)

05-05 Brooklyn, NY – Littlefield (On Sale Fri 3/29/ at 12:00 pm EDT)

Hopefully Spencer will add more tour dates soon!

In other news, Divine Fits will perform tonight on Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel. They are set to perform two songs. We’ll link the video here tomorrow.

Moonface and The Besnard Lakes

While it’s old news now, I forgot to post here about Spencer’s collaboration with The Besnard Lakes. Their new record, Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO will be released on April 2nd on Jagjaguwar.

From NPR:

The fourth album in 10 years from this Montreal-based band will also continue a tradition of odd titles. This one is called, Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO and features fellow Canadians Spencer Krug and Mike Bigelow of the band Moonface. Krug also played with Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown. Sarah Page, the talented harpist who adds so much dimension to The Barr Brothers’ music, is also heard on this new album, along with the return of the Fifth String Liberation Singers’ Choir.

When asked about their thoughts on making this record, the band sent a joint email saying, “Themes of personal loss alongside Millenial ennui weave their way into the narrative of the record. 2012 has come and gone and the world still rotates on its ever precarious axis prompting the question: What next?”

Here’s a track listing for Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO.

1. 46 Satires
2. And Her Eyes Were Painted Gold
3. People Of The Sticks
4. The Specter
5. At Midnight
6. Catalina
7. Colour Yr Lights In
8. Alamogordo

Moonface Performs New Solo Piano Material

Spencer Krug, aka Moonface, performed an hour long set of brand new solo piano material on Friday. Here are 3 videos posted by forum member Kiia. Spencer performed as part of the Foodstock Festival in Helsinki, Finland.

Edit
We’ve been asked to kindly take down the videos we originally posted. Here’s hoping Spencer will make a statement and release his new material soon!

Moonface to release solo piano record?

Today has been a good day for Moonface news. We were just sent a link from the Facebook page of the Foodstock Festival in Helsinki, Finland. They state that Moonface, aka Spencer Krug, will be performing his brand new solo piano material for the first time ever at their festival this weekend. There was also a tweet from Kaiku Studios (who produced Heartbreaking Bravery) that said ‘@KaikuStudios: Recording the new Moonface aka Spencer Krug’s solo piano material.’

Hopefully we’ll get some offical news soon. The Foodstock Festival is being presented by Kaiku Studios. Moonface performs on March 1st from 7-8pm.

Yesterday’s Fire

Check out this video of Moonface with Siinai performing Yesterday’s Fire. Not sure where this studio is, but the video was uploaded by Noora Lehtovuori, a photographer and video artist from Helsinki, Finland.

In the studio with Moonface & Siinai: Yesterday’s fire from Noora Lehtovuori on Vimeo.

Divine Fits add more shows!

Looks like Divine Fits are going to be very busy in March and April. Here are some added headlining shows as well as just announced SXSW appearances. More to come!

SXSW
03-14 Filter Showcase Lustre Pearl – 12am
03-15 Radio Day Stage Austin Convention Center 12:00PM -12:40PM
03-15 Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake) 6:00PM

04-02 Cincinatti, OH – Taft Theatre
04-03 Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
04-04 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theatre
04-05 Iowa City, IA – Mission Creek Festival
04-06 Kansas City, MO – Middle of the Map Festival
04-12 Indio, CA – Coachella
04-19 Indio, CA – Coachella
05-25 The Gorge, WA – Sasquatch Festival
06-08 New York, NY – Governors Ball
06-16 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
08-04 Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon Music Festival

Divine Fits to play Bonaroo

The Bonnaroo line up was announced today, and our boys are on the list! Divine Fits are sloted to perform, but on which day has yet to be determined. Tickets go on sale this Saturday 2/23 at 12pm EST.