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A few nights ago Wolf Parade played their final North American show in support of At Mount Zoomer at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey. When they returned to the stage for an encore, Dan told the crowd that Hadji would not be joining the band on their upcoming European tour. We’re sad to hear this news and hope this wont be the last we see of Mr Bakara. Hadji has a full length LP coming out soon with his DJ/remix group Megasoid. You can download a bunch of Megasoid mixtapes here and you can read a write up about them in the New Yorker. To see if Megasoid is playing a club near you, keep checking their myspace page.
Wolf Parade begins their European tour in Helsinki, Finland today. For a full list of dates, check the tour section.
Subpop has released a list of tour dates for Handsome Furs which will be the first in support of their new record Face Control. The current list has them touring France and Italy in February. We expect a full list to be released soon.
February 2009
02-11 Point Ephemere, Paris France- Super Festival
02-12 Le Cylindre, Besançon France- Generiq Festival
02-13 Le Vapeur, Dijon France- Generiq Festival
02-14 La Poudrière, Belfort France- Generiq Festival
02-17 Lio Bar, Brescia Italy
02-18 La Casa 139, Milan Italy
02-19 Lokomotiv, Bologna Italy
photo by: Liam Maloney
Subpop just posted some details about the second Handsome Furs record which we can now say is officially titled Face Control.
From Subpop:
Face Control is the second album by Montreal’s Handsome Furs, 2007’s Plague Park was their first. Alexei Perry and Dan Boeckner wrote the songs on Face Control together, as one. The album was recorded and mixed by Arlen Thompson at Mount Zoomer. It was mastered by Harris Newman at Hotel2Tango. It will be released on February 3rd, 2009.
Tracklist:
Legal Tender
Evangeline
Talking Hotel Arbat Blues
(Passport Kontrol)
All We Want, Baby, Is Everything
I’m Confused
(White City)
Nyet Spasiba
Officer of Hearts
(It’s Not Me, It’s You)
Thy Will Be Done
Radio Kalininbrad
I can’t wait!
photo by: Liam Maloney
In light of the last posts title, I figured I would post some rumors I heard about the next Handsome Furs record. Currently titled, Face Control, I heard it’s been fully recorded, mixed, and mastered and will most likely be released in early February. As for the artwork, fans should expect some incredible stuff.
Subpop has just added 12 brand new press photos to their Handsome Furs page, which I hope means we will have some more album news soon. The photos were taken by Liam Maloney and are damn sexy.
photo by: Clay Awsumb
Wolf Parade are currently in the middle of a 2 week mini tour of the US. Their stop in St Louis caused some rumors that guitarist Dante DeCaro was going to be leaving the band. A review of the show from the River Front Times was sent to me that had the band stating from the stage that the St Louis show would be the last time Dante would play with the band. This seemed odd to me, so before posting it here and causing unnecessary drama I contacted the band. They assured me that it was just a joke and Dante wasn’t going anywhere. So I posted this on our forum to share the news with the rest of the fans. I thought that would be the end of it, but the story created enough buzz that Pitchfork posted about it. Interesting. Dante is not leaving the band and you can read the full review of the St Louis show here. Wolf Parade have 4 shows left in the states before heading to Europe.
In other Wolf Parade news, it appears that Matt Moroz will be creating another video for the band. In a blog post to his site, Matt states “Upcoming videos for Blackout Beach and Wolf Parade in the next month.” Matt created the videos for I’ll believe in Anything and Shine a Light as well as album artwork for both Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown. Keep checking mattmoroz.com for more info. Thanks to Mike for the info.
Handsome Furs have added a one off show in Belgium. They’ve been invited to partake in a 3 day festival in Gent, Belgium dedicated entirely to Montreal Music. The festival, EtoilesPolaires Montréal, runs from December 3rd-6th. The festival will feature some of Montreal’s best acts like Elfin Saddle, Think About Life, Bon Iver, and many others. Handsome Furs perform on December 6th with Think About Life. Wolf Parade will also be there on December 4th. Go here for more info. Thanks to fredwau for the heads up. More Handsome Furs news to come with some details on the new record.
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Tonight Wolf Parade will begin their 2 week mini tour of the states in Buffalo, NY. They’ll be playing at Asbury Hall, which is home to Ani DiFranco´s Righteous Babe Records. For a full list of tour dates go here.
