With the news of the new Sunset Rubdown record, comes news of some US tour dates! It appears that the first US date that leaked has the rubdown playing Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia on June 23rd. Hopefully we will get more tour dates soon! Thanks to fisheatsbird for the info.
In other Sunset Rubdown new, you can now pre-order the Aagoo Records picture disc 7″ here. Read this post for more info.
Also touring in June are Handsome Furs. They will do a string of west coast dates with east coast dates to follow (possibly) in July:
DRAGONSLAYER, the third full band album by Sunset Rubdown (second for Jagjaguwar), will be released on June 23rd in North America.
Sunset Rubdown was once the moniker under which Spencer Krug released low fidelity solo recordings, but the project has since evolved into a full band. The music for DRAGONSLAYER was written in 2007 and 2008 and recorded in the fall of 2008. Sunset Rubdown hopes that this album that sounds at first to be an only slightly skewed approach to pop is like that friend of yours who looks unassuming and normal, but once you get to know him, it’s obvious he’s basically crazy.
The three original musicians with which Spencer Krug chose to expand his solo project into a full-fledged band are: Jordan Robson-Cramer on drums, guitar and keys, Michael Doerksen on guitar, bass and cosmic radio and Camilla Wynne Ingr on keys and percussion and vocals. DRAGONSLAYER also features, for the first time, new member, bassist and sometimes-drummer, Mark Nicol.
Tracklisting:
1. Silver Moons
2. Idiot Heart
3. Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh!
4. Black Swan
5. Paper Lace
6. You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)
7. Nightingale / December Song
8. Dragon’s Lair
Sunset Rubdown will also release what is arguably the cutest looking picture disc of 2009: a 7″ (available first week of April) on Aagoo Records, Sunset Rubdown Introducing Moonface, featuring the songs “Coming to the Dawn” and “Insane Love is Awakening”.
The band is heading to Europe for a string of dates, here is the full list:
A long while ago we posted about Sunset Rubdown putting out a picture disc 7″ as part of a series from Aagoo Records. We can now confirm the 7″ will be released sometime in the first week of April. Here’s some more details :
Sunset Rubdown Introducing Moonface
Side A: Coming to at Dawn
Side B: Insane Love Is Awakening
Written, recorded, etc. by Spencer Krug in his house.
Handsome Furs and Megasoid will both be making appearances next week at the SXSW Music Festival. Here’s a list of where they’ll be:
Handsome Furs
Thursday March 19th
Fader Fort party 1pm @ Graphic Glass Studios (1101 E. 5th Street)
Sub Pop showcase 1am @ Radio Room (507 E 5th Street)
Friday March 20th
Insound party 1:20pm-1:50pm @ Club Deville (900 Red River)
Waterloo Records In-Store 6pm (600 A North Lamar)
Megasoid
Saturday March 21st 1 am @ Speakeasy (412 Congress Ave)
Congrats to Joanna Robertson for winning Insound.com’s Handsome Furs contest! Joanna won a free download of Face Control as well as the t-shirt designed by Andy Dixon of The Chemistry Designs.
Sunset Rubdown have posted some new tour dates to their official web site:
In case you haven’t been paying attention, Handsome Furs have a new record coming out. In our last post we told you about all the different deals you can get when pre-order Face Control. I failed to mention that Insound.com is also offering the same live CDR as Sub Pop. Thanks to Greg at Three Colors for the info!
Here are the details:
Handsome Furs Live at Neumos EP (4/19/08) Seattle, WA
1. “All We Want, Baby, Is Everything”
2. “Officer of Hearts”
3. “Legal Tender”
4. “Radio Kaliningrad”
Handsome Furs went to Bologna, Italy last month. While there they did an interview with Maps at Radio Metropolitana. Listen to the interview here.
In somewhat related Wolf Parade news, Dan spoke to NYC local paper Chelsea Now:
In the two years that the band has been in existence, Handsome Furs has been very productive. They’ve put out an album a year, and they’ve already got six songs for the next album. There’s also Boeckner’s other band, Wolf Parade, to consider. He and the boys will get together in October to work on their third album.
Sounds good to me! Thanks to Username880 for the heads up.
There are so many options to choose from when thinking about pre-ordering the new Handsome Furs record. First there is the t-shirt pre-order bundle from the official Handsome Furs online store. Then there is another t-shirt pre-order bundle from Insound.com. The latest one we learned about is from the folks at Subpop.com. Here’s the details to their pre-order deal:
Tuesday, March 10th marks our second release of 2009. This brings you yet another opportunity to own bonus material through an altogether unsubtle sales trick we call “the pre-order incentive”. When (and less likely if) you pre-order Handsome Furs’ second album, FACE CONTROL, on CD or LP (as usual, the vinyl comes with a digital download code), you will receive a limited CDR featuring four album tracks performed live at an April, 2008 show in Seattle. And because we’re so sweet on you (and your money), we’re going to throw in a couple stickers and a button as well. Can’t wait until March 10th to hear FACE CONTROL? With your pre-order, you’ll have access to a full album stream! How’s that for a bullet-proof sales pitch?
