On sale now is the limited edition picture disc 12″ of At Mount Zoomer. You can get your copy at Freenewsprojects.com. Here’s the info:
Free News Projects is proud to announce the release of At Mount Zoomer, the sophomore album by Montreal’s critically acclaimed Wolf Parade for the first time on vinyl as a Limited Edition Double Picture Disc featuring the collaborative work of visual artists Elizabeth Huey and Matt Moroz.
Limited Edition of 1500, 45RPM 2 x 12” picture discs with offset printed cover on heavyweight archival paper.
You can now pre-order brand new Handsome Furs shirts over at Insound.com. The shirts are part of Soundscreen Design’s Summer 2009 Collection. They will also have tote bags and a hoodie available with this design.
Pitchfork has posted some additional Sunset Rubdown tour dates, as well as our first official taste of the new record, Dragonslayer. The track “idiot heart” is up to stream/download. Here’s the updated list:
06-11 Cambridge, MA – Middle East Downstairs
06-12 Brooklyn, NY – Studio B
06-13 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
06-14 Washington, DC – Black Cat
06-15 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
06-16 Atlanta, GA – The Drunken Unicorn
06-20 Austin, TX – Mohawk
06-22 Tucson, AZ – Plush
06-23 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
06-24 San Francisco, CA – The Rickshaw Stop
06-26 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
06-27 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
06-28 Victoria, British Columbia – Sugar Nightclub-on sale TBD
07-02 Calgary, Alberta – The Marquee Room
07-06 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
07-07 Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium(venue change)
07-08 Bloomington, IN – Jake’s Nightclub
07-10 Toronto, Ontario – Lee’s Palace
07-11 Montreal, Quebec – Il Motore
All tickets are on sale. Tour support acts are Elfin Saddle and The Witchies.
Another Sunset Rubdown US tour date has surfaced: June 20th @ the Mohawk in Austin. Tickets are $10 and on sale at frontgatetickets.com.
Some pretty cool press photos taken by David Horvitz are up at Jagjaguwar.com. Thanks to the forum kids for the heads up.
Handsome Furs are on tour in Europe at the moment. Today they are playing Hamburg, Germany. If you log in at 3pm EST you can watch a live webcast of their set as well as openers Dag for Dag. Go to www.ligx.de for more info. The show will be archived to watch later on.
Check out some great photos from their recent show in Paris here . For a full list of tour dates go here.
Brooklyn’s Northside Festival will feature Sunset Rubdown on June 12th at Studio B. Tickets are not yet on sale and no other US tour dates have been released.
