From Jagjaguwar:
Marc of Sunset Rubdown Survives Lightning Strike
A few weeks ago SUNSET RUBDOWN’s Marc Nicol, aka The Nuc, was enjoying a lovely lakeside evening when – BLAMMO – Mother Nature sucker-punched the bassist by sending a cascade of electrical spitfire from the heavens straight into his back.
According to The Nuc: “My heart started back up after the electrical shock. I woke up feeling like I was suffocating and was delirious. Then I passed out for an hour, woke back up and saw the hair singed on my leg. Only then I knew.”
Good news is that he’s a-ok.
For those keeping score – The Nuc: 1. Gozer: 0.
We’re really happy you’re ok, Marc.
And so are we! Sunset Rubdown head to Europe this week for another month of touring there. Check the tour dates page for more info.
Continuing in the ‘tour diary’ series, Handsome Furs have sent along pictures taken during their recent West coast tour in June. You can see both sets in the tour diary section. As always we thank the band and Blaine for sharing these with us. Handsome Furs are on tour all over the world, so go find them.
Illustration by: Ray Fenwick
Yeah i know, this summer I’ve been slacking. There’s a bunch of news so lets get to it.
First off, Sunset Rubdown are going to Japan. This is incredible and I’m extremely jealous. They’ll be playing 6 shows with Ogre You Asshole and a bunch of other bands:
10-30 Tokyo, Japan – O-NEST
11-01 Kyoto, Japan – Club Metro
11-02 Osaka, Japan – Sunsui
11-04 Matsumoto, Japan – Alecx
11-05 Nagoya, Japan – Tokuzo
11-06 Tokyo, Japan – O-NEST
Sunset Rubdown are featured this week on pitchfork.tv. Back in June they stopped by the pitchfork.tv offices in NYC and performed ‘You go on Ahead’, ‘Silver Moons’, and ‘Coming to At Dawn’. Go here to see 3 videos.
In other news, Spencer Krug and Carey Mercer have both contributed short stories to We Are The Friction. The project is a “book of illustration and short fiction created by 12 pairs of international writers and illustrators.” Spencer’s story is entitled: Fable of Yukio. The illustration at the top of this post was created by Ray Fenwick and is linked to Spencer’s story. The image created by Charlie Duck which is linked to Care Mercer’s story, It Is Wonderful To Track This Man, can be seen here. To get more information on how to purchase a copy of the book please check the We Are The Friction site.
It really just amazes me how much touring Handsome Furs and Sunset Rubdown have done this year. Both bands are gearing up for even more shows in the next few months.
Handsome Furs are going all over the world. In September they’ll make their way to China, Singapore, and Thailand! We also have brand new tour pictures. Go here to check out photos taken while the furs were on tour in the US last month. Thanks again to Blaine Kaplan for making this happen. For a list of full tour dates go here.
09-03 Tianijn, China – Nic Club
09-04 Beijing, China – Mao LiveHouse
09-05 Shanghai, China – Yuyintang
09-06 Hong Kong, China – Grappa’s Cellar
09-12 Bangkok, Thailand – Club Culture
09-13 Singapore, Singapore – Home Club
10-22 Utecht, Netherlands – Tivoli de Heling
10-24 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
10-26 Belfast, Ireland – Spring and Airbrake
10-27 Dublin, Ireland – The Academy
10-28 Cork, Ireland – Cypress Avenue
11-01 Manchester, UK – Ruby Lounge
11-02 London, UK – The Relentless Garage
Sunset Rubdown are heading out on a month long tour of Europe, one which will taken them to some amazing locations. Afterwards they have a short north american tour planned in October. For a full list of dates go here
09-02 Groningen, The Netherlands – Vera
09-03 Malmo, Sweden – Debaser Malmo
09-04 Gothenburg, Sweden – Parken
09-05 Stockholm, Sweden – Strand
09-06 Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen
09-07 Hamburg, Germany – Knust
09-08 Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Paradiso
09-10 Glasgow, Great Britian – Stereo
09-11 Belfast, Great Britain – Spring & Airbrake
09-12 Dulbin, Ireland – Crawdaddy
09-13 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
09-14 Manchester, Great Britain – The Deaf Institute
09-15 London, Great Britain – Garage
09-16 Cardiff, Great Britain – The Globe
09-18 Oostende, Belgium – Leffingeleuren Festival
09-19 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique w/ Dirty Projectors
09-20 Berlin, Germany – Magnet Club
09-21 Leipzig, Germany – Ut Connewitz
09-22 Munchen, Germany – 59:1
09-23 Vienna, Austria – B72
09-24 Zagreb, Croatia – KSET
09-25 Ljubljana, Slovenia – Menza Pri Koritu
09-26 Pisa, Italy – Caracol
09-27 Carpi, Italy – Mattatoio
09-30 Lille, France – L’Aeronef
10-01 Paris, France – Point FMR
10-16 New York, NY – Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom
10-17 Baltimore, MD – Sonar
10-18 Columbus, OH – The Summit
10-19 Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium
10-20 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
10-21 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway Nightclub
10-22 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
10-24 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
10-26 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
10-27 West Hollywood, CA – The Troubadour
