Quebec

In five days Wolf Parade will play their first show in two years! Talking to Quebec’s Le Soleil, Dan says the band will perform SIX brand new songs on their mini tour of Canada.

(from translation) “Early in this group, we tried to insert in our performance of compositions that the public does not know,” says Boeckner. “And this is one of the things I like about Wolf Parade: we’re going to play six pieces of an album that nobody has ever heard!”

Thanks to Mathieu (Montreal) from the forum for posting this article. Wolf Parade play Imperial de Quebec on Friday April 1st. I will be at this show, so check back here for reviews and photos!

Also, a few of you have emailed me asking if any other European shows will be postponed, due to the recent rescheduling of the London show. I’ve been told that no other shows will be affected. If you have any questions you can always email me at wp@nonstuff.com.

Modern World

In case you hadn’t heard, Dan performed ‘Modern World’ last night with Spoon at Radio City Music Hall!

Postponed

Just an FYI: Wolf Parade have rescheduled their May 18th show at the London Forum to September 15th. Ticketmaster states that all purchased tickets will remain valid.

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New Shirts

Here is the first of three brand new shirts available over at the
Wolf Parade Online Store! What do you think of the design? Post your thoughts over on the forum.

Total Success

Here’s Episode 5 of Indie Asia: On Tour with Handsome Furs. Remember to post your comments!

Double Album??

New information about the yet to be titled 3rd Wolf Parade record has surfaced. Thanks to the folks at Exclaim we now have some very interesting news to report! First, the new record might be a double LP! Also, Wolf Parade will be putting out a 7″ single prior to the release of the new record. The article states, according to Sub Pop, that the new record could possibly be released on June 29th. Dan spoke to Exclaim about how the record was put together:

“Everyone’s been working on it for 12 hours a day, seven days a week for the last two weeks,” he explains. “We ended up recording, I think, 15 songs, over 80 minutes of music, and we don’t really know now whether we’re going to put out an LP or a double album. If we did an LP maybe we’d do an LP and an EP, because we want to put all of the songs out. There were no songs that we recorded where everyone was like, ‘Oh, that’s a dud.”

Dan also mentions the titles to two of the new tracks. The first being ‘Caveosapian’ which Dan says “It’s kind of an uptempo rager that Spencer sings that you could imagine people doing — you know the Archie Comics when people are dancing? That kind of dance.” The second song, ‘Yulia’, Dan says “I kind of get obsessed with cosmonauts, and specifically lost cosmonauts — cosmonauts that are still dead and floating in space. So the song is kind of a love letter to a cosmonaut’s life. I’m pretty happy with that. It’s got a bit of a Righteous Brothers feel to it.”

Dan also mentions thatHandsome Furs may have a new record out by Spring 2011 and that he will be singing and playing guitar with Spoon when they play Radio City Music Hall on April 26th!

Vote

Handsome Furs descend on Toronto tonight for a show at El Mocambo.

They are also in town for the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards, where they are nominated for Group or Duo of the Year. You can vote now for Handsome Furs over at http://www.indies.ca/voting/.

Chinese Music Scene

Here’s Episode 4 of Indie Asia: On Tour with Handsome Furs.

Videos

It’s finally here. The official video for ‘Kissing the Beehive’ starring Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes! Thanks to story over on the forum for posting it.

Another great video from the talented team of Matt Moroz and Tracy Maurice. You can see their other videos (which include Wolf Parade’s ‘Shine and Light’ and ‘I’ll Believe in Anything’, as well as Arcade Fire’s ‘Black Mirror’) on their Vimeo page.

Wolf Parade Kissing the beehive from Matt and Tracy on Vimeo.