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Handsome Furs - Face Control

Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner has once again found some spare time to record another album with his side-project Handsome Furs, which he fronts alongside his wife Alexei Perry. Named after the term in Eastern Europe for Bouncer's scrutiny of punters appearance Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:01 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, wolf parade, Sunset Rubdown, Handsome Furs, Depeche Mode, Spencer Krug

Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

As the Arcade Fire kicked down the door for the Montreal indie scene, Wolf Parade were first to charge through with their 2005 debut Apologies to the Queen Mary . Although band leaders Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner have gone on to launch successful side-projects Read More...

Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 6:42 PM by Lloyd | 3 Comments

Filed under: CD, Reviews, wolf parade, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake, Handsome Furs, Sub Pop

Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake and Handsome Furs

In 2005 a little know band called Wolf Parade released one of the greatest albums of the decade, Apologies to the Queen Mary . Following the media shit storm that followed Arcade Fire’s trawl through the corridors of indie rock, Wolf Parade was crowned Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:32 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Arcade Fire, wolf parade, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake, Handsome Furs

Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse

On the surface the Besnard Lakes might appear to be the Johnny-come-latelies to the Montreal indie rock scene that includes Arcade Fire, Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade, but their second album might have proved them to be the dark horse after all. Indeed, Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:28 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, pink Floyd, Arcade Fire, wolf parade, Sunset Rubdown, Beach Boys, The Besnard Lakes

Destroy 3000 years of Culture and then build it up again – squiff!

I had this album for quite a while before I actually started listening to it. I was so wrapped up in discoveries like TV on the Radio and Electrelane last year that this one almost slipped me by. Then just before I went on holiday, I slipped it in late Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:20 AM by Lloyd | 3 Comments

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, will Oldham, wolf parade, Sunset Rubdown, New Pornographers, Swan Lake, Frog Eyes, Destroyer