Pages tagged “handsome furs”

Capitol Hill Block Party Portraits

By Paste News at 5:00 PM on July 25, 2011

Check out Paste photographer Chona Kasinger's artist portraits at the Capitol Hill Block Party last weekend. read more

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Watch a New Video from Handsome Furs

By Carey Hodges at 1:34 PM on July 8, 2011

The video for Handsome Furs’ “What About Us” contains nudity—lots of nudity.... read more

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Handsome Furs: Sound Kapital

By Andrea Kszystyniak at 10:03 AM on June 28, 2011

Handsome Furs is not your typical couple that’s decided to give the music thing a try. That they’ve tied the knot isn’t even of paramount importance — married or not, the two of them kick some serious ass. Former Wolf Parade member Dan Boeckner has laid his band aside and paired up with his rocking lady, Alexei Perry. For Handsome Furs’ third album, Sound Kapital, Boeckner decided to challenge himself and eliminated guitar from their musical arsenal. In an album about metamorphosis, this alteration seems fitting; the Montreal natives wrote the album as they traveled through Myanmar, the Philippines and... read more

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Handsome Furs Announce Additional Summer Tour Dates

By Andrea Kszystyniak at 4:30 PM on June 2, 2011

The Handsome Furs have just announced they’ll be adding more dates to their summer tour. The husband and wife duo, consisting of Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade fame and Alexei Perry, are on the road in support of upcoming album Sound Kapital. The pair will spend the summer touring to build hype for the new electronic collaboration, due out June 28.... read more

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Handsome Furs Announce New Album, Sound Kapital, Tour Dates

By Nathan Spicer at 2:40 PM on April 12, 2011

Via Pitchfork: Handsome Furs, who consist of Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner and his wife Alexei Perry, have announced their new album, Sound Kapital, will be released June 28 on Sub Pop.... read more

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Drake, Tegan and Sara, Metric Nominated for Juno Awards

By Rachel Bailey at 2:30 PM on March 3, 2010

Canada’s 39th annual Juno Awards will be held Sunday, April 18, this year in St. Johns, Newfoundland. This morning brought the announcement of the year’s nominees, with Drake, Tegan and Sara and Metric among those in the running for a statuette.... read more

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The 37 Awesomest Songs of 2009

By Nick Marino at 7:00 AM on December 20, 2009

The album really died for me this year... read more

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Leonard Cohen, Wolf Parade, Junior Boys, Many More Make Polaris Music Prize Long List

By Ani Vrabel at 6:00 PM on June 17, 2009

For four years now, the Polaris Music Prize has been honoring the best of Canadian indie music. It has similarly sought to honor one of the truest definitions of "indie music" out there: "creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music...without regard to musical genre, professional affiliation or sales history." ... read more

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