When discussing a new Sunset Rubdown album it's become pretty cliché to list everything Spencer Krug's recently accomplished, but his output remains as prolific as each release is monumental, so it does remains an important piece of the story. Since... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: SUNSET RUBDOWN - DRAGONSLAYER»
Posted on May 22, 2009 in , (46 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand | Julian Casablancas | Spencer Krug | Sunset Rubdown | The Strokes
Last month we took a look at the cover and tracklist for Dragonslayer (out 6/23), Sunset Rubdown's third full-band LP and second for Jagjaguwar. (Also, their first with new member Mark Nicol on bass and percussion.) In a January Progress... CONTINUE READING NEW SUNSET RUBDOWN - "IDIOT HEART"»
Posted on April 16, 2009 in , , (24 comments)
Tags: Spencer Krug | Sunset Rubdown
Swan Lake's Enemy Mine is a newborn, and it was just a little under a year ago that Wolf Parade birthed At Mount Zoomer, but since Spencer Krug sightings usually come in threes (trust me blindly on this), you had... CONTINUE READING SUNSET RUBDOWN DRAGONSLAYER ALBUM ART, NEWS»
Posted on March 27, 2009 in (18 comments)
Tags: Spencer Krug | Sunset Rubdown
NAME: Spencer Krug (Swan Lake, Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade) PROGRESS REPORT: Releasing Enemy Mine with Swan Lake on March 24; editing untitled Sunset Rubdown LP for release this summer; recording a marimba-based EP for release in summer/fall; writing songs with... CONTINUE READING PROGRESS REPORT: SPENCER KRUG»
Posted on January 23, 2009 in , (36 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Carey Mercer | Dead Confederate | Spencer Krug | Sunset Rubdown | Swan Lake | Wolf Parade
Call it a ritual, call it whatever you will: when an album we're frothy for first yields cover art, we like to call in the graphic designers. But first to clarify the album title: Meet At Mount Zoomer (yes At... CONTINUE READING WOLF PARADE UNVEIL AT MOUNT ZOOMER ALBUM ART»
Posted on May 1, 2008 in , (33 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Dan Boeckner | Mika Miko | Spencer Krug | SXSW | Wolf Parade
It's true, we've already fawned over Random Spirit Lover and most of you have kept the conversation lively (Spencer, if you're out there, get ready for a major ego swell then check the comments) -- but this one's for the... CONTINUE READING NEW SUNSET RUBDOWN - "WINGED/WICKED THINGS"»
Posted on September 5, 2007 in , (9 comments)
Tags: Spencer Krug | Sunset Rubdown
Crazy Canucks and their incestuous indie rock! Spencer Krug and Dan Bejar -- no strangers to collaboration -- team up with Frog Eyes' Carey Mercer for the latest and greatest in Canadian supergroups. Swan Lake - "All Fires" (MP3) With... CONTINUE READING MEET SWAN LAKE»
Posted on August 3, 2006 in (8 comments)
Tags: 30 Rock | Destroyer | Frog Eyes | Spencer Krug | Tracy Morgan