New Sunset Rubdown Video - "Black Swan"

Skeletons are to indie rock videos in '09 what bootie girls are to hip-hop clips forever. I have no idea what this means (eat a sandwich?), but it's a motif we've seen in one form or another via Fever Ray,... CONTINUE READING NEW SUNSET RUBDOWN VIDEO - "BLACK SWAN"»

Posted on September 11, 2009 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Sunset Rubdown

Sunset Rubdown Bassist Struck By Lightning

Says Mark 'The Nuc' Nicol, "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... CONTINUE READING SUNSET RUBDOWN BASSIST STRUCK BY LIGHTNING»

Posted on September 3, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Mark Nicol | Sunset Rubdown

Stream Sunset Rubdown's Dragonslayer

If you haven't yet joined the premature evaluation party for Spencer Krug's latest, listen to Dragonslayer in its entirety at NPR. ... CONTINUE READING STREAM SUNSET RUBDOWN'S DRAGONSLAYER»

Premature Evaluation: Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer

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 MP3, Premature Evaluation (46 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand | Julian Casablancas | Spencer Krug | Sunset Rubdown | The Strokes

New Sunset Rubdown - "Idiot Heart"

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 MP3, Photo, Tour Dates (24 comments)
Tags: Spencer Krug | Sunset Rubdown

Sunset Rubdown Dragonslayer Album Art, News

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 Album Art (18 comments)
Tags: Spencer Krug | Sunset Rubdown

New Swan Lake - "Spider"

Swan Lake's second album Enemy Mine is a dense, satisfying listen. If you've heard no more than the previously 'Gum Dropped Carey Mercer-penned opener "Spanish Gold, 2044," you've already heard no less than the album's best single song. The "supergroup"... CONTINUE READING NEW SWAN LAKE - "SPIDER"»

Progress Report: Spencer Krug

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»

Sunset Rubdown Sound Good In A Black Cab

It may seem silly to call anything Spencer Krug's done in the past few years "underrated." But for all the blogspace devoted to his manic anthems, I still think Random Spirit Lover hasn't received its just props. I get why... CONTINUE READING SUNSET RUBDOWN SOUND GOOD IN A BLACK CAB»

Posted on May 28, 2008 in Video (11 comments)
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New Sunset Rubdown - "Winged/Wicked Things"

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 MP3, Tour Dates (9 comments)
Tags: Spencer Krug | Sunset Rubdown

Premature Evaluation: Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover

Spencer Krug's brilliantly knotty Sunset Rubdown project is getting so shaggy 'n' complex, it's easy to wake up and forget "I'll Believe In Anything" ever existed. Yeah, overstatement, but damn if album the third Random Spirit Lover isn't an eccentric... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: SUNSET RUBDOWN - RANDOM SPIRIT LOVER»

Posted on August 23, 2007 in MP3, Premature Evaluation, Tour Dates (63 comments)
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New Sunset Rubdown - "Up On Your Leopard, Upon The End Of Your Feral Days"

At some point it just won't make sense to refer to Sunset Rubdown as a Wolf Parade side-project -- especially when you consider Spencer Krug's Rubdown moniker is responsible for three LPs to the lupine Parade's lonely (albeit amazing) one.... CONTINUE READING NEW SUNSET RUBDOWN - "UP ON YOUR LEOPARD, UPON THE END OF YOUR FERAL DAYS"»

Posted on August 7, 2007 in MP3, Tour Dates (11 comments)
Tags: Sunset Rubdown | Wolf Parade

Stereogum's Favorite Live Shows Of The Year

While we're almost done with thinking about the year that was, we can't let it go by without recapping the year in our favorite concerts. Most of the shows we saw were in the LES ('cause it's closer than say... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S FAVORITE LIVE SHOWS OF THE YEAR»

Sunset Rubdown/Frog Eyes @ Mercury Lounge, NYC 5/22/06 & 5/24/06

Last Monday night's Rubdown was just amazing. So pleasurable, in fact, that plans were cancelled, lives rearranged and admission secured for Wednesday night's repeat. Two nights and four sets of Spencer Krug later, we're left with the unalienable truth that... CONTINUE READING SUNSET RUBDOWN/FROG EYES @ MERCURY LOUNGE, NYC 5/22/06 & 5/24/06»

Posted on May 30, 2006 in Concert (13 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Frog Eyes | Sunset Rubdown | Wolf Parade