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  3 Free Songs: Handsome Furs

  February 27, 2009 – If Handsome Furs' 2007 release Plague Park was a tribute to a park in Helsinki, where thousands of victims of the plague were buried, then Face Control, out March 10 via Sub Pop, is a love letter to icy, industrious Russia -- and you can preview three of its songs below! Face Control gets its name from an odd practice in Eastern Europe that Handsome Furs' husband-wife duo Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry observed while traveling: Reservin …
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  Free Download: Handsome Furs

  January 14, 2009 – Dan Boeckner: You know him as co-frontman of Montreal oddballs Wolf Parade. But, like members of most Canadian indie rock bands (is it something in the Labatts?), he has a side-project: Handsome Furs. The group -- a duo with his wife Alexei Perry -- released their debut album, Plague Park, in 2007 via Sub Pop. …
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  Handsome Furs Announce New Album

  November 13, 2008 – Dan Boeckner spent the majority of 2008 touring with his main outfit, Wolf Parade, behind this year's weird and wonderful At Mount Zoomer. But come 2009, he'll rejoin wife/co-collaborator Alexei Perry as Handsome Furs for the follow-up to their 2007 debut Plague Park. [Via Pitchfork.com] Face Control, the sophomore effort from the Furs will drop February 3. …
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  Handsome Furs Get Cozy in Detroit

  August 22, 2008 – Last night at Detroit's Pike Room, as the crowd amassed near the bar in anticipation of the night-capping set from Montreal's Handsome Furs,the husband/wife duo emerged for a couple pre-show cocktails and to greet their fans. …
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  The Five Most Notorious Equipment Thefts Since 2005

  August 6, 2008 – To quote the title of a Stooges song, this is simply not right. On the morning of Aug. 5,Iggy Pop and his cohorts awoke in Montreal, Canada to find all of their instruments and equipment -- not to mention the truck that was holding the gear -- had been stolen over the night. …
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