Spencer Krug

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The call of the wild

Wolf Parade get instinctual
It’s not easy being in a band whose two primary songwriters have quite different ideas about how to write an indie-rock song.
By BEN WESTHOFF | July 28, 2008

Variety pack

A compendium of Wolf Parade side projects

By BEN WESTHOFF | July 28, 2008

Wolf Parade

At Mount Zoomer | Sub Pop
At Mount Zoomer will give you those same goosebumps you felt when you heard the band’s debut.
By BEN WESTHOFF | June 24, 2008

Five new albums to soundtrack a passive-aggressive summer
In preparation for another three months of endless days and sweaty nights, here are five new albums to get you through the summer.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | June 18, 2008

Handsome Furs

Plague Park | Sub Pop
Playing Bruce Springsteen to Spencer Krug’s David Bowie, Dan Boeckner came across as the humble workhorse of Wolf Parade. "What We Had," Handsome Furs (mp3)
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | May 21, 2007

Off the record: Week of May 11, 2007

The National, Battles, Handsome Furs, and Deerhunter
The Battles album Mirrored plays like an impossibly taut hipster remix of an air strike from Star Wars .
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | May 09, 2007

The Daytrotter sessions

A trip to Rock Island, IL
Since it’s just not good enough anymore to start a blog and offer stolen MP3s, a new site called Daytrotter is inviting indie bands to its ragtag studioand recording tracks for them, then giving away four “Daytrotter Session” songs for download.
By NICK SYLVESTER | July 11, 2006

Sunset Rubdown

Shut Up I Am Dreaming | Absolutely Kosher
Shut Up is unabashed and far-reaching, a thousand parts sweated down to four players and one harrowing Robert Smith karaoke voice, occasionally too synth-proggy but always high stakes.
By NICK SYLVESTER | May 08, 2006

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