The band have had an urgent health issue come up, and will be unable to make the overseas trip in April. Alexei and Dan do not take having to cancel performances lightly, and if there were any way to make the trip, they would. Thanks very much for your understanding during this difficult time.

Created by our friend Brandon Jourdan, Global Uprisings is an independent news site and video series dedicated to showing responses to the economic crisis from around the world. Here’s their latest video:

The Battle of Oakland from brandon jourdan on Vimeo.

Jerusalem in my Heart is a visual instillation and electronic performance created by musical frontman Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and filmmaker Malena Szlam. If you’re in Montreal, Jerusalem in My Heart will be performed on March 2nd and 3rd at the Mai Gallery. Check out a clip of the performance below from Montreal’s Festival de Nouveau Cinema.

It comes with great sadness that we have to cancel our upcoming appearance at the Frostbite Festival in Whitehorse, Yukon. We’ve had an urgent health issue come up and will not be able to make the trip. Thanks very much for your understanding during this difficult time.

A few months ago we posted about our friends in the Burmese band Side Effect, and how they needed help raising funds to record a record. Many of you donated to their cause and we thank you so much for your generosity. Unfortunately due to US sanctions with Myanmar the account the band created with Indigogo.com was frozen and all funds that were donated were returned. You can read all about this in several articles posted around the web including The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, and The Myanmar Times.

Side Effect still needs your help! To get more information on how you can recommit your funds email Side.Effect.Indie@gmail.com

Check out more about Side Effect on their Facebook page.

Oh man: I love how divided the attention to the Jersey Shore coverage has been. Part of me wants to let the true Handsome Furs fans know that we actually have no control of how MTV uses our material, part of me wanted to explain that we did Sirius radio the same day Jersey Shore did and coincidentally took that silly photo, and the other part of me wants to let everyone enjoy their guilty pleasures – which frequently include questionable television choices. xo, Alexei

Check out our video for ‘Serve the People’ airing on this week’s episode of NewNowNext on Logo TV. This channel is offered in the US only so check with your local cable provider for show times. You can also go here to see which channel Logo is on in your area!

Check out our song “When I Get Back” in tonight’s episode of The Jersey Shore at 10PM 

2012 started out great with an amazing week of shows on the West Coast!

We have a lot of touring planned for this year, and here's the first batch of tour dates in Europe:

04-05 Bucharest, RO – Control Club
04-06 Stockholm, SE – Debaser Medis
04-07 Malmö, SE – Debaser
04-09 Berlin, DE – Marie Antoinette
04-10 Duisburg, DE – Steinbruch
04-12 Aarau, CH – Kiff
04-13 St Gallen, CH – Grabenhalle
04-14 Ravenna, IT – Bronson
04-15 Venezia, IT – Studio 2
04-17 Split, HR – Lab 852
04-18 Ljubljana, SI – Kino Siska
04-19 Rijeka, HR – Klub Palach
04-20 Zagreb, HR – Tvornica Culture
04-21 Belgrade, RS – Gun Club
04-24 Dresden, DE – Beatpol
04-25 Nuremberg, DE – MuZ
04-26 Prague, CR – Meet Factory
04-27 Vienna, AT – Ost Klub
04-28 Linz, AT – Crossing Europe Film Festival

Stay tuned for more tour dates coming soon!

Here are a few videos we want to share with you.

The first is our song 'Damage' being used in the latest video game in the Need for Speed series by EA Games, Need For Speed: The Run:

The second video is a promo for the upcoming season Skins (UK) using our song 'Repatriated'. Thanks to Spidey and Don for sending it to us:

The most recent episode of MTV2's 120 Minutes with Matt Pinfield featured our video for 'Serve the People'. Mr Pinfield even gives us a little introduction too!