Handsome Furs » DISPATCH http://handsomefurs.com Montreal Band Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:16:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Now Next http://handsomefurs.com/new-now-next/ http://handsomefurs.com/new-now-next/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:16:25 +0000 maria http://handsomefurs.com/?p=1424 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!

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

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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!

]]> http://handsomefurs.com/european-tour-dates/feed/ 0 Videos http://handsomefurs.com/videos/ http://handsomefurs.com/videos/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:26:55 +0000 maria http://handsomefurs.com/?p=1392 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:

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]]> http://handsomefurs.com/mtv2s-120-minutes-with-matt-pinfield/feed/ 0 West Coast http://handsomefurs.com/west-coast/ http://handsomefurs.com/west-coast/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:20:43 +0000 maria http://handsomefurs.com/?p=1368 Super excited to be playing our first shows of 2012 next week!! See you there! 

01-14 Mammoth, CA – Hyde Lounge
01-15 Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
01-16 Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
01-17 Santa Barbara, CA – Soho Restaurant and Club
01-18 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom

]]> http://handsomefurs.com/west-coast/feed/ 2 Polaris Music Prize Record Salon http://handsomefurs.com/polaris-music-prize-record-salon/ http://handsomefurs.com/polaris-music-prize-record-salon/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:30:49 +0000 maria http://handsomefurs.com/?p=1374

We have been invited by the Polaris Music Prize to do a Record Salon at the Drake Hotel in Toronto on January 11th. Here's some more information on the free event.
Please RSVP at the Polaris Prize Facebook page.

ClarityOne Earbuds presents

Polaris Music Prize Record Salon featuring Handsome Furs

Wednesday, January 11 2012

Drake Hotel
1150 Queen West
Toronto
Doors @ 7:30
8:00 pm Start
FREE EVENT

Monthly, a Polaris jury member presents a recording currently under consideration for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize. This month, Polaris presents "Sound Kapital" by HANDSOME FURS

The program features a live interview with Dan and Alexei from the band followed by a listening session of the album and special giveaways courtesy of ClarityOne Earbuds www.clarityoneaudio.com

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Side Effect – Myanmar – visit www.indiegogo.com/SideEffectMyanmar to help us continue to make music! from Side Effect Myanmar on Vimeo.

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National Public Radio (NPR) in the US has listed Sound Kapital for consideration in their annual readers poll. You can vote for us at NPR.org. Voting will remain open until 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, December 13.

]]> http://handsomefurs.com/your-album-of-the-year/feed/ 0 Bucharest show cancelled http://handsomefurs.com/bucharest-show-cancelled/ http://handsomefurs.com/bucharest-show-cancelled/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:48:05 +0000 maria http://handsomefurs.com/?p=1357 Due to a series of very unfortunate events, we are unable to make it to Bucharest tonight. Everyone in this beloved city knows that we feel they are family so I cannot express how deeply sad we are not to be there. We love you immensely. To those in Cluj-Napoca, we will see you tomorrow… And we cannot wait.

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