Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Grimes - "Vanessa" (MP3) After a failed stint with Handsome Furs (damn you visa issues!) Grimes is ready to head back to the US with an even more coveted slot, opening all Lykke Li dates in May. Tickets are... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Yep, it's yet another boy-girl duo. But before you write Dag För Dag off for being one of today's musical clichés, give 'Boxed Up In Pine' a digital spin, after the jump. This American-Swedish brother-sister combo have toured with acts including... more info

Music For Ants — Dan Boeckner’s work with Wolf Parade has produced some of my favorite songs of the last decade, from “This Heart’s on Fire”, “Modern World”, “Language City” to last year’s masterful “Yulia”. For some reason though, I’ve never ... more info

Stereogum — “What About Us” is the first public sample of Handsome Furs’ forthcoming Sound Kapital. As you likely noticed, Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry are still using their promo photos to remind us they’re happily married (though here, oddly, they are... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Grimes - "Vanessa" (MP3) Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) will accompany power-couple/canucks Handsome Furs on a handful of dates along the east coast this week. Those dates include Thursday's Brooklyn show at the Bell House which was sold out b... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Handsome Furs at Bowery (more by Alex Reside) As the Wolf Parade fansite reports, Handsome Furs are going on a short April tour "as a lead up to the eventual release of their as of yet untitled 3rd record." The... more info

melophobe — No downloads yet, but there’s a handful of video evidence that Handsome Furs are poised to release a new album in 2011. They’ve beat the sophomore slump and now it’s time for the tertiary terror. Watch and listen to four new songs from the past... more info

Stereogum — Wolf Parade’s Scott Coffey-directed video for EXPO 86 rocker “Yulia” features an astronaut love story that feels like a nod to Sub Pop labelmates of the past, the Postal Service. (Coffey’s the guy who did the zombie love story for Handsome Fu... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-06 Mexico City, Mexico - Yautepec Gallery08-07 Monterrey, Mexico - Garage08-08 Guadalajara, Mexico - Estándar08-12 Daegu, South Korea - Guess *08-13 Seoul, South Korea - V-Hall *08-14 Busan, South Korea - Vinyl Underground *08-20 Shanghai, China ... more info

Stereogum — Wolf Parade feels like a supergroup because it’s easy to forget it was this project that initially shined an extra light on Sunset Rubdown, Handsome Furs, Swan Lake, etc. I mean, for people with short memories. At some point the guys paused from st... more info