Said the Gramophone — Wild Beasts - "All the King's Men". They're in like a pack of rats, handsome and gray. They weave between the glitter-balls, stalk up and down the bar. They slip a gift into every girl's pocket; flower-petals, pills, heavy gold coins. They never w... more info

Culture Bully — While Spencer Krug's work with the über-hyped Wolf Parade might have garnered him some of his initial notoriety, I would contend that Dragonslayer, the new record released by his Sunset Rubdown project, might just vault him into the musical strato... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Between the Notes, Canada It's difficult to imagine Montreal's Anglo music scene sans Arcade Fire. Before them, the bilingual city's English-language musical legacy consisted primarily of '80s relics Men Without Hats and Corey Hart, alt... more info

Rolling Stone — The Band: Sunset Rubdown The Buzz: A side project of Spencer Krug from the equally buzzy Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown write weird, wobbly rock songs that turn classic rock inside-out, writing big, guitar-driven songs full of y... more info

JamBase — ISLANDS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM - VAPOURS ANTI- TO RELEASE MONTREAL BAND'S THIRD STUDIO ALBUM ON SEPTEMBER 22 Islands After the polymorphous pop band, Islands emerged from the thriving Montreal music scene with their 2006 debut Return to the Sea... more info

Rock Sellout — Behind the Music Well, firstly, apparently Spencer Krug is the busiest man in the biz, but then again so was Dave Grohl back in the day and who really care’s who’s been a bizzy, bizzy bee with so many admittedly fascinating collectives ... more info

Said the Gramophone — Drake ft. R. Kelly - "Best I Ever Had (Skeemix)". Ralph heard the song in the car. Clouds were skating across the blue sky and he was switching between stations, search, search, and as he went into a left turn -- this. "You the fucking best. You the ... more info

Quick Before It Melts — This past week, my 9 month old nephew, Spencer (you may remeber him from such posts as this one), finally learned to crawl.  It came with no tears, lots of baby grunting, and a certain aversion to actually mastering that fundamental formula of mot... more info

JamBase — By: Brian Gearing Handsome Furs are a duo - husband Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and wife Alexei Perry - so physics would dictate that they create music in recorded bits and discovered pieces, making Face Control (released March 10 on Sub Pop), tec... more info

Stereogum — When discussing a new Sunset Rubdown album it's become pretty cliché to list everything Spencer Krug's recently accomplished, but his output remains as prolific as each release is monumental, so it does remains an important piece of the story. Sin... more info