Here’s the day-in-the-life-of video for the Handsome Furs’ excellent track “Serve the People” off their 2011 album Sound Kapital. And with it, here’s hoping the duo are touring again soon!

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#30: Fishboy – Classic Creeps MP3: Fishboy – Aaron the Afterthought Astronaut I don’t know which I find more impressive: that this album effortlessly weaves witticisms through incredible melody or that the entire album tells a complexly involved story. It’s easy to be dismissive of some pop records, but labels like “simplistic” just don’t stick [...]

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2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here’s fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]

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We’ve known that the Handsome Furs had enough new songs ready to imply that we’d have a new record in 2011, but it’s good to hear all that confirmed. The Furs’ new album Sound Kapital will be released June 28 on Sub Pop. Here’s a widget to stream/download the new song “What About Us.” Tour [...]

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