What happens when you throw three of indie rock's most eccentric songwriters together in a remote cabin on Vancouver Island -- with only guitars and mics for amusement and the nearest bar over a dangerous mountain pass? Swan Lake, that's what."Swan Lake is Daniel Bejar from Destroyer, Carey Mercer from Frog Eyes and Spencer Krug from Wolf Eyes and Sunset Rubdown, a sort of Canadian indie all-star
In the category of musician collectives and geographically centered side projects, our brethren to the north seem to have the US beat. With the successes of Broken Social Scene and the New Pornographers already in the country's back pocket, soon arrived the additional folklore that surrounds city centres such as Montreal. A city where casual musician friends show up at a venue to play an improm...
As previously reported, Swan Lake will be releasing their new album Enemy Mine on March 24th.Now the band, comprised of New Pornographer Dan Bejar, Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug, and Frog Eyes' Carey Mercer, have made three tracks available for free download.Get your copies of the MP3s here:Spanish Gold, 2044- MP3A Hand at Dusk- MP3Spider- MP3Swan Lake's Myspace
Swan Lake, comprised of Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown), Dan Bejar (New Pornographers/Destroyer) and Cary Mercer (Frog Eyes), will be releasing their second album Enemy Mine on March 24. Snakes Got a Blog tipped me off, as well as informed us that the cover album is something Mercer picked up as a painting for $25 [...]
My television was muted the other day, and there were two giraffes fighting. To do so, they were swinging their necks about all fancy-crazy and bashing each other. One of the giraffes eventually was vanquished and fell down, and then my little sister came and turned on Hannah Montana and I do not know if giraffes can get back up after falling down and hell if this is not disturbing me as know...
SIDE A1. Pomegranates - Corriander2. Swan Lake - Spanish Gold, 20443. Here We Go Magic - Tunnelvision4. The Veils - Killed By The Boom5. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Seven-Mile Island6. Laura Gibson - Spirited7. Pree - In The ParlorSIDE B1. Papercuts - Future Primitive2. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career3. Caroline Weeks - Elegy4. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Four Night Rider5. In-Flight Saf...
Swan Lake's second album Enemy Mine is a dense, satisfying listen. If you've heard no more than the previously 'Gum Dropped Carey Mercer-penned opener "Spanish Gold, 2044," you've already heard no less than the album's best single song. The "supergro...
Every wednesday I get The Gum Drop. Its a subscriber-based newsletter from Stereogum that sends out the latest news on their site, including a link to download a featured mp3. Recent features include Swan Lake, Great Lake Swimmers, Marissa Nadler. Today, I got a song called ‘Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh‘ by [...]
Swan Lake's second album Enemy Mine is a dense, satisfying listen. If you've heard no more than the previously 'Gum Dropped Carey Mercer-penned opener "Spanish Gold, 2044," you've already heard no less than the album's best single song. The "supergro...
