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Swan Lake — Enemy Mine

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) March 26, 2009 11:55 am
Swan Lake's second record is more of a group effort than Beast Moans, the indie supergroup's debut. While that record was more a sum-of-its-parts affair, Enemy Mine is more cohesive. There are still no shared writing credits on any of the album's nine tracks, but you get the impression that the trio — Frog Eyes' Carey Mercer, Wolf Parade's...
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Swan Lake — Beast Moans

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) November 21, 2006 11:13 am
In the never-ending debate about what makes a supergroup, I'll say this: it's one thing when your band's super players are people like Nathan Larson and Emm Gryner; it's something else entirely when they're Destroyer's Dan Bejar, Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug and Frog Eyes' Carey Mercer. The three composers who've combined to form Swan Lake are true...
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Sunset Rubdown Are Totally Poopy

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By CHARTattack Staff June 3, 2010 2:09 pm
If idle hands are the Devil's tools, then offhand comments are to music writers what idle hands are to the Devil. And that means when Dragonslayer is playing on the office stereo and someone goes, "Sunset Rubdown, more like Sunset Turddown" the eventual result is this: Sunset Turddown Sunset Turd Sunset Poop Patrol Sunset Poop-In-...
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Spencer Krug's Moonface Solo EP Available For Free Download

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 16, 2009 5:08 pm
Even Amazon is capable of leaking albums these days. So Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown and Swan Lake member Spencer Krug has pre-empted the leak of his solo EP under the Moonface moniker by making it available for free download. Dreamland EP: Marimba And Shit-Drums is not in stores until Jan. 26, but Krug put it on the internet on Wednesday (Dec. 16...
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Spencer Krug Is Moonface

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 23, 2009 11:33 am
Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown and Swan Lake member Spencer Krug will release a solo EP as Moonface on Jan. 29 through Jagjaguwar. The Dreamland EP: Marimba And Shit-Drums will be available digitally and on one-sided 12-inch vinyl. It will also contain a "dream journal," which is where Krug reportedly got all the ideas for the songs. No...
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Swan Lake Aren't Book Nerds

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By Jen Zoratti (CHARTattack) April 9, 2009 4:02 pm
Swan Lake — the ethereal, off-kilter brainchild of Canadian indie rock bards Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown), Dan Bejar (Destroyer, The New Pornographers) and Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Blackout Beach) — are something of an acquired taste. The group are either absolutely beloved (lauded for being musical innovators and noted for their...
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Pumping: Swan Lake — Beast Moans

Submitted by The Stereo on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 1:38pm
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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) January 23, 2009 1:38 pm
I know music critics are all supposed to blindly love this band, but listening to this record mostly just makes me dizzy. Maybe I need a flu shot. 
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Pumping: Swan Lake — Enemy Mine

Submitted by The Stereo on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 12:25pm
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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) January 7, 2009 12:25 pm
I think that dude from Frog Eyes is an enemy to my ears.
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Swan Lake Ready Enemy Mine

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 6, 2009 4:59 pm
Dan Bejar and Spencer Krug are already busy enough with their several other bands, but they'll become even busier when Swan Lake — the indie rock supergroup they're in with Carey Mercer — issue their long-awaited sophomore album. The nine-song Enemy Mine will be released on March 24 through Jagjaguwar. It was recorded in Victoria last year and...
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Swan Lake Are More Super Than Most

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) December 1, 2006 5:30 pm
The way Carey Mercer describes it, there might not even have been a Swan Lake record if they'd done the whole thing at Wolf Parade member Dante DeCaro's studio. The cottage space on Shawnigan Lake, B.C. was used for only a few days of recording for Beast Moans, the debut LP from the indie supergroup also featuring Detroyer's Dan Bejar and Wolf...
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Swan Lake Throw Their Hat Into The Supergroup Ring

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) August 1, 2006 5:00 pm
In yet another attempt by Canadian musicians to drain all meaning from the word "supergroup," Dan Bejar, Spencer Krug and Carey Mercer have joined together to create Swan Lake. The trio are currently putting the finishing touches on their first album, Beast Moans, in preparation for a November 21 release on Jagjaguwar. For Bejar,...
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