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Plus The Good, The Bad, & The Queen; boygenius; Beirut; Beach House; and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 26, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
This week’s Songs of the Week list is a supersized edition, with a Top 12 rather than our regular Top 10. Various new album announcements this week, as well as some excellent albums being released today, resulted in the need to make room for two extra tracks. More
Plus Moonface, Thom Yorke, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 05, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
This week Sharon Van Etten and Moonface announced new albums and their lead singles both made this week’s Songs of the Week list. Joining them are new standalone singles from Julia Jacklin, Jessie Ware, and SOAK, as well as some singles from upcoming albums, and an eight-minute album track. But our #1 this week is a bonus track that probably shouldn’t have been cut from an album released earlier this year. More
This One’s For the Dancer & This One’s For the Dancer’s Bouquet Due Out November 2 on Jagjaguwar
Oct 04, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Moonface (aka Canadian musician Spencer Krug from Wolf Parade, among other bands) has announced a new album, This One’s For the Dancer & This One’s For the Dancer’s Bouquet, and shared its first single, the jazzy “Walk the Circle In the Other Direction.” Krug is calling this his final album under the Moonface moniker and it’s due out November 2 via Jagjaguwar. More
My Best Human Face Out Now on Jagjaguwar
Jun 16, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Moonface (aka Canadian musician Spencer Krug from Wolf Parade, among other bands) has teamed up with Finish band Siinai again for a new album, My Best Human Face, which came out a couple of weeks back on Jagjaguwar. More
My Best Human Face Due Out June 3 on Jagjaguwar
May 19, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Moonface (aka Canadian musician Spencer Krug from Wolf Parade, among other bands) has teamed up with Finish band Siinai again for a new album, My Best Human Face, which is due out June 3 on Jagjaguwar. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Them Call Themselves Old Punks.” Listen below. More
My Best Human Face Out June 3rd via Jagjaguwar
Mar 31, 2016
By Joshua M. Miller
Today Moonface (aka Spencer Krug) and Siinai have announced the June 3rd release of their new album, My Best Human Face, and have shared its first single “Risto’s Riff.” More
Shares Music Video for Title Track
Aug 05, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Canadian musical artist Spencer Krug, a.k.a. Moonface, has announced the forthcoming release of a brand new EP titled City Wrecker. More
Aug 27, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Canadian musical artist Spencer Krug, a.k.a. Moonface, has announced the upcoming release of his newest album, Julia With Blue Jeans On. More
Plus: Receive Snail Mail From the Band
Nov 15, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Things get surreal in the stunning black and white video for “Headed For the Door,” a cut from Moonface’s recently released album, With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery. We’re pleased to host the video premiere. More
Aug 31, 2012
By Christopher Roberts
Moonface (aka Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, and Swan Lake) has released a strange exercise video for “I’m Not the Phoenix Yet.” It’s as if Olivia Newton John’s “Physical” video was all shot in extreme close up. More
Issue also Includes Beach House, Liars, Hot Chip, Sigur Rós, Hot Chip, Father John Misty, Aubrey Plaza, and more
May 26, 2012
By Laura Studarus and Mark Redfern
Under the Radar’s June/July 2012 Issue features Yeasayer on the cover as well as interviews with Beach House, Chromatics, Peaking Lights, M. Ward, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Lower Dens, Soulsavers featuring Dave Gahan, Father John Misty vs. Aubrey Plaza, Sigur Rós, Hot Chip, and others. More
Stevie Nicks Not Included
Apr 10, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Releasing next week With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery, the latest full-length effort of his ongoing Moonface project songwriter Spencer Krug has debuted a stunning music video for the included cut “Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips.” More
Includes Articles on Stephin Merritt, The Rapture, Eleanor Friedberger, My Morning Jacket, Handsome Furs, and more
Aug 04, 2011
By Laura Studarus
The digital version of Under the Radar‘s Summer Issue includes the same articles that appear in the printed version—plus 50 extra pages of editorial content not found in the print version, including extra full page photos, 11 bonus articles, and 13 bonus reviews. While we certainly still encourage you to pick up the print version (on newsstands now), we also recommend checking out the digital version, which is viewable on your iPad, Mac, PC, and Android device. The Summer Issue’s digital version includes exclusive articles on Eleanor Friedberger, Handsome Furs, My Morning Jacket, The Rapture, Twin Sister, Stephin Merritt, and others. Order the digital version of the Summer Issue here or subscribe to the digital version here. More
Issue Also Features Stephen Malkmus vs. Gus Van Sant, M83, The Horrors, Washed Out, Bon Iver vs. Fugazi, WU LYF, Dum Dum Girls, and much more
Jul 28, 2011
By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus
Under the Radar’s Summer 2011 Issue has just hit stands. It features St. Vincent on the cover and includes articles on M83, Bon Iver vs. Fugazi, The Horrors, Washed Out, Stephen Malkmus vs. Gus Van Sant, WU LYF, Dum Dum Girls, Friendly Fires, Memory Tapes, John Maus, Niki & The Dove, Purity Ring, Youth Lagoon, and many others; as well as over 115 reviews. The digital version of the magazine also includes 50 extra pages of bonus content, including articles on My Morning Jacket, The Rapture, Eleanor Friedberger, Handsome Furs, Moonface, Stephin Merritt, Laurel Halo, and more. More
Organ Music not Vibraphone like I'd Hoped Out August 2
Jun 28, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes) has announced the release date of the first solo-full length as Moonface (due August 2 via Jagjaguwar). More
'Organ Music not Vibraphone like I'd Hoped' Due Out Aug. 2
May 20, 2011
By Lauren Barbato
Wolf Parade frontman Spencer Krug will release his solo record, under the moniker Moonface, this summer. And you can expect it to be nothing like Wolf Parade. We have the details. More
Interviews
"You Make Angels...and They Make Monsters"
Jan 03, 2019
By Charles Steinberg
The reasons for art needing the outlier are self-evident but one is worth mentioning when considering Spencer Krug’s solo work. There is great potential in eccentricity. For over a decade of searching from within, and far outwith, under the guises of Sunset Rubdown and Moonface, Krug’s personal departures have given definition to contours of the outer banks of his medium. More
Say Goodbye to Your Feral Days
Oct 07, 2011
By Ben Schumer
Spencer Krug is a restless man who has never been shy about his myriad ambitions or apologized for them. His two bands—Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown—have been parked under “indefinite hiatus” for the foreseeable future. With his two beloved bands on the backburner, Krug is content to let his muse carry him wherever it may go. His perpetual creative momentum has led him to creating the alias Moonface which Krug hopes will help him avoid creative stagnancy. His debut LP as Moonface, Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped, is full of warm, buzzing organ drones, cascading melodic figures, analog beats and loops, but, as the title suggests, no vibraphone. More
Reviews
Nov 02, 2018
By Charles Steinberg
Within the first offering of Spencer Krug’s towering swan song album as Moonface before he moves on with his solo composing sans alias, there is a signature stroke that nods to why he is one of the great musical outliers of this century. More
Oct 08, 2014
By Jim Scott
Spencer Krug’s fifth recording as Moonface, the 5-song EP City Wrecker, continues along the path he walked on 2013’s Julia With Blue Jeans On: it’s simply Krug’s voice and a piano. More
Oct 29, 2013
By Billy Hamilton
A Spencer Krug piano album-it had to happen sometime. In truth, the indie rock canon Krug’s been mining over the past decade always seemed ill-fitting for his spectral croon. His is a voice that demands unfettered attention; one that craves a simple canvas from which to exhale mystical, metaphorical tropes. And somehow you knew the canvas was always going to be the piano. More
Aug 01, 2011
By Hays Davis
When does Spencer Krug have time to grocery shop? During downtime between Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown, the gatherer of no moss is back with his second installment as Moonface. More
Mar 11, 2010
By Jillian Mapes
For a time I was convinced Spencer Krug did not sleep, instead spending his nights tapping away at a Casio keyboard, penning his next great indie rock fantasy. In addition to his role as Sunset Rubdown’s frontman, the Canadian avant-rocker balances responsibilities in Wolf Parade and Swan Lake, as well as a burgeoning solo project deemed Moonface. With the release of Moonface’s Dreamland EP: Marimba and Shit-Drums, there’s musical proof that Krug does, in fact, find the time for shut-eye—and that he dreams quite a bit while doing so. More