Mr. Andrew Bird, whose own show at the Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland is slowly creeping up on April 7, gets to be the poster boy for Speed of the Pittsburgh Sound’s new, spiffier, more comprehensive concert calendar for April and May that has just been posted (and because I’m in a fairly euphoric mood [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Handsome Furs’
February 13, 2009
Handsome Furs Set “Glitch” on Fire
Damned if Dan Boeckner and wife Alexei Perry aren’t determined to make their modest two-piece outfit, Handsome Furs, sound like a shit-thrilling orchestra of sorts. Listening to their music, I find myself easily imagining these two lovers patiently piecing together elegies of a forgotten natural world as they watch their hated “city” burn, smolder, and [...]
