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Wolf Parade @ Warsaw, the Download Festival, Tour Dates
Wolf Parade @ Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY - Aug 19, 2007 (CRED)
It felt like forever since I last saw Wolf Parade - it's possible it was. I'm glad though, because everything they played last night at Warsaw sounded so fresh. Actually, a lot of it was. They played a bunch of brand new material that gives me high hopes for their new album (which according to Dan's calculations should be done by now). We also heard all the hits, and everyone was going nuts - lots of energy in the room. I drank one too many Polish beers. Great show.
On Saturday (one day earlier), Wolf Parade played seven songs in a parking lot at 4pm (Dan said "am", but it was "pm") as part of the Download Festival in Boston (a festival that did not sell out). The setlist from that show names five of the new songs. Modest Mouse, Guster, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Apollo Sunshine also played the festival - so did Neko Case, Band of Horses and Bang Camaro.
The next Wolf Parade-related NYC shows are the Sunset Rubdown ones in October. Tickets are on sale. Wolf Parade are in Philly tonight. None of them - not even Handsome Furs - will be back for CMJ. More tour dates, below....
Wolf Parade - 2007 Tour Dates
Mon Aug 20 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
Tue Aug 21 Black Cat Washington, DC
Wed Aug 22 Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
Fri Aug 24 La Sala Rossa Montreal, QC
Sat Aug 25 La Sala Rossa Montreal, QC
Sun Aug 26 La Sala Rossa Montreal, QC
Mon Aug 27 La Sala Rossa Montreal, QC
Sun Sep 2 Download Festival @ Charter Pavillion Chicago, IL
Thu Sep 6 Sugar's Nightclub Victoria, BC Canada
Fri Sep 7 Richard's on Richards Vancouver, BC Canada
Sat Sep 8 Nuemo's Seattle, WA
Sun Sep 9 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
Mon Sep 10 W.O.W. Hall Eugene, OR
Wed Sep 12 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
Thu Sep 13 El Rey Theater Los Angeles, CA
Fri Sep 14 Cane's Ballroom San Diego, CA
Sat Sep 15 Glass House Pomona, CA
Sunset Rubdown - 2007 Tour Dates
10/05 - Montreal, Quebec - Theatre National w/ Black Mountain + Oakley Hall + Lightning Dust
10/07 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
10/08 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/09 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10/10 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
10/11 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
10/12 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
10/13 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
10/15 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
10/16 - Austin, TX - Emo's
10/18 - Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture
10/19 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
10/21 - San Francisco, CA - Independent
10/23 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
10/24 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
10/25 - Vancouver, BC - Plaza Club
10/26 - Victoria, BC - Logans
10/28 - Calgary, Alberta - Broken City
10/29 - Edmonton, Alberta - Velvet Underground
10/30 - Saskatoon, Sask. - Amigos
10/31 - Winnipeg, MB - Royal Albert Arms
11/01 - Fargo, ND - Aquarium
11/02 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
11/03 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
Handsome Furs - 2007 Tour Dates
Sept 16- Echo, Los Angeles CA
Sept 17- Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco CA
Sept 19- Lola's, Portland OR
Sept 20- Crocodile Cafe, Seattle WA
Sept 21- Lucky Bar, Vancouver Canada
Sept 22- Richards on Richards, Vancouver Canada
Oct 5- Whealans, Dublin Ireland
Oct 6- Fly, London United Kingdom
Oct 7- Cactus Club (Belgium), Brugge Belgium
Oct 8- Paradiso, Amsterdam Netherlands
Oct 9- Trix, Antwerp Belgium
Oct 10- Blue Shell, Cologne Denmark
Oct 11- La Fleche, Paris France
Oct 12- La Fleche, Paris France
Oct 13- Apolo, Barcelona Spain
Oct 16- Cri De La Mouette, Toulouse France
Oct 19- Feierwerk, Munich Germany
Oct 20- Szene, Vienna Austria
Oct 21- 007, Prague Czech Republic
Oct 22- Cafe Zapata, Berlin Germany
Oct 23- Knust, Hamburg Germany
Oct 24- Debaser Malmo, Malmo Sweden
Oct 25- Stengade 30, Copenhagen Denmark
Oct 26- Pusterviksbaren, Gothenburg Sweden
Oct 27- Debaser, Stockholm Sweden
Oct 28- Semifinal, Helsinki Finland
Nov 1- IKRA Club, Moscow Russia
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Posted on August 20, 2007 10:34 AM
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Great energy and the new songs are great but the sound was once again pretty bad. The energy from the Wolf Parade and the crowd was good and a the encore was excellent. i enjoyed the opening band, Plants and Animals as well. fun show but bad acoustics....
Posted by jkov | August 20, 2007 10:43 AM
Sooooo pumped for their Philly show tonight!
Hopefully the sound at TLA Theatre on South St will be ok, never been there before...is the venue comparable in size to Bowery? Or is it more like a Webster Hall?
Posted by Eric | August 20, 2007 11:00 AM
We don't meet again BV.
Posted by bumpershine | August 20, 2007 11:13 AM
the show was great. really upset i had to leave before the encore to catch my train back to jersey. can anyone hook me up with the songs played for the encore, or the whole setlist if anyone has it. the new songs were fantastic i thought. really excited about the upcoming album. dan boeckner is the fuckin man.
Posted by noble | August 20, 2007 11:17 AM
Was it just me, or was there noticeable tension between Spencer and Dan last night? The setlist offered an even balance of spotlight between the two, but that didn't stop dan from shooting spence a dirty look ever time the mustachioed one made a comment.
Posted by commanderk | August 20, 2007 11:26 AM
Best damn live indie band out there.
Posted by MDK | August 20, 2007 11:32 AM
I was actually surprised that they seemed to be gettign along really well; they actually are supposed to be fairly tight (despite Dan's frequent comments that he's the "other guy in Wolf Parade"). I think the dirty looks were aimed at the sound folks who had an absolutely brutal night.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2007 11:44 AM
Encore...
This Hearts on Fire
I am a runner...into Fancy Claps
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2007 11:54 AM
man, the new songs are absolutely rubbish as was the fratastic crowd last night.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2007 12:16 PM
Ah, 12:16... how I was hoping someone would post something with the word "frat" in a snarky response to this show.
I won't even begin to venture a guess as to what "kind" of person you are, but the categorizing of people that attend indie shows is the lamest form of commentary I can think of. Whether the a kid is "fratty" and has a polo shirt and hat on, or is (as I'd imagine you are) some loser who's convinced himself that having a haircut that would make his father ashamed is SOOO UNIQUE, everyone's got ears. Chances are, the fratty dude dances more than you do, anyway; you probably couldn't see him too well through your bangs.
Get over it. Everyone likes music.
Posted by StopCrying | August 20, 2007 12:35 PM
"man, the new songs are absolutely rubbish as was the fratastic crowd last night."
Already too cool for Wolf Parade I see...new songs sounded great if you ask me. Sorry the crowd wasn't "indie" enough or whatever for you. I'll take a frat boy over your holier than thou hipster ass.
Posted by CN | August 20, 2007 12:37 PM
it was interesting in that the new songs seemed clearly to be either very Dan or very Spencer written/driven songs - and while the new material lacked the more cohesive Wolf Parade spirit of the original songs - the new stuff really shone in a more fleshed out way - whether it be shorter poppier Dan driven songs or epic 12 minute Spencer overtures. Great stuff though - can't wait to see how it turns out in the studio.
The Sunset Rubdown LP is one of the best of the year.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2007 12:37 PM
thanks bv for the link to the site...i thought the new stuff was incredible...it sounded so tight...this was their 3rd show of the tour and it didn't seem like it at all...can't wait for this abum...and i have to agree with 12:37 that the new sunset rubdown is damn good!
Posted by maria | August 20, 2007 12:47 PM
as previously mentioned, wolf parade sounded awesome. can't wait to hear the new album, heard some interesting influences in there - lots of 80s, a little bit of prog, i swear there was even a fleetwood mac-y part.
they even made the terrible audio at warsaw sound good. i mean seriously, i like reverb as much as the next guy, but i don't want to listen to the echo of a rock show.
the audience was really into clapping to the beat.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2007 12:55 PM
last night's show RAWWWKED warsaw. everything about it was incredible - the new songs, the old songs, the crowd's energy, spencer's mustache. the new album is going to rule 2008 - i cant wait to throw it on at my frat's christmas formal and do a 12-minute kegstand to the new 12-minute song!
Posted by fratastica | August 20, 2007 1:00 PM
I am totally going to make my pledges learn all the lyrics....VERBATIM of course...or else they'll have to do hella amounts of push ups, bra!!!!
Posted by D | August 20, 2007 1:56 PM
yes it was amazing. but what? they didn't play all their hits. they didn't play MODERN WORLD and that was just cruel.
Posted by cashew | August 20, 2007 3:41 PM
Did anyone catch the name of the skinny kid who was on for about 20 minutes?
Posted by Eric | August 20, 2007 3:54 PM
show was great. 7 new songs were great. they're still killing it.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2007 7:22 PM
Yeah, who was the guy who came out, screwed around on his MacBook for 20 minutes playing noises and half-singing in French and English, then nonchalantly walked off?
Posted by Eugene | August 20, 2007 8:22 PM
That was me. I saw an opportunity to get onstage and I took it. Gave the polish security $20 and he let me run with it. Just me and my ibook. Now I can say that I opened up for Wolf Parade and I totally killed that night.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2007 9:10 PM
the crowd WAS littered with first year ibankers and it was VERY EMBARRASSING for everyone. Wolf Parade sounded great, a lot better than when I saw them at some NYU auditorium two years ago.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2007 10:24 PM
the kid that opened is called Noot...
www.myspace.com/noot
Posted by maria | August 21, 2007 12:15 AM
wasn't there a band before Wolf Parade, not just somebody with a computer? Who were they?
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2007 8:17 AM
"the crowd WAS littered with first year ibankers and it was VERY EMBARRASSING for everyone. Wolf Parade sounded great, a lot better than when I saw them at some NYU auditorium two years ago."
I must have missed something here. Why exactly was everyone embarassed? Again, I'll take a first year investment banker over some putz who complains about the crowd in a blog the next day.
Posted by CN | August 21, 2007 8:38 AM
Is there some rule prohibiting people with jobs that are not "in the industry" from liking music? From what I remember, my interest, taste, etc... was mostly developed while in high school or college, long before I realized that I also didn't mind being employed and being able to pay rent on my own.
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2007 9:00 AM
I work in a record store and i hate it when these investment bankers want me to tell them what to listen to and tell them what to wear.
I don't go to their job and ask them which gold-digging princess i should marry.
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2007 9:07 AM
"I work in a record store and i hate it when these investment bankers want me to tell them what to listen to and tell them what to wear.
I don't go to their job and ask them which gold-digging princess i should marry."
Quit accepting their business then if it bothers you so much. And I would bet $1000 that they don't ask you what they should wear. But I guess it sounds better to say when you are trying to rant. Get over yourself.
Posted by CN | August 21, 2007 9:23 AM
Easiest $1000 i would make.
Maybe I should tell you what to wear, parading around in that gimp outfit like that.
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2007 9:33 AM
so wait....my taste in music is as good as yours, but I have more money, a bright future, and a nicer apartment? Yeah, I'll take that.
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2007 9:46 AM
Oh, boy. I'm almost HUNGRY for someone to counter with a "Mommy/Daddy" comment. It would really be the perfect cliche ingredient to this idea that as a hipster, all involved are above conformity. Laughable.
Posted by StopCrying | August 21, 2007 11:41 AM
"Mommy"? "Daddy"? No we're not too interested in what you scream out in the bedroom.
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2007 11:48 AM
Ba-Zing, 11:48!!!
That comment would lead me to ask that you not wake your own Mommy and Daddy up when you get in tonight.
Posted by StopCrying | August 21, 2007 12:07 PM
Ok, now that we know you are being led somewhere, does your slave master also require you to wear a leash and chain?
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2007 1:38 PM
Since you're being led around does your slave master make you wear a leash and chain?
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2007 1:41 PM
Since you're being led around does your slave master make you wear a leash and chain?
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2007 1:42 PM
Come on, people! A couple more comments on the master/slave dialectic, and then from Hegel to Nietzche, and we'll be back to Beethoven in no time!
You know, anon 9:07, I doubt a gold-digging princess would marry you. Unless, of course, you "work" in a record store, but most of your income comes from a trust fun...
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2007 1:55 PM
download it at snakesgotablog.blogspot.com
Posted by james | August 21, 2007 9:15 PM
NYC is ruined forever
Posted by Anonymous | August 21, 2007 10:15 PM
The band that was on before Wolf Parade was "Plants and Animals"...
Posted by Canada | August 26, 2007 4:08 PM
from me to you:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JK97CMCV
Cat's cradle, Carrboro, NC 8.22.07
Setlist:
Its a curse
call it a ritual
language city
dear sons and daughters of hungry ghosts
what you know can only mean one thing
you will remember me most by my funeral
shine a light
on the radio
we built another world
fine young cannibals
i'll believe in anything
i wish you wouldn't cry
encore:
this hearts on fire
you are a runner and i am my father's son
fancy claps
Posted by meat omnibus | August 26, 2007 4:56 PM
thank you meat omnibus!
Posted by didn't get to attend | August 26, 2007 6:27 PM
Anyone have any Plants and Animals albums/mp3s they can up? Much appreciated.
Posted by Anonymous | September 5, 2007 1:50 AM