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Handsome Furs, Iran & The Hundred in the Hands @ Mercury Lounge, NYC - pics

words & photos by Dominick Mastrangelo

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The Handsome Furs played to an enthusiastic, sold-out crowd at the Mercury Lounge on Friday. Dancing and even trivia were on order as the Montreal, husband and wife duo of Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry played in support of their upcoming record Face Control (Sub Pop). Boeckner explained that certain label and publicity folks were uneasy with the band selling copies of their new record in advance (it hits streets on March 10.) So, Boeckner and Perry held rounds of trivia between songs to win a copy of the new cd. Question: Who is Wayne Coyne‘s favorite Montreal band? Correct answer… Arcade Fire.

The Hundred in the Hands and a Kyp Malone-less Iran opened the show. More pictures below…

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Handsome Furs – 2009 Tour Dates
Mar 6 – The Mercury Lounge New York
Mar 12 – Mavericks Ottawa
Mar 13 – Horseshoe Tavern Toronto
Mar 14 – Blind Pig Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mar 15 – Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
Mar 16 – Off Broadway St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 17 – Mojo’s Columbia, Missouri
Mar 19 – SXSW Austin, Texas
Mar 20 – SXSW Insound Party Austin, Texas
Mar 21 – The Loft Dallas, Texas
Mar 23 – Jackpot Lawrence, Kansas
Mar 24 – Slowdown Omaha, Nebraska
Mar 25 – The Aquarium Fargo, North Dakota
Mar 26 – 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 27 – The Maintenance Shop Ames, Iowa
Mar 28 – The Mill Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 30 – Southgate House New Port, Kentucky
Apr 1 – Bug Jar Rochester, New York
Apr 2 – Spark Art Space Syracuse, New York
Apr 3 – Il Motore Montreal, Quebec
Apr 8 – 93 Feet Eat London
Apr 9 – The Farmhouse Canterbury
Apr 10 – Motel Mocique Utrecht
Apr 11 – La Maroquinerie Paris
Apr 12 – Domino Festival Brussels
Apr 14 – Gebaude 9 Cologne
Apr 15 – Molotov Hamburg
Apr 16 – Beatpol Dresden
Apr 17 – Nachtleben Frankfurt
Apr 18 – 59:1 Munich
Apr 19 – Rock Cafe Prague
Apr 20 – Stanica Zilina
Apr 21 – Kset Clubv Zagreb
Apr 22 – Rex Belgrade
Apr 23 – Klub Re Krakow
Apr 24 – Hydrozagadka Warsaw
Apr 25 – Roxy Klaipeda
Apr 26 – Fontaine Palace Liepaja
Apr 27 – Club Depo Riga
Apr 28 – Juuksur Talinn
Apr 29 – Kudes Linja Helsinki
May 1 – Strand Stockholm
May 2 – Garage Bergen
May 6 – Garage Oslo
May 7 – Herrgarn Linkoping
May 8 – Debaser Malmo
May 9 – Vega Copenhagen
May 13 – Bang Bang Club Berlin
May 15 – One day @ Control Bucharest
May 22 – Musicbox Club Lisbon