The Juno-winning New Wave songstress turns 'em on

“I would personally not play than to have people sitting there quietly judging me,” asserts Dan Boeckner, one half of the effervescent duo, the Handsome Furs. There is a brief pause, and he smiles. “Maybe it’s because I’m not really good at playing guitar.” Boeckner, and his counterpart, Alexei Perry are a driving force to be reckoned with. They have strong feelings of how a band should comport themselves, and holier-than-though temperament and ostentatious judgment isn’t talent.