Artist: Stars Album: Sad Robots EP Release Date: 01/09/08 Label: Arts & Crafts Link: www.myspace.com/stars Stars seem to be one of those bands that are so unassuming that you could be forgiven for letting them leave your radar but yet they still manage to create music so other-worldly and magnificent that it's hard to justify why they're not as big as [...]
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It's already starting to get cold - this is all happening so soon! But winter means a new wardrobe, so I guess there's a plus to everything. Not a ton of new music, but whatevs, I can deal.***songs of the week #7 1. A Thread Cut With A Carving Knife - Stars (A standout track from Stars ' new EP) 2. Distant Street Lights - Codes In The Clouds (Electronica #1) 3. Kitsch - Rival Consoles (Electro...
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Truer words were never spoken. I can't tell you all how liberated I feel. Knowing that in like 2 months I am taking the first real risk of my life. It took me so long to get over the fear of other people's perceptions. I spent far too many years trying to fit into some sort of model that wasn't me. A business casual job, relationshiops that I knew wouldn't make me happy, but I stayed in regard...
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My 8 year old daughter, Bella had career day at school today. When I was a kid, career day meant parents came in and talked at the kids about what they did for a living...boring. It's different for her 2nd grade class. Career day is where the kids dress up like what they want to be when they are grown.Bella doesn't want to be an astronaut or a doctor...oh, no. She wants to be a rock star. ...
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This was going to be my first time seeing Stars and the anticipation was wearing me out. Seriously, all day at work all I could think about were all the Amy Millan and Torquil Campbell duets I was going to hear that night. It's pretty safe to say that I wasn't going to be disappointed. The only concern of the night was WHERE THE HECK I WAS GOING TO FIND PARKING???Snagged a spot about 6 block...
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Canadian five piece rock group Stars will release their fourth album, ??In Our Bedroom After The War?? via Arts&Crafts. Stars' Millan, Cranley and Campbell are also members of the indie band Broken Social Scene, with whom they currently share the Arts&Crafts record label. The album was recorded at the Warehouse Studios in Vancouver, BC and was mixed by Joe Chiccarelli (Morrissey, The Shins, The...
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September 25! September 25th! That is the date Arts & Crafts will release "In Our Bedroom After the War" the new Stars record.Here is the first take on the new digs! I listened to it once. I was soso on it. Maybe it will grow on me. I love the last two Stars records, I have included a vid of Your Ex-Lover is Dead off the last record Set Yourself on Fire.Links:http://www.arts-crafts.ca/stars/htt...
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My last post attempt got erased due to an inadvertent browser backtracking attempt. Even so, I felt this commentary was interesting enough to rewrite - in shorter form of course (because of course I was this close to posting it when I lost it ---> i i).I'd like to pose the question of band reunions - when is timing essential for a band to reform? Can you come back after being away for on...
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see what i did there?im really feeling this. you should too. :)canadian poppers: Stars
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He taps upon the glass when I'm asleep, so now I keep my window closed at nightS.O.S. in morse code when the wind blows, he is waiting for his moment to be right
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Talented people befriend talented people. This is the concept for the new Stars 'tribute' album 'Do You Trust Your Friends?'The disc features the famous friends of the Canadian band covering their favorite songs....I don't love all of these interpretations, but a lot of them...a must have if you are a big Stars fan.Track Listing1. Your Ex-Lover is Dead (Final Fantasy remix) 2. Set Yourself on ...
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I am getting pretty excited to see Stars with Lloyd Cole supporting. I have mixed feelings about the new record however. I've only been able to listen to it a couple of times, but I seem to like "Set Yourself on Fire" and "Heart" a bit better. I have 2 days to get the new record in my system, but there is so much music I am listening to right now that I can't neglect...and on that list:1. A...
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I was talking with a friend of mine at a record label today, and asked him to turn me on to a few bands that were new and exciting. He named 5 acts of various genres, and I spent all day listening to them on Rhapsody. They've all got full length albums out.I heard a lot of style, atmosphere, dynamics, color in the music of all the bands. None of them "sucked". But honestly, what I didn't hear, ...
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This song is one of the highlights off the new Stars "Sad Robots" EP. This has been out since September, and you can get it on EMusic.Love this band -- I guess they are more popular in Canada than the U.S.Test out the whole EP here.http://www.sadrobots.ca/
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One of those bands forever tied to a past relationship, and what sounds like a great new EP.
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