File this under “Wow, that sucks”:LOS ANGELES, April 30, 2009 - The Dears’ tour bus was stolen last night (ed: 4/29/09) in Montreal as the band was home packing for their six-week North American tour. The coach was taken from the parking lot of the Comfort Inn at 700 Blvd. in St. Jean, Pointe-Claire while [...]
I get skittish leaving my car on while I sigh at our local Redbox machine. But The Dears — the poor Dears — had their tour bus stolen while their driver slumbered in a Montreal Comfort Inn the morning before their tour was to start. The nerve! Since the band was packing at home, luckily no equipmment was actually stowed on the van. And guess what: The Dears gave the whole situation the middle
To mark the start of their tour in support of latest album Missiles, The Dears are releasing a b-side or unreleased track every week For the world’s general enjoyment. The first track, “Halfmast” was released on Tuesday, and here’s what head Dear Murray Lightburn has to say about it: “For whatever reason the clock ran [...]
Great Northern have announced that they will be touring with The Dears in support of their fantastic new album Remind Me Where the Light Is, available April 28th on Eenie Meenie. The duo of Solon Bixler and Rachel Stolte talk about the difference in the new record in comparison to their critically acclaimed Trading Twilight [...]
Creating what may be the greatest thing in Canadian indie rock tours that we've seen in a pretty overwhelmingly long time, even if the openers Eulogies are from LA, The Dears will be joined by Great Northern (whose excellent sophomore...
photo: Liam Maloney A few weeks ago on on www.thedears.org , Murray Lightburn posted an email exchange between he and a friend about the fact that the new album from The Dears , Missiles , leaked to the internet. It was a pretty straightforward three email exchange that sums up the situation of these modern times: "Albums get made, then they get leaked, then they get released. Oh well." "...
Today the infamous Canadian rock outfit, The Dears, release Missiles, their forth LP via Dangerbird Records. Missiles is a decadent array of Costello-style ballads (Dream Job is a favorite of mine) and beastly sonic pop rock. Though the line up of The Dears seems to change every so often (there's only two original members for [...]
myspace It's no secret that The Dears have had a rough road trying to follow up on the success of Gang of Losers . A label change (from Arts & Crafts to Dangerbird) and even in a band that adds and drops members constantly, a huge shift in personnel. Murray Lightburn decided that it would be better to move in a new direction - one that ultimately only involved him and his wife (Natalia) and n...
I bought this cd off itunes last week just on a hunch cause I had heard off them before but didn't really give them any thought. So after listening to the album I am very happy that I did cause this is a great album and i've been listening to non stop since, i can't get enough of it! To anybody that hasn't heard it, get it. some favorite tracks so far are Ballad of Human Kindness, Ticket to I...
There's an article in the New York Times on the show The Dears gave at Webster Hall (Jan. 19). Go tohttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/arts/music/23annu.html?ref=music
From Logan's Run to Star Trek and onward to dystopian videos from his own band The Dears, Murray Lightburn is a sci-fi freak with a neuromantic streak. And while his postmodern soul and blues may skew too confessional to dispassionate...
A few days ago we posted a review of The Dears newest album Missiles. They've recently put out a new video for the outstanding first single off of that album, "Money Babies", which features a bleak outlook into the future (possibly). You tell me… mp3: The Dears - Money Babies If you liked this post, check these [...]
THE DEARS on MySPACE . From the LP NO CITIES LEFT , 2004 >>> [ MP3 ] "Who Are You, Defenders of the Universe" [ MP3 ] "Warm and Sunny Days" From the LP GANG OF LOSERS , 2006 >>> [ MP3 ] "Whites Only Party" [ MP3 ] "Hate Then Love"
Today the infamous Canadian rock outfit, The Dears, release Missiles, their forth LP via Dangerbird Records. Missiles is a decadent array of Costello-style ballads (Dream Job is a favorite of mine) and beastly sonic pop rock. Though the line up of The Dears seems to change every so often (there's only two original members for [...]
From The Dears' myspace:Meltdown in A Major This could have been a message saying that The Dears is over.Instead:Almost 10 years ago, The Dears made a ghetto little record called "End of A Hollywood Bedtime Story." We were a four piece back then until two dudes split right after we finished making it, leaving just me and Natalia. I called up a few people and within a month we were resurrected a...