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...
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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...
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Now Denial, Serious Geniuses, Young Livers, Josh's New Band @ Abbey Lounge White Shoe Brown Shoe, Endozo, Evan Anderson @ TT the Bear's Po' Girl @ Club Passim THE SPANISH CHANNEL @ Harper's Ferry 3rd Left, Full Service, Riki Rock Steady @ Middle East upstairs The Egg, The Indobox @ Middle East downstairs The Dears, Eulogies, The Wandas [...]
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Returning on October 20, Murray Lightburn and his mob of Montreal miserablists The Dears have announced the release of their fourth record, Missles~~
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Married couple and recent parents Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak are the only surviving members of The Dears as it was before recording sessions for third album Missiles began. We ask: what happened?
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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
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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...
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If all of MOG jumped off a cliff.....well I certainly wouldn't follow as I have an extreme fear of falling. I would be willing to share a bit more about me though.First, my name really is Mimi. It's not a nickname and it's not short for something else. I am named after my great-grandmother, Mimi Gay. It took a while, but I grew to love my name and I usually go by my full name. This goes ba...
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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 [...]
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The Dears’ Murray Lightburn is the only person I’ve ever seen play a keytar without looking like a total fucking idiot. For that, I will always appreciate him (ALWAYS!).There’s no keytar-playing in this video, although it does make an appearance in the background. For the first 10 minutes or so, it’s just Lightburn singing [...]
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The Dears Myspace page details a hectic past year for the group which included band members leaving and coming back, problems with releasing an album that has been completed since April and so on. You can read about it below. But they have put up some new song clips from the album on their myspace [...]~~
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