Rhapsody celebrated its new DRM-freedom by renting out Hiro and inviting Ben Gibbard to perform an acoustic set. Tough crowd -- I suspect many attended for free MP3tinis -- and I wouldn't say the Death Cab frontman won them over... CONTINUE READING BEN GIBBARD COVERS STARS, RILO KILEY @ HIRO BALLROOM, NYC 6/30/08»
Posted on July 1, 2008 in , (21 comments)
Tags: Ben Gibbard | Death Cab For Cutie | George Jones | Stars
It's been awhile, but in "Bitches In Tokyo," Montreal's Stars dig further into the past, making like 200 Cigarettes, getting glammed for a house party when the parents aren't home. Before the performance begins, we're given documentary-style footage where the... CONTINUE READING NEW STARS VIDEO - "BITCHES IN TOKYO"»
Posted on June 26, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Stars
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy When we arrived Sunday we didn't have to wait in line or battle our way through the parking lots. Not because we're some important VIP's -- there just wasn't anyone there. The crowd... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on April 28, 2008 in (18 comments)
Tags: Booka Shade | Coachella | Gogol Bordello | Holy Fuck | I'm From Barcelona | My Morning Jacket | Pink | Pink Floyd | Roger Waters | Sean Penn | Shout Out Louds | Spiritualized | Stars | Swervedriver
A picture's worth a thousand words, unless you're Stars in which case they're worth a complete video conceit. A couple's earth-toned living room hosts a wall full of frames, and soon their story comes to life via moving pictures. Conveniently,... CONTINUE READING NEW STARS VIDEO - "THE NIGHT STARTS HERE"»
Posted on November 9, 2007 in (10 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Stars | Torquil Campbell
Join Stars for a classic, coming-of-age tale: Bright-eyed 'n' stringy-haired kid takes the bus for his maiden voyage to the big city, where tacky marquees, scraggly old ladies, and pigeon infested sidewalks challenge his "excited," preconceived notions of urban paradise.... CONTINUE READING NEW STARS VIDEO - "TAKE ME TO THE RIOT"»
Posted on August 21, 2007 in (11 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Stars | Torquil Campbell
Score another for bands getting creative with stemming the tides of leakage. Recently, the New Pornographers offered up a cool solution to folks jonesing for an immediate listen to Challengers, bundling select access to a pre-release album stream with each... CONTINUE READING STARS LET US INTO THEIR BEDROOM AFTER THE WAR MONTHS EARLY, TAKE IT ON THE ROAD»
Posted on July 11, 2007 in (13 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Stars | Torquil Campbell
Good news for Stars-gazers young and old: The bellicosity of recent times are over (at least by the Canadian quintet's assessment), and it's time to take stock of the fallout with the band's upcoming LP In Our Bedroom After The... CONTINUE READING NEW STARS - "THE NIGHT STARTS HERE"»
Posted on June 29, 2007 in , (30 comments)
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Torquil, Amy, and the rest of Stars have entrusted the reworking, covering, and remixing of Set Yourself On Fire to a cadre of Canadian artists, yielding Do You Trust Your Friends?, out later this month on Arts & Crafts. Live-fave... CONTINUE READING NEW STARS - "REUNION (JASON COLLETT MIX)"»
Posted on May 1, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Broken Social Scene | Jason Collett | Stars | Torquil Campbell
