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Music: Live Review — Stars Shine at Town Hall

Friday, October 19, 2007

Stars — Amy Millan, call me!
Canada’s biggest export these days seems to be the kind of bands Sasha Frere-Jones loves to hate — sincere indie rock that looks to postpunk for inspiration and wouldn’t know a funk beat if it bit them on the ass. So it is with Stars, who were in New York [...]

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Music: New Release Tuesday

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Nellie McKay contemplates her own pinkness
This week’s new releases are headed up by the Foo Fighters, who bring back The Colour and The Shape producer Gil Norton for the poorly named Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace . Sam Beam’s band Iron and Wine open up their sound with The Shepherd’s Dog which features previous collaborators [...]

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Music Review: Stars new album bigger, but is it better?

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Stars: Avril Lavigne wants her tie back
The Canadian band Stars had a major artistic breakthrough with 2004’s Set Yourself on Fire. For their follow-up, In Our Bedroom after the War they have come down with a major case of Summer sequel-itis. Like something out of the Die Hard franchise they have taken all the things [...]

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