STARS the band

Hello all! I know this community is mostly dead, but I'd share some pseudo-Stars news. Torquil Campbell's side project, Dead Child Star, just released a new album titled "Cold Hands, Warm Heart."

You can get it here at the Stars site. Torq tweeted earlier today, "this is a self financed vibe folks. please dont upload to a file sharer for a while, at least until ive sold a couple of hundred copiesxoxox"


Anyway, let me know what you all think of the album if you download it!

Icons! I got inspired to make some recently. Not sure how it took me so long to make some. Oh well.

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Anyone get the new album?

If so, whatcha think?

Wow this community is pretty much dead.

Thought I would add a little something I made to it the other day while listening to Stars.




Your Ex-Lover is Dead by ~FeelingLoved on deviantART

Saw this posted on the Arts & Crafts home page...

"Arts & Crafts would like to formally wish the members of Stars - Amy, Chris, Evan, Patty and Torquil - the very best in their future endeavours as we officially announce our parting of ways. As foreshadowed in past A&C news postings and following in the footsteps of last fall's self-released Sad Robots EP,  Stars are now entering a new chapter of their career and have decided as a group, to move outside of the A&C roster. The band has been a key figure in our collective successes over the past five years and we are grateful and appreciative of our continued friendship.   We know they will continue to make amazing records outside of Arts & Crafts.  At the same time, we look forward to sharing details for albums in the works from Amy Millan and Memphis (Torquil Campbell) which are due for release on Arts & Crafts this fall."


Anybody know what's going on? I haven't been able to find anything. Personally, I hope they just keep self-releasing albums like with Sad Robots and what Metric's been doing. I'm super excited about the new albums coming out later this year! I didn't know Memphis was releasing a new album, I had only heard about Torq's Dead Child Star. 2009 is proving to be a great year for music.

This nearly gave me a heart attack because all I saw was "members of Stars and parting of our ways" before I investigated further. Crisis averted!

Edit: This appears to have been removed from the Arts & Crafts website.

I know this comm's slightly dead, but I have a question!

I'm about to see Stars for the first time in 29 days (not that I'm counting...) and was just wondering if someone could tell me what sort of set list they've been playing since Sad Robot? What I'm likely to hear?

Any help is A+, thank you (:

I can't believe no one has posted this, so I guess I'll take the liberty :)


Are You A Sad Robot?, a new EP from Stars, will be available for download tomorrow from sadrobots.ca. Stars posted a link on their Myspace blog to the website earlier this week with little explanation.

The EP will include 6 songs:

1. Maintenance Hall, 4am
2. A Thread Cut With a Carving Knife
3. Undertow
4. Going, Going, Gone (live)
5. 14 Forever
6. Sad Robot


More info at this link.

Check out the new song the band put up on their myspace page, "Why I Want to Save You"!

http://www.myspace.com/stars


Any thoughts?

After the long 40 title list on the Polaris Music Prize (that gives the award for the best Canadian album), Stars are in the final 10 artists for their album In Our Bedroom After the War. Congrats to them!

The rest of the final ten:

* Black Mountain - In The Future
* Plants And Animals - Parc Avenue
* Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
* Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War
* Caribou - Andorra
* Shad - The Old Prince
* Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
* Two Hours Traffic - Little Jabs
* Holy Fuck - LP
* The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour

I found this article about Amy Millan and New Buffalo (who toured with Stars), and it's their perspective about girls in the music industry. I thought people may be interested in taking a look at it, so here it is. Enjoy.