Stars @ Pop Montreal 2002

ChartAttack staff swarmed the Pop Montreal festival last weekend. Here are some of the highlights:

In case you didn't know that Montreal's Stars have pumped up the "synth" portion of their synth-pop to join the new new wave movement, the foursome appeared in skinny ties surrounded by a bank of keyboards. But their half-hour set left doubts as to whether the cold electro was sincere or sarcastic. The crowd at the gorgeous Rialto Theatre came appropriately dressed in late-disco style hair and apparel, but seemed more keen on awaiting headliners The Dears. Only for the last selection, a more dissonant jam with pals Broken Social Scene, did Stars really seem lost in the music more than the presentation.