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Amy Millan — "Bury This"

A woman unfortunately finds out via text message that her boyfriend is cheating on her (Rihanna is upset somewhere) in the clip for Amy Millan's "Bury This." What results is broken glasses in slow motion, bloody hands and a confrontation. "Bury This" can be found on the recently released Masters Of The Burial.
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Amy Millan — Masters Of The Burial

Stars and Broken Social Scene member Amy Millan has released yet another country-tinged album in Masters Of The Burial, the follow-up to her 2006 Honey From The Tombs debut. That record was a whiskey-soaked paean to sadness, while Masters Of The Burial is like the next morning's hangover, which might be why it comes across as slightly confused...
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CHARTtrack: Amy Millan's "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" (Death Cab For Cutie Cover)

Amy Millan's countrified cover of Death Cab For Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" can be found on her sophomore solo release, Masters Of The Burial, which is in stores now.
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Amy Millan @ NXNE 2006

Hometown: Toronto, ON Background/Composition: After an underwhelming stripped-down performance at Reverb the night before, Stars frontwoman Amy Millan called out a menacing posse to give her new country-tinged solo album justice. Grade: 76 Comment: Backed by Paso Mino, Dan and Jenny Whitely and enough other...
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Amy Millan — Honey From The Tombs

Free from the upscale sound of Stars and the atmospheric vibe of Broken Social Scene, Amy Millan uses her debut solo album to expose her big country heart. Honey From The Tombs is by no means a purist country album, but Millan's songs carry a rootsy down-home feel and deal with heartbreaking subject matter like lost loves and hard drinking....
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Amy Millan — Honey From The Tombs

I Read The News Today... For Sept. 17, 2010

Apparently one member of the Stars has impregnated another member of the Stars and it involves some combination of Amy Millan and Evan Cranley. To celebrate they're offering two song downloads. —StarsMeanwhile, in extended Stars family news, Young Galaxy have announced their next album will come out in spring '11 through Paper Bag and their...
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Amy Millan, Simple Plan's Sebastien Lefebvre, Winter Gloves Busking For Change In Montreal

Stars singer Amy Millan, Simple Plan guitarist Sebastien Lefebvre, Jason Bajada and Jeremy Fisher are among the artists who will play at Montreal's Eaton Centre and two of the city's Metro stations as part of War Child Canada's Busking For Change on Tuesday (March 2). More than 20 artists will raise money for War Child at Berri-Uquam and Place...
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Amy Millan, Arcade Fire, Plants And Animals, Blink-182, Wyclef Jean Working For Haiti Earthquake Relief

The earthquake which has created a humanitarian disaster in Haiti has prompted celebrities to organize relief efforts through benefit shows, swag and telethons. Plants And Animals and Amy Millan will headline a benefit show for the Caribbean island nation at Montreal's Club Lambi on Saturday (Jan. 17). Arcade Fire's Jeremy Gara and Tim...
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Amy Millan's Toxic Roots

Can a member of Broken Social Scene ever really find musical solitude? Amy Millan certainly tried while assembling her latest solo outing, Masters Of The Burial. After tours for her primary band, Stars, and BSS wrapped up, Millan took refuge in a friend's Montreal apartment, where she smoked too much and laid the foundation of her new disc....
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Amy Millan Has Secret Weapon, Working On New Stars Material

It's not uncommon to see Amy Millan draped head to toe with leather, wielding an electric guitar and shouting into a microphone. When she's on stage with her primary band, Stars, or joining the cast of Broken Social Scene, the Montreal-based chanteuse has no problem playing the part of rock star. Her work as a solo artist is of a very different...
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Free Download Of Amy Millan's Death Cab Cover Available Now

CHARTattack has a free MP3 of Amy Millan's cover of Death Cab For Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into The Dark," which you can download here. The track can be found on Masters Of The Burial, Millan's sophomore album, which came out on Tuesday. It's part of CHARTattack's CHARTtrack series of free MP3s. A complete index of all CHARTtracks...
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Pumping: Amy Millan — Masters Of The Burial

I'm a little confused about why this sounded so much like Ohbijou.
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Amy Millan Takes 'Burial' On Tour

Amy Millan has announced a North American tour in support of her upcoming sophomore album, Masters Of The Burial, which is set for release Sept. 8 through Arts & Crafts. Millan will play a free show at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre later this month followed by a performance at the Ottawa Folk Festival in August before beginning her fall tour...
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New Amy Millan In September

Stars and Broken Social Scene member Amy Millan's sophomore solo album will be called Masters Of The Burial when it hits stores through Arts & Crafts on Sept. 8. Millan recorded the follow-up to 2006's Honey From The Tombs in rural Ontario with producer Martin Davis Kinack (Apostle Of Hustle, Broken Social Scene). Stars' Evan Cranley, Jenny...
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New Amy Millan In 2009

Amy Millan has started work on a new solo album that she hopes to have out sometime next year. The Stars singer wrote in a Dec. 18 MySpace blog entry that she was "hidden in the ontario hills" working on the as-yet-untitled sophomore solo release with Toronto singer/songwriter Christine Bougie, Dan Whiteley, Mark Roy and Dean Stone. C'...
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On The Road Again: Amy Millan, East Infection And Undoing Ruin Tours

Amy Millan is taking a break from Stars and Broken Social Scene to promote her recently released Honey From The Tombs solo album. There's a new video from the country-tinged disc called "Baby I," and Millan just might be your baby if you're nice to her at one of these shows: Aug. 17 Ottawa, ON @ Capitol Music Hall Aug. 18-19 Ottawa, ON @...
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Amy Millan Goes Country, But Not Really, On Solo Debut

Most Canadian music fans know Amy Millan as the ethereal female voice behind Stars, most notably for the ubiquitous single "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead." So the country flavour of her Honey From The Tombs solo debut will come as a surprise. The album's country-style tunes came naturally to Millan. The bulk of the songs were written over a period...
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Stars Play Together, Pursue Side-Projects Apart

For the past five weeks, love songsmiths Stars have spent their days lodged away in the frigid, white wilderness of Quebec’s Eastern Townships, where "it’s been a little bit like The Shining," according to singer-guitarist Amy Millan. "But all our limbs are intact and we haven’t murdered each other… yet." The quartet have been labouring over pre-...
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Stars Album To Come Out In U.S. Through Arts&Crafts

Montreal pop quartet Stars are finally about to be reintroduced to the United States. While their last album, Nightsongs (released on American indie Le Grand Magistery) was a critical success with American rock journalists, Stars' latest masterpiece has yet to get a proper American release. Unsurprisingly, Stars' pals at Toronto's Arts &...
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