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Stars Show Perfect For The Season

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By John Papamarko (CHARTattack) December 12, 2008 4:59 pm
Whenever I think about those monumental moments in my life — first kiss, first heartbreak, first lay — I tend to remember the music that was playing as vividly as the experience itself. Stars have always reminded me of the winter — not a specific year, just the season itself. Be it long Greyhound bus rides home to visit family with "Heart...
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Stars Make Summersonic In Halifax

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) July 22, 2008 12:25 pm
This year's version of Tokyo's annual Summersonic boasted such acts as the Sex Pistols, Vampire Weekend, Alicia Keys, Coldplay and The Verve. Halifax's inaugural Summersonic Festival might have had a smaller budget to work with, but it's hard to imagine anyone left the Garrison Grounds disappointed. Situated at the foot of Citadel Hill, a national...
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Death Cab Inspire Massive Love Fest On Olympic Island

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) June 16, 2008 3:30 pm
Despite The Weather Network threatening thunder showers all weekend, it was a beautiful day for Saturday's love fest on Olympic Island. I arrived on the island about midway through Rogue Wave's set. As I approached the concert area, "Publish My Love" was bleeding out of the speakers to a relaxed and happy crowd. It was still pretty hot...
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Stars The Soundtrack For Makeouts Everywhere

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) November 27, 2007 3:30 pm
Montreal dream-pop sextet Stars rolled into the Phoenix on Monday night for the first of four sold-out shows. The band have a history of playing a chunk of shows all in one spot in Toronto. Two years ago it was Lee's Palace, this year marked a step up in terms of venue capacity. The early part of Stars' set was mired in a horrifyingly crappy...
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Stars — In Our Bedroom After The War

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By Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack) September 25, 2007 11:52 am
Hope, despair, hooking up, intrigue, suspense and disappointment — they're all in one song ("Personal") from Stars' latest indie-pop odyssey. Fans of Set Yourself On Fire won't be disappointed one bit with this full-bodied, emotionally recharged follow-up, which puts a heavy focus on dramatics, orchestration and chorus lines so sticky they'll be...
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Stars — Do You Trust Your Friends?

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By Kevin Ritchie (CHARTattack) May 22, 2007 9:35 am
Montreal quintet Stars have stolen a page from the Bloc Party and Beck book for their remix album, by handing every single track off Set Yourself On Fire to a cavalcade of Canadian indie musicians (Junior Boys, The Dears, Metric, The Russian Futurists, among others) to be re-interpreted. The result is more of a tribute album. The original vocals...
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Memphis — A Little Place In The Wilderness

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) August 15, 2006 6:56 pm
If you didn't get your pop noir fix from the last two Stars full-lengths, you might consider picking up this disc from Memphis, a project from Stars ringleader Torquil Campbell. A Little Place In The Wilderness takes Stars' blueprint for moody, melodic indie rock and pares things down even further, although there aren't many obvious stylistic...
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Amy Millan — Honey From The Tombs

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By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth (CHARTattack) May 30, 2006 11:46 am
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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Stars @ Pop Montreal 2002

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By Liisa Ladouceur (CHARTattack) October 1, 2002 11:04 pm
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...
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Video Of The Day: Stars' "We Don't Want Your Body"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 17, 2011 1:10 pm
Two bodybuilders in love? Yeah, it sounds weird, but it's the concept for Stars' new "We Don't Want Your Body" video, which features male and female weightlifters staring at each other ridiculously while working out in a gym, shaving each other's chests and, um, dancing in speedos. "We Don't Want Your Body" appears on last year's Polaris Music...
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Stars Demos Collection Released

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 7, 2011 1:43 pm
Stars have just released The Bedroom Demos, a collection of demo recordings that were originally recorded in 2006.The 12 tracks were cut in Besnard Lakes frontman Jace Lasek's Breakglass Studios in Montreal, but weren't used for 2007's Polaris Music Prize short listed In Our Bedroom After The War. Stars reportedly decided to release them after...
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The Longest Running Albums On The Campus Radio Chart

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 27, 2011 12:24 pm
Here is the complete list of every album that has been on the Campus Radio Chart for 20 or more weeks since September 1995. The albums are listed in chronological order with each week total.The dates in the brackets indicate the week the record initially entered the chart, followed by the last week of continuous presence before exiting the chart....
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Video Of The Day: Stars' "Changes" (NSFW!)

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 31, 2011 4:23 pm
Stars' new video for The Five Ghosts' "Changes" is really, really not safe for work. It features a young lady wandering around naked in public, dancing and doing acrobatics. Don't watch this around your boss?Check out Stars' video for "Fixed" here.
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I Read The News Today... For March 11, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 11, 2011 5:21 pm
Aww, the screaming fat man and the little dandy are totally friends now. —MuchmusicOmar Rodriguez Lopez has announced a North American tour for fans of qwerrrrrrrYYYYYYYYYYYY44x4x4xbapbapbap#######@D@D@D@DYERPzzzz. —Rodriguez Lopez ProductionsBlack Lips have released the tracklist to Arabia Mountain, their forthcoming album out June 7. We're...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 10, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 10, 2011 3:30 pm
Vince Vaughn's new movie The Dilemma might look like it's going to be awful, but its soundtrack looks awesome. It'll feature The Black Keys, Band Of Skulls, The Hold Steady and other awesome bands and is out tomorrow online and in stores Jan. 18.The 11th Wavelength festival will be held Feb. 16 to 20 at venues throughout Toronto. It'll feature...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 17, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 17, 2010 2:10 pm
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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Black Keys' Brothers Surprises By Grabbing Campus Chart's Top Spot

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 20, 2010 10:58 am
Ten days ago, CHARTattack unveiled its latest redesign. Some here would call it version 5, or others would say it's version 3.1, but counting the original non-design version (pre-rail tracks) this site is the third tweek of version four: i.e. v. 4.3.While the news, reviews and features are in beta, the charts and photos are still off line. So...
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Stars Album Streaming On NPR

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 15, 2010 12:20 pm
If you can't wait until Stars' fifth studio album, The Five Ghosts, is released next Tuesday (June 22), you can hear it now online. The entire album is streaming at NPR's website and will be there until it hits stores. The Five Ghosts is the first Stars LP to be released through their own Soft Revolution label, and will come out through...
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