This countrified cover of Death Cab For Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" shows up on Amy Millan's second solo album Masters Of The Burial. The Broken Social Scene/Stars singer's been performing it live for years, but this... CONTINUE READING AMY MILLAN COVERS DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 13, 2009 in (11 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Broken Social Scene | Death Cab For Cutie | Phoenix | Stars
We got the word on this one from a reader named Kate, who informs us of the following: Broken Social Scene were going to have a show on the island in Toronto but because of the city strike they had... CONTINUE READING BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE REUNITE ON THE TORONTO HARBORFRONT»
Posted on July 13, 2009 in (32 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Brendan Canning | Broken Social Scene | Emily Haines | Feist | Jason Collett | Jools Holland | Kevin Drew | Mercury Prize | Metric
A picture's worth a thousand words, unless you're Stars in which case they're worth a complete video conceit. A couple's earth-toned living room hosts a wall full of frames, and soon their story comes to life via moving pictures. Conveniently,... CONTINUE READING NEW STARS VIDEO - "THE NIGHT STARTS HERE"»
Posted on November 9, 2007 in (10 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Stars | Torquil Campbell
Join Stars for a classic, coming-of-age tale: Bright-eyed 'n' stringy-haired kid takes the bus for his maiden voyage to the big city, where tacky marquees, scraggly old ladies, and pigeon infested sidewalks challenge his "excited," preconceived notions of urban paradise.... CONTINUE READING NEW STARS VIDEO - "TAKE ME TO THE RIOT"»
Posted on August 21, 2007 in (11 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Stars | Torquil Campbell
Score another for bands getting creative with stemming the tides of leakage. Recently, the New Pornographers offered up a cool solution to folks jonesing for an immediate listen to Challengers, bundling select access to a pre-release album stream with each... CONTINUE READING STARS LET US INTO THEIR BEDROOM AFTER THE WAR MONTHS EARLY, TAKE IT ON THE ROAD»
Posted on July 11, 2007 in (13 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Stars | Torquil Campbell
Torquil, Amy, and the rest of Stars have entrusted the reworking, covering, and remixing of Set Yourself On Fire to a cadre of Canadian artists, yielding Do You Trust Your Friends?, out later this month on Arts & Crafts. Live-fave... CONTINUE READING NEW STARS - "REUNION (JASON COLLETT MIX)"»
Posted on May 1, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Broken Social Scene | Jason Collett | Stars | Torquil Campbell
Despite the excellent lineups all over town, our daylight hours on Friday had been spoken for well before we made the trek to SouthBy (and particularly after spending Thursday systematically missing a bunch of the acts we'd hoped to... CONTINUE READING SXSW: FRIDAY IN AUSTIN»
Posted on March 19, 2007 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Amy Winehouse | Annuals | Apostle Of Hustle | Buffalo Tom | Deerhunter | Do Make Say Think | Earthless | Fucked Up | Gruff Rhys | Kings Of Leon | Lisa Jen | Menomena | Nuno Bettencourt | Perry Farrell | Peter Bjorn And John | Peter Buck | RJD2 | Robyn Hitchcock | Sean Nelson | Simian Mobile Disco | SXSW | The Dears | The Walkmen | Thurston Moore
Emo's was our first stop on late-start Thursday, and after a few tunes with Dosh and Bird, we were off to see Marnie Stern and her Rodney Dangerfield impression at Ms. Bea's. But the lineup the Tag Team folks pulled... CONTINUE READING SXSW: TAG TEAM PARTY @ EMO'S»
Posted on March 18, 2007 in (15 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Andrew Bird | Clem Snide | Dosh | SXSW | Tokyo Police Club
