Peel back the surface and look past the picturesque valley backdrop. Forget about the gorgeous, sun-kissed young folk wearing next to nothing (or, on occasion, nothing). Go ahead and ignore the…   Read Story »

“It’s the homeland!” one of the girls on the hotel shuttle yelped as we neared the festival. It really begged the question -- who is the most common Coachella archetype? The only data I have to…   Read Story »

In the video for "Backlines," a single from their new album The North, Canadian indie-pop dramatists Stars play tiny versions of themselves, playing and singing as part of some elaborate wind-up…   Read Story »

A slice of Canada descended upon L.A.'s Mayan Theater as Stars and Diamond Rings lit up the crowd armed with plenty of synthesizers and sparkling disco balls. Stars are touring in support of their…   Read Story »

Stars have been making excellent music for so long (well over a decade) that it would almost be easy to take them for granted. The Canadian band's particular strain of grandly melodic indie-pop has…   Read Story »

The effervescent Canadian drama-poppers Stars will release their new album The North next week, and we've already heard a few early tracks: "The Theory Of Relativity," "Hold On When You Get Love And…   Read Story »

The two songs we've heard already from Stars' forthcoming The North -- "The Theory Of Relativity" and “Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It” -- have been lush, upbeat synth-pop…   Read Story »

About a month ago we got our first taste of Stars' forthcoming The North, via lead single "The Theory Of Relativity." It was a pretty excellent synth-pop earworm, but its follow-up, "Hold On When You…   Read Story »

It's been more than two years since we last heard new music from Montreal's Stars, but just last week we got Ben Gibbard covering their classic "Set Yourself On Fire," and today, the first single…   Read Story »

It's a long, lazy summer Friday afternoon, and Ben Gibbard must be just as bored and just as ready for the weekend to begin as the rest of us. So, for no reason at all, he's taken to Twitter to post…   Read Story »