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Photo credit: Shervin Lainez The latest WFMO X Music Savage Show “Song of the Week” spotlight is focused on the brilliant new single, “Privilege,” from Toronto/Montreal indie-rock legends Stars. The six-piece band have just signed with Last Gang Records /eOne, and will be releasing their ninth studio album, There
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Photos by Colin McLaughlin [T]here are people that are crushed by sadness, and then there are others that hold out hope for what comes after. Stars have always struck me as the latter. The types that will cheers heartache in a concert, because they see our days as a
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[E]motional, dynamic, intense. This is what you can expect from a Stars show. And because those three things are like honey to a bee, Music Savage is jumping at the chance to cover their Portland show at the Aladdin Theater. They’ll be supporting The North (out now) and
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Stars – The Theory of Relativity [C]anadian indie – poppers, Stars have announced their new album, The North, which will be released September 4 on ATO Records. The North, was recorded in Montreal’s historic RCA Victor Studios and was produced by Stars, Graham Lessard and Marcus Paquin (Arcade Fire). The
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Wasted Daylight Stars’ newest album, The Five Ghosts, brings the expected narrative of romantic tragedy as one would expect, with songs titled as ‘Dead Hearts’ and ‘I Died So I Could Haunt You,’ and their usual, down-tempo melodramatic new wave sound. The album is a bit more glum than some