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Toronto, Canada (1998 – present)
Not to be confused with Japanese rock band, The Stars.
Stars is a Canadian indie pop band. Originally formed in Toronto in 1998 by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Chris Seligman, the band relocated to New York City and then subsequently to Montreal. The band also includes singer-guitarist Amy Millan and bassist Evan Cranley. Drummer Pat McGee has toured with the band for years, despite not appearing on their albums until the release of Set Yourself On Fire.
The band’s breakthrough single was “Ageless Beauty”, from their 2004 album Set Yourself on Fire. While released to minimal fanfare in Canada in October of 2004, Set Yourself on Fire slowly gained a strong following and critical praise soon after its 8 March 2005 U.S. release.
Millan, Campbell and Cranley are also members of the indie band Broken Social Scene; Seligman, although uncredited, has contributed to past Broken Social Scene albums. Millan has since embarked on a solo career, releasing a record entitled “Honey From the Tombs” in July 2006. Campbell has a side-project with friend Chris Dumont entitled Memphis; their latest album, A Little Place In the Wilderness, was released in August 2006.
On their website, they have noted that their name was chosen, by coincidence, without prior knowledge of the short-lived project by Syd Barrett.
Stars is a Canadian indie pop band. Originally formed in Toronto in 1998 by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Chris Seligman, the band relocated to New York City and then subsequently to Montreal. The band also includes singer-guitarist Amy Millan and bassist Evan Cranley. Drummer Pat McGee has toured with the band for years, despite not appearing on their albums until the release of Set Yourself On Fire.
The band’s breakthrough single was “Ageless Beauty”, from their 2004 album Set Yourself on Fire. While released to minimal fanfare in Canada in October of 2004, Set Yourself on Fire slowly gained a strong following and critical praise soon after its 8 March 2005 U.S. release.
Millan, Campbell and Cranley are also members of the indie band Broken Social Scene; Seligman, although uncredited, has contributed to past Broken Social Scene albums. Millan has since embarked on a solo career, releasing a record entitled “Honey From the Tombs” in July 2006. Campbell has a side-project with friend Chris Dumont entitled Memphis; their latest album, A Little Place In the Wilderness, was released in August 2006.
On their website, they have noted that their name was chosen, by coincidence, without prior knowledge of the short-lived project by Syd Barrett.
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Set Yourself on Fire
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In Our Bedroom After The War
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Heart
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Nightsongs
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Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
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Take Me To The Riot
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The Night Starts Here
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Set Yourself on Fire
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My Favourite Book
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Elevator Love Letter
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Calendar Girl
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Sleep Tonight
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Personal
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Midnight Coward
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Reunion
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What I'm Trying to Say
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The First Five Times
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The Big Fight
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Shoutbox
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victorious44 wrote:
There isn't a single song by them that I don't like and not many bands are like that.
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ivyvania wrote:
couldn't really decide which song is my favorite one, they were all super great!
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Daniel_Lira wrote:
I just love them!!
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jazzzon wrote:
amy's vocals dominate.
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turnntostone wrote:
i should really listen to them more often.
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movie_star_baby wrote:
Amazing! The combination of their voices is heaven! =)
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ohhdanggg wrote:
:)
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elvis-loves-me wrote:
нежные такие
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zamaden wrote:
<3 .
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EdreyV wrote:
for some reason I can only listen to this band in fall/winter but I love them soo much
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paper_swan wrote:
"personal" is one of my favvvvvves
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scnadams wrote:
Ohhhhhhh, please hit Calgary on the upcoming Canadian tour.
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dyingisfine wrote:
Their new album is, in fact, coming out this fall.
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SiPPietje wrote:
<3 :) :)
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daveyboygenius wrote:
i hate the male vocals.
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j9l737 wrote:
<3
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coucouracha wrote:
love
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bernardo79 wrote:
This band is awesome, I forgot... [2]
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spikygoose wrote:
plz go here and vote "The Stars is correct" so we can keep the two artists from getting mixed up. http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/The+Stars
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HeySam_ wrote:
One of my favourite bands, but, getting really bored of this display picture. PLEASE CHANGE IT!
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17 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/stars
hello everyone-we don't know who put up their rant against ben folds here.......could have been anyone i guess.........but we don't know what the fuck all this is about... We do love charlie spearin... …
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