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Austin, United States (1993 – present)

Stars of the Lid is a band specializing in -based music. They list among their influences ist and composers such as Arvo Pärt, Zbigniew Preisner, Gavin Bryars, and Henryk Górecki, as well as artists Talk Talk and Labradford, and innovator Brian Eno. Their music largely consists of beatless soundscapes, composed of droning, effects-treated guitars along with piano, strings, and horns; volume swells and feedback fill the gap of rhythmic instruments, providing dynamic movement within the songs.

Formed in Austin, Texas in 1993, the band has two members — Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie. Both have released solo material, the former under his own name and the latter under the The Dead Texan alias. Their 2001 album, a double-LP named The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid, was released to generally positive reviews. The follow up, another double-disc album, was again released on Chicago’s venerable Kranky Records - the label’s milestone 100th release, catalogue number-wise— on April 2, just a few days before Easter. It’s called Stars of The Lid And Their Refinement of The Decline.
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  • stogaman wrote:
    7 hours ago
    Does anyone know when in 2010 there DVD is coming out?

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  • Yunckzilla wrote:
    18 hours ago
    or maybe listening to music for twin peaks episode 30 (parts 1 and 2) while watching twin peaks episode 30. you wanna talk about fucked up...

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  • foolonahill235 wrote:
    19 hours ago
    for christ's sake, would somebody just leave a shout about listening to fucked up (3:57 AM) at 3:57 AM and how fucked up it was or something? I miss the good old days..

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  • LordRama wrote:
    Monday evening
    http://www.last.fm/group/WoofWoofit

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  • Oliahim wrote:
    Monday evening
    Shame that such a good band has such a shitty shoutbox.

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  • Timppa2000 wrote:
    Monday morning
    The Dude: Just take it easy man. Walter Sobchak: I'm perfectly calm Dude. The Dude: [shouting] Yeah, waving the fucking gun around? Walter Sobchak: Calmer than you are. The Dude: Will you just take it easy? Walter Sobchak: Calmer than you are.

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  • Timppa2000 wrote:
    Monday morning
    Walter Sobchak: Am I wrong? The Dude: No you're not wrong. Walter Sobchak: Am I wrong? The Dude: You're not wrong Walter. You're just an asshole. Walter Sobchak: Okay then.

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  • corganzero wrote:
    Monday morning
    oh, you're just droning on. i see what you did there.

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  • foolonahill235 wrote:
    Monday morning
    Walter Sobchak: Were you listening to The Dude's story, Donny? The Dude: Walter... Donny: What? Walter Sobchak: Were you listening to The Dude's story? Donny: I was bowling. Walter Sobchak: So you have no frame of reference here, Donny. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know... The Dude: (interrupting) Walter, Walter, what's the point, man? Walter Sobchak: There's no reason - here's my point, dude, there's no fucking reason why these two... Donny: Yeah, Walter, what's your point?

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  • Master_ov_Khaos wrote:
    Monday morning
    WoofWoofit should scrobble more music. i would love to know what kind of stuff he's into.

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  • aeoniia wrote:
    Sunday afternoon
    someone needs a time out.

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  • WoofWoofit wrote:
    Sunday morning
    Acquaintances of Woofit will know that Woofit recently visited the planet Tarmac and is chronicling his observations of Tarmacian culture for the benefit of his esteemed Last FM comrades. Tarmacians are slaves to progress and the maintenance of their systems and machines. Their economy is dependant on the introduction of the next car, the next and lightest lap top, the latest fashion accessory. Tarmacians are continually reminded that they need to spend their credits on consumer product in order to sustain happiness. Woofit visited a shopping emporium on Tarmac. The Tarmacians all looked miserable.

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  • Timppa2000 wrote:
    Saturday afternoon
    WootWoofit, where can I join your fanclub?

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  • whitespider1 wrote:
    Saturday morning
    Woofit, please post your Tarmacian observations elsewhere and give us real music fans a break from your juvenile Tarmacian rants. I get the message. I know that we are the Tarmacians. Now please go away and listen to the Stars of the Lid, perhaps for the first time?

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  • carl2020 wrote:
    Saturday morning
    Agreed, knock it off

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  • riigo wrote:
    Friday evening
    stop spamming

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  • WoofWoofit wrote:
    Friday evening
    Close pals of Woofit will know that Woofit has recently returned from the Planet Tarmac and is recording his observations exclusively for the Last FM collective - Many Tarmacians have become obsessed with the cult of celebrity. There are some who long to be plucked out of obscurity and attain celebrity status. It has become increasingly difficult to define what is a celebrity on Tarmac as it is possible to ascend to the position of celebrity from association with a recognised and established celebrity or via reality television. This is of great concern to the elite celebrities who do not wish their elevated social status to be contaminated by what they consider to be under qualified , limited shelf life (just over 15 minutes in some cases) lesser celebrities.

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  • WoofWoofit wrote:
    Friday evening
    The elite or A list celebrities decided that they should define their status in terms of popularity and wealth , thus creating a recognised hierarchy for celebrities to adhere to. Lesser celebrities would know their place and would rarely encounter a celebrity from the upper echelons of fame. More recently lower status celebrities, particularly those of middle caste status have united with the lower caste celebrities and have taken direct and sometimes violent action to overthrow the elite celebrities. The response by the elite celebrities was to declare a state of emergency, introduce martial law and employ death squads to eliminate the ring leaders. It is not unknown on Tarmac for a lesser celebrity to be dragged out of a televised film or music award ceremony and unceremoniously shot.

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  • foolonahill235 wrote:
    Friday evening
    WoofWoofit has come "unstuck in time" and experiences past and future events out of sequence and repetitively, following a nonlinear narrative. He is kidnapped by extraterrestrial aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. They exhibit him in a zoo with B-movie starlet Montana Wildhack as his mate. The Tralfamadorians, who can see in four dimensions, have already seen every instant of their lives. They believe in predestination. They say they cannot choose to change anything about their fates, but can choose to concentrate upon any moment in their lives, and WoofWoofits becomes convinced of the correctness of their theories.

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  • Music0 wrote:
    Friday afternoon
    http://www.last.fm/group/Stars+of+the+Lid+are+pretty+decent

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