Stars (pt 1): The blazing, ascensional trajectory of a stellar indie band
STARS began blazing their trail at the dawn of our new millennium. Ignited by Toronto foursome Torquil Campbell, Chris Seligman, Evan Cranley and Amy Millan in 1999 and completed by Pat McGee shortly after a move to Montreal, the sparkling indie act have spawned exactly six LPs, four EPs and a smattering of singles and “special”...
A touch tardy, but Feist debuts eerie ‘Graveyard’ video
Sure, she missed Halloween by a day, but Feist’s new, colorless, Keith Megna-directed video comes off as no less bleak because of it. The clip (taken from Feist’s Polaris Prize-winning Metals LP) is a western-styled clip that keeps its viewers at an almost uncomfortable distance. It features darkly-clad players in a lonely desert — and...