Archive / 2008 / JUNE

Stars on tour and new video!
Montreal quintet, Stars, will return to the road in the U.S. announcing a three-week run of dates kicking off September 16th in Boston. These fine purveyors of heartache and romance will sweep in as the leaves begin to change, in support of their current album ‘In Our Bedroom After The War’. Before we skip over summer entirely though, the video for the bands latest single, “Bitches In Tokyo”, directed by Experimental Parachute Movement (Kevin Drew and George Vale), will be hitting the airwaves and the internet starting today. Check it out at MySpace.


See Stars around the world:

6/25/08 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Accelerator Festival
6/27/08 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli De Helling
6/28/08 – Cergy Pontoise, France @ Furia Sound Festival
6/29/08 – Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
7/05/08 – Vieux-Quebec, PQ @ Festival D’ete de Quebec
7/08/08 – Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest
8/24/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Outlands Festival
9/16/08 – Boston, MA @ Wilbur
9/17/08 – Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street
9/19/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
9/20/08 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
9/24/08 – Chicago, IL @ The Riviera
9/25/08 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pagaent
9/26/08 – Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
9/28/08 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/1/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ Avalon
10/2/08 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
10/4/08 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Rio Theatre
10/8/08 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
10/9/08 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox

Congratulations New Buffalo!
Sally Seltmann (aka New Buffalo) was chosen as "Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year" at the ARIA awards last night. Sally co-wrote the hit 1234 from Feists latest record, The Reminder, as well as releasing her own stunning album, Somewhere, anywhere.

Polaris Music Prize Long List announced
Constantines’ “Kensington Heights” and Stars’ “In Our Bedroom After The War” made the Polaris Music Prize Long List, announced by the Polaris Jury. The Long List consists of the top 40 full-length Canadian records released from June 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008, selected by the 180-member jury. The Polaris Jury will now vote from the Long List to determine the 10 album Short List, which will be revealed July 7 at the Drake Hotel in Toronto. Visit the Polaris Music Prize website for more information.

Los Campesinos! on KCRW
Be sure to check out Los Campesinos! live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic on Tuesday, June 10th.  You can also check out today's daily download on Today's Top Tune featuring "Death To Los Campesinos!" here.

A message from Brendan Canning...
It has come to my attention that an unmastered version of my album has been leaked through the internet. With the retail release being six weeks away, I've decided to correct the situation by releasing the album digitally myself, because I can. So this is for all you early birds who just couldn't wait for July 22nd. But you know, it won't be like going to your favourite record shop and getting a copy in your hot little hands, or sitting in your basement downloading it to your iTouch phone while playing Grand Theft Auto, it merely corrects the situation that is...a messed up version of my record floating around on the internet, and this is not how I wanted my record to drop. Believe me, this is not a minor situation. We're talking recall here folks...With all of this in mind, please note: 'Something for all of us...' will be available at all fine retail and digital outlets in North America July 22nd with some additonal artwork inside and slightly later for the rest of the world.

Thank you all, please enjoy.
BC

Go to Gallery AC to purchase your digital copy today!