Category: music
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This week my band celebrates the release of a new two-song single, featuring the tracks “A Strange Habit of Disappearing” and “Blueskiesgrey”. We would appreciate it if you would give the new tunes a listen. And if you happen to live in a city with a college radio station, please request the Starling Effect. We…
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If you live in Vancouver (or are planning to be here on April 19), please come and see my band play at the Princeton Pub, along with our pals in Hotel Empress and Pontiac. We have a couple of new songs recorded that—we dearly hope—will be released in time for the show. Come hear them…
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This past weekend my band holed up at Little Red Sounds in New Westminster to lay down some tracks with studio wizard Felix Fung. Things are sounding good, and you’ll be able to hear the results this spring.
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An update on all things career and creative is long overdue, and I promise one is coming. In the meantime, please enjoy these photos of the Starling Effect playing at the Pearl on Granville a few weeks back. All photos by Silkbone Studios.
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On Saturday, August 19, the Starling Effect will be playing at the Admiral Pub on Hastings in Burnaby.
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Yup, I am once again asking for your support in coming out to see my band play. We will be performing at LanaLou’s in Vancouver on Friday, April 14. Attendance is mandatory. See the Facebook event page for more details.
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My band is playing another show, and if you’re going to be in Vancouver next Thursday, I would love to see you there. For full details, please visit the Facebook event page. Here’s a taste of what we sound like:
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Tom lasted eight-and-a-half months on the road before the inevitable firing, long enough for him to capture his brother and the rest of the National at their best (and occasionally their worst) with the handheld camera he just happened to have with him.
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No one has ever accused Jason Pierce of taking shortcuts. The Spiritualized mastermind has been known to take as long as a year to mix an album, even though he admits he doesn’t especially enjoy the painstaking process.
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I Love You, Honeybear is romantic, sure, but it’s about lovers in a dangerous time, finding solace in each other despite living in a world that is truly, deeply fucked.