Memphis

Since I last posted on Stars' live Lollapalooza album, I guess it is time to also give a little blog love to Torquil's side project Memphis. A Place in the Wilderness is the sophomore effort from Mr. Campbell and his compadre, Chris DuMont. Even though the American release is a little ways off from release just yet (sometime in early 2007), I can say that it is definitely worth picking up a copy as it only expands on the previous work, and if you like Stars, you'll find lots to love about Memphis. Promise. I think some people may even find the champer-pop approach of Memphis better than the more synthy pop that Torquil and Amy craft in Stars. Whatever the case, there's a lot of really great songs on this album. Though it is not all heartbroken relationship material as his work in Stars. I think what I like best is the addition of horns to the songs the most. Maybe it has something to do with playing trumpet in high school band, I dunno, hehehe. But as I said, this album is not Stars, but it is well worth seeking out as, if you don't, you're likely to miss out on some of the best songs Mssrs. Campbell and Dumont have written to date!

MP3: Memphis - I'll Do Whatever You Want

As a bonus here's some videos from YouTube.

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Stars Live, Lollapalooza 2006

I've neglected the site for long enough the past couple of weeks, I won't go into why, cuz its waaayy geeky what was taking up nearly every free moment I had. All I'll say is States, if you know it you know it, nuff said. Anyways, I was perusing some of the usual places I find new music last week and came across a live album from Stars that was recorded at this year's Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago. I headed over to the Lolla website where they have a ton of live stuff from this year's fest. Iron and Wine, Broken Social Scene, hell even Sleater Kinney, these and more can be found for download from the Live Lollapalooza Website. Songs are .99 each or between 5 and 10 bucks for the whole shebang. The Stars album has quickly grown to be one of my faves so far. I wish more of the summer festivals would start doing this as we all are not independently wealthy with trust funds to enable us to jestset from Festival to Festival every year. I gotta say the sound is exceptional for these recordings and any fans should definitely look into buying their fave artists' sets. Here's a sample of the Stars set:

MP3: Stars - Calendar Girl

What's so great about the sets that Live Lolla is offering is that they have both lossless (FLAC!) and lossy mp3s for your downloading pleasure. I'd highly recommend buying the FLAC files and taking the extra download time as they sound sooo much better than the mp3s. If you've not bought Stars latest, Set Yourself On Fire, then I highly suggest heading over to here and picking one up. I hear it makes a great X-Mas gift too if you already own it....

Stars on Myspace.
The Stars website.