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stellastarr*

Spotlight On: sheds some light back onto Brooklyn's dark, art-rock, post-punks, stellastarr*.

Name: stellastarr*

Former name(s): stellastarr

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

Members: Shawn Christensen, Michael Jurin, Arthur Kremer, Amanda Tannen

Albums: stellastarr* (2003), Harmonies for the Haunted (2005), Civilized (2009)

Has toured with: Beat the Devil, Drink Up Buttercup, Editors, Illinois, Jane's Addiction, The Killers, The Kooks, Mason Proper, Monsters Are Waiting, The Postelles, Ra Ra Riot, The Raveonettes, Placebo, The Postmarks, Princeton, Wild Light

If the band was an animal, they'd be: a black fox

Or if they were a food, they'd be: coffee & cigarettes

What about a piece of furniture?: your bedroom stereo

Okay, how about something to wear?: dressed in black before it was cool

Animal, vegetable... pick a mineral: a meteorite

A side character from The Simpsons: Sideshow Bob

stellastarr*Related Articles:  

Live review of Gramercy Theatre grand opening show in New York, NY on March 7th, 2007

Photo gallery from Gramercy Theatre

Interview with Shawn Christensen in 2007

Live review of special, new material preview show at Highline Ballroom in New York, NY on August 23rd, 2007

Photo gallery from Highline Ballroom

Live review as part of Central Park Summerstage in New York, NY on September 10th, 2008

Photo gallery from Central Park Summerstage

Live review from Great Scott in Allston, MA on November 5th, 2008

Live review from the first of five nights at Piano's in New York, NY on December 2nd, 2008

Photo gallery from Piano's

Review of Civilized

Interview with Amanda Tannen in 2009

Photo gallery from Civilized release party at Highline on July 16th, 2009

Featured in "Top 60 Albums of 2009" 

Live review from Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on December 16th, 2009

Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom

Tour dates:

none upcoming

 

MP3 Stream: "Tokyo Sky"
  

 

stellastarr* playing "My Coco" live @ Highline Ballroom on August 23rd, 2007:

 

stellastarr* playing "Civilized" live @ Highline Ballroom on August 23rd, 2007:

 

stellastarr* playing "School You" live @ Piano's:

 

stellastarr* playing "Robot" live @ Piano's:

 

stellastarr* playing "Graffiti Eyes" live @ Piano's:

 

stellastarr* playing "My Coco" live @ Piano's:

 

stellastarr* playing "Somewhere Across Forever" live @ Bowery Ballroom:

 

stellastarr* playing "My Coco" live @ Bowery Ballroom:


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