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Stars Live Preview: 4/13, Lincoln Hall, Chicago

Photo by Gaëlle Leroyer

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Like for many bands, the past few years have thrown a wrench in Stars’ plans. Yes, the Canadian indie rockers had planned to record their most recent album, last year’s very good From Capelton Hill (Last Gang), live with everyone in a single room in early 2020. (Of course, that didn’t happen.) The band also postponed tour dates last fall for mental health reasons, only the second time they purportedly had to do so for any reason in their 20+ year career. Well, the hardworking sextet--who have found a rejuvenated relationship with their fans through Patreon--are finally coming back to town. Tonight at Lincoln Hall, they’ll celebrate their career, playing from Capelton Hill and beloved records like Set Yourself On Fire and Heart.

A week from Friday, the band is also releasing a deluxe version of From Capelton Hill with remixes of five of its tracks from an impressive variety of artists. Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard provides a bopping, yet atmospheric turn to album closer “Snowy Owl”, while excellent indie punk band Illuminati Hotties chop up “Pretenders” into a skittering hyperpop thump, albeit one that unexpectedly changes tempo two-thirds through. New Zealand alt-pop band Yumi Zouma turn "Back To The End” into a dark, propulsive club track, as do London’s Real Lies with “Build A Fire”. Perhaps the most impressive remix is by multi-instrumentalist and composer (and SILY favorite) Joseph Shabason, who adds his saxophone, synth, and guitars to and strips the vocals from “If I Never See London Again”. It’s the rare remix that actually takes a dance-oriented track and makes it more abstract and textured.

Opening for Stars is Toronto R&B/soul artist Lydia Persaud. Doors at 7:00 PM, show at 8. Tickets still available at time of publishing.

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@glimmerisaband are here w/ a brand new single titled “BURIED” & it finds the NY-based quartet of Jeff Moore (vocals/guitar), Jaye Moore (drums), Johnny Nicholls (guitar) & Kevin Dobbins (bass) bringing the grunge_gazer goods across a sub-4 min slice of guitar-driven & EMOtionally cooed AltRawk.

“PURPLE HEARTS” (@dancediscs) is a brand-new standalone single from @_kettama x @real_lies_ & it finds the Irish producer/”Galway’s ace face rave lord” linking up the London-based duo of Kev Kharas & Tom Watson to bring 3+ euphoric mins of house_lite, lilac hazed & beat-driven ElectroPop.

@kodaclips.official are here w/ a brand new standalone single titled “GONE IS THE DAY” & it finds the Cesena, IT-based quartet bringing 4 texturally hazed mins of dream popping, softly grunged & alt_rocking ItalioGaze.

“MILKY MAX” is the latest single from @lipcritic’s forthcoming debut LP titled ‘Hex Dealer’ (5/17 @partisanrecords) & it finds the NYC-based quartet bringing the blown-out racket across 2 ½ mins of graciously gonzo’d & noise_rocking SynthPunk.

“HAND ON ME” is the lead single from @nourishedbytime_’s forthcoming EP titled ‘Catching Chickens’ (3/22 @xlrecordings) & it finds the Baltimore-based project bringing a chilled vibe across a 3:48 clip of synthetically fueled PostPop.

@ur_workwife are here w/ “SOMETHING’S UP,” the second single from their forthcoming EP titled ‘Waste Management’ (4/12 @bornlosersrecords) & it finds the Brooklyn-based trio of Meredith Lampe, Cody Edgerly & Kenny Monroe bringing a 3:25 clip of emotionally earnest & tenderly twanged IndieRock.

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Science to Beat the Death: 200 - 300 years old human in the Future!

Science to Beat the Death: 200 – 300 years old human in the Future!

Interview by Kev Kharas Photography by Damien Maloney Courtesy: Unlimited.World

(March 22, 2017, Boston, Sri Lanka Guardian)Russian-born Maria Konovalenko is one of the most visible faces at work in the pro-longevity community today. A zealous advocate for the fight against human ageing and a PhD scientist and researcher at the trailblazing Buck Institute in California, her ultimate goal is to…

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Life´s too short for weird music - Tagesempfehlung 21.04.2021

Real Lies / Late Arcades

Bereits die zweite ansprechende Veröffentlichung des Londoner Duos Real Lies in 2021: „Late Arcades“. Und mit jeder guten Single Veröffentlichung steigt auch ein bisschen die Hoffnung, dass Kev Kharas und Patrick King noch in 2021 endlich das zweite Real Lies Album folgen lassen.

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Kev Kharas: 

The first track you played on repeat?

‘What Do I Have to Do?’ by Kylie Minogue, the ‘Pumpin’ Mix’ on the other side of the cassette. I stole it off my sister when I was 5 and lost my mind over it.

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It’s official, these guys have remixed Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Say It To Me’, the latter’s upcoming single!

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Tech Can Help Us Cheat Death: Yes Serious!

Tech Can Help Us Cheat Death: Yes Serious!

Interview by Kev Kharas Photography by Joachim Belaieff Courtesy: unlimited.world

( March 11, 2017, London, Sri Lanka Guardian)Hannes Sjoblad is the fresh face attempting to popularise the biohacking movement – a small but growing group of people and organisations operating in countries across the world to fuse their own bodies with technology. Sjoblad, a member of the biohacking group…