Spotlight On: sheds some light back onto Brooklyn’s dark, art-rock, post-punks, stellastarr*.
Name: stellastarr*
Former name(s): stellastarr
Associated act(s): Dear Comrade
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
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Live review at Gramercy Theatre grand opening show in New York, NY on March 7th, 2007
Photo gallery from Gramercy Theatre
Interview with Shawn Christensen
Live review at Highline Ballroom in New York, NY on August 23rd, 2007
Photo gallery from Highline Ballroom
Live review at Central Park Summerstage in New York, NY on September 10th, 2008
Photo gallery from Central Park Summerstage
Live review at Great Scott in Allston, MA on November 5th, 2008
Live review at the first of five nights at Piano’s in New York, NY on December 2nd, 2008
Photo gallery from Highline Ballroom on July 16th, 2009
Featured in “Top 60 Albums of 2009”
Live review at Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on December 16th, 2009
Photo gallery from Bowery Ballroom
Tour dates:
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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: