The Saturday Noise Pop evening show at the Swedish American Hall featuring Laura Veirs & the Hall of Flames made me wish I'd also seen the kids' matinee earlier in the day. As Laura described during the band's evening set, many classic "children's songs" have some inherently darker and more mature themes, making them accessible by all ages. Thankfully, Laura & the Hall of Flames chose to perform a couple of the kids' tunes from earlier in the day among the Laura Veirs originals, inspiring a healthy dose of nostalgia among the evening audience [...]
A reunion between old pals can be great inspiration for new music, and that's exactly what happened for Carlos Forster , former singer-guitarist of Bay Area-based For Stars , when he met up again with M. Ward . Old buddies from college, he and Ward reconnected in Portland after the demise of the band Forster helmed from 1998 to '04. Recorded with Ward over a five-plus-year span, Forster's new solo record, "Family Trees," out in July on Hush Records, offers a nice mixture of his earlier folk-pop tinged with a bit of laid-back '60s and '70s touches [...]
wer sich noch an for stars erinnert, tut sich leichter. dem wird carlos forster ein begriff sein. alle anderen verweisen wir auf matt ward, mit dem ist forster nämlich eng befreundet, das gemeinsame college sei dank. trotzdem die wege auseinander gingen, blieb man in kontakt und traf sich regelmäßig an den wochenenden. musste ja nicht immer schwimmen, konnte auch gemeinsames musizieren sein. für "duet for guitars #2" engagierte der eine, ward, noch den anderen, forster, für schwelgerischen backgroundgesang. für dessen debutalbum "family tree" geschah es anders herum. zwischen den späten neunzigern und 2002 brachte die in san francisco [...]
La talentosa cabeza musical de She & Him se une a su amigo de toda la vida para producir y participar en las canciones del álbum debut del ex For Stars , titulado Family Trees . Carlos Forster -otrora líder de la banda de pop alternativo For Stars , con quienes editó cuatro discos de estudio desde su formación en 1998- viene planeando su debut en solitario desde inicios del 2003. Amigo de Ward [...]
Carlos Forster (ft. M. Ward) - "Campfire Songs" + "I Walk I Talk" While I've read more than one version of the story behind Carlos Forster's new solo LP, the gist remains the same: She & Him/Monsters of Folk's M. Ward first met Forster in college, leading to on-and-off recording sessions with the former For Stars leader throughout the '00s, finally culminating in the Ward-produced record, Family Trees . The result is an honorably unassuming set of relaxing folk jams, which a past description of Ward's own music by Conor Oberst [...]
This week's Best New Releases mixtape spotlights new albums and singles from Portugal The Man, Crystal Castles, Sun Airway, Young Buffalo, Brilliant Colors, Floating Action, Future Islands, and many others. These bands have put out some superb new albums and singles, from well-known indie bands, plus, newly rising, breakout indie bands. Plus, simply by happenstance, [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Eind 1999 kwam Windows for Stars van For Stars uit. Ik was zo onder de indruk van het album dat ik snel wat wijzigingen in mijn jaarlijstje aanbracht zodat de eerste plaats weggelegd was voor For Stars. Twaalf jaar later staat Windows for Stars nog als een huis. Dit is kippenvelmuziek bij uitstek. De songs zijn traag, de stem van Carlos Forster raakt me tot diep in de ziel. Na Windows for Stars maakte Forster nog twee albums met For Stars, die wat mij betreft net iets te veel Radiohead-trekjes hadden. Forster koos daarna voor [...]
The War On Drugs - Baby Missiles The Shivers - Irrational Love Compulsive Gamblers - Your Happiness The Devil Whale - Magic Numbers The Dead Trees - World Gone Global Widowspeak - Gun Shy Luke Temple - Ophelia Jonny Corndawg - Chevy Beretta Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune [...]
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