March 2012
9 posts
Music for USB Ports: MIX: Weathering | Spring 2012 →
Check out Desert Stars on he Music for USB Ports Spring Mixtape!!
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By Zach Hale
So here we are, already a quarter through 2012. The sun is shining brighter, blades of grass turning greener, and, if you live in Texas, the weather turning more volatile. A brief but strange time in this part of the world, Spring is a season of spontaneity and transition…
Music for Kids who Can't read good
Desert Stars have delivered me something I haven’t heard in awhile—and it’s been a long time since I’ve discovered a band I can listen to so repeatedly. With catchy choruses that somehow never seem to get old, front woman Janelle Best’s deep vocals prove to be strikingly similar to Beach House’s Victoria Legrand, especially when up against a Teen Dream-esque backdrop of organ, keyboard, and...
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New Music | Desert Stars – Farewell Decade 7″
Falling in love with this 7″ from Brooklyn’s Desert Stars, a 5-piece shoe gaze band that is built upon creative and layered instrumentation, reverby atmospheres, and lush harmonies. There’s a pop sensibility to that tracks that keep them more grounded & rooted in a more pop based pastiche where they create infectious melodies, you know the...
Music for USB Ports: MP3: Desert Stars | "Boys I... →
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By Zach Hale
The latest in a long (read: endless) string of promising Brooklyn acts, Desert Stars seem to have their formula down pat: shimmering walls of atmosphere, chugging percussion and engaging pop harmonies. Hardly a musical revolution, but on “Boys I Like”, said formula is…
Desert Stars on "When the Sun Hits" Radio →
Tonight! When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio. Hosted by DJ Amber Crain.
Come join me this evening for When The Sun Hits on Strangeways Radio. When The Sun Hits is one full hour of distilled shoegazey goodness, so black out the windows, grab your headphones, and go down the rabbit hole tonight on Strangeways Radio. Don’t forget to log in to the Strangeways chatroom during the show to...
Desert Stars in The Owl Mag!! →
Desert Stars are a five-piece band from Brooklyn who may have found the key to pop rock music. The soft, beach-y, pop-scene is far and wide these days, and these five New York natives, including frontwoman Janelle Best, seem to be making a mark on it.
Their vocals are echo-y and a bit removed, like they’re coming from the far end of a tunnel. And theirs is a tunnel you might want to stay in for...
