Showing posts with label Starlight Girls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Starlight Girls. Show all posts

June 11, 2020

Starlight Girls: Entitled

photo: Rex Bishop

Brooklyn retro-pop band Starlight Girls set up shop in New Paltz, NY at Marcata Studios in order to get away from the noisy big city to cut the tracks for their new EP Entitled. They decided to record live as much as possible, which helped them to focus on spontaneity and spur of the moment ideas. The title track is a close as they can get to rocking out, while the meandering Teenage Crime finds them exploring slowing down while swaying gently.

Now that they have grown into a sextet there is more room to stretch out. Get Right is an intricate jigsaw puzzle made up from Indie baroque peppered with vaudeville and a surprise country & western popping up at the end. A bit of Ray Manzarek organ found its way into the funky So Far. Entitled is an optimistic, smart return to form after a four year gap since their last album.

May 21, 2020

Starlight Girls: Get Right

It's been four years since Brooklyn retro-pop band Starlight Girls released their Fantasm album, but now they are back with Get Right, the lead single for the upcoming EP Entitled, out on June 8. Their overall sound hasn't changed that much - maybe it's a little rougher around the edges - and now that they have grown into a sextet there is more room to stretch out. Indie baroque peppered with vaudeville and a surprise country & western popping up at the end. The video was directed by lead singer Christina Bernard.

October 21, 2015

Starlight Girls: "Fancy" video

Brooklyn retro-pop band Starlight Girls have made a video for their Fancy single. The clip was directed and edited by the band's singer by Christina B, who was inspired by the late Seventies/early Eighties clip imagery.

The track will be included on Fantasm, their first full-length album, which will be released in January 15th.

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the Inhibitionist single.

October 14, 2015

Starlight Girls: Fancy

Brooklyn retro-pop band Starlight Girls went back to the drawing board for another take of their 2014 single Fancy. The new version is more disco (think Studio 54 in the late Seventies) and the keyboards are more upfront.

It will be included on Fantasm, their first full-length album, which will be released in January 15th.

Live date:
  • 10/16 Brooklyn, NY @ Lot 45

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the earlier version of the Fancy single.

August 21, 2015

Starlight Girls: "Intrigue" single, new album "Fantasm" 10/13

Brooklyn retro-pop band Starlight Girls have finally finished recording Fantasm, their first full-length album. The release is preceded by the new single Intrigue featuring the signature vocals of Christina B and Sara Mundy. Exquisite cocktail pop with an electronic twist.

Fantasm will be released on October 13. Pre-order from Bandcamp. The album includes the previous singles Fancy and Inhibitionist.

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the Fancy single.

September 13, 2014

Starlight Girls: "Inhibitionist" video

Brooklyn retro-pop band Starlight Girls have made a video for their Inhibitionist single. The clip was directed by Stuart Solomon.

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the Inhibitionist single.

June 04, 2014

Starlight Girls: Fancy

Brooklyn retro-pop band Starlight Girls have unveiled another single from their forthcoming new full-length. Fancy nods to Seventies disco with its tugging, funky bass line and old school synths.

Live dates:
  • 06/15 Shea Stadium (w/ Shilpa Ray, Juniper Rising, Spirit Plate) Brooklyn, NY
  • 08/11 Sziget Festival 2014 Budapest, Hungary

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the Inhibitionist single.

February 22, 2014

Starlight Girls: tour dates

Brooklyn retro-pop band Starlight Girls hit the road for a Winter tour. If indie had exited in the late Roaring Twenties, it would have sounded like them.

Live dates:
  • 02/28 Glasslands, Gallery Brooklyn, NY
  • 03/01 North Star Bar, Philadelphia, PA
  • 03/03 Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington, DC
  • 03/04 Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
  • 03/05 Star Community Bar, Atlanta, GA
  • 03/06 Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
  • 03/06 Savannah Stopover Festival 2014, Savannah, GA
  • 03/08 The Fox Hole / Club Eighty-five, Columbus, GA
  • 03/09 Gasa Gasa, New Orleans, LA
  • 03/11 SXSW 2014, Austin, TX
  • 03/14 Independent Music Festival 2014 Hot Springs, AR
  • 08/11 Sziget Festival 2014, Budapest, Hungary

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the Starlight Girls EP.

November 09, 2013

Starlight Girls: Inhibitionist

Brooklyn retro-pop Starlight Girls have unveiled a new single from their forthcoming new full-length. Inhibitionist comes with a on organ part that sounds an awful lot like The Doors' Love Her Madly. Quirky and catchy rolled into one irresistible song. Vaudeville meets sunny Sixties AM friendly rock and dark New Wave.

Live dates:
  • 11/20 Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  • 12/11 Pyramid Scheme, Grand Rapids, MI
  • 12/12 Schubas, Chicago, IL
  • 12/14 Do317 Lounge, Indianapolis, IN
  • 12/15 Cosmic Charlie's, Lexington, KY
  • 12/16 The Woodlands Tavern, Columbus, OH
  • 12/17 Brillobox, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 12/18 BAR, New Haven, CT
  • 12/31 Mercury Lounge New York, NY

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the Starlight Girls EP.

October 28, 2013

Starlight Girls: "7x3" b/w "Try" comes to white vinyl

Previously announced as a glow-in-the-dark limited-edition picture 7", Brooklyn retro-pop band Starlight Girls have opted for white vinyl for their single 7x3 instead. It was their first foray into trip-hop, but B-side Try stay more close to home, with electronic back beat to spice things up. Imagine the Andrew Sisters on a fashionable afterparty.

7x3 b/w Try is a self-released single. Buy it from Bandcamp.

Live dates:
  • 10/31 The Saint Asbury, Park, NJ
  • 11/20 Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  • 12/11 Pyramid Scheme, Grand Rapids, MI
  • 12/12 Schubas, Chicago, IL
  • 12/14 Do317 Lounge, Indianapolis, IN
  • 12/15 Cosmic Charlie's, Lexington, KY
  • 12/16 The Woodlands Tavern, Columbus, OH
  • 12/17 Brillobox, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 12/18 BAR, New Haven, CT
  • 12/31 Mercury Lounge New York, NY

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the 7x3.

May 21, 2013

Starlights Girls: "Wasteland" video

Starlights Girls have unveiled a video for Wasteland, a track from their Starlight Girls EP. Jazzy retro pop knee-deep in keyboards with an indie twist. The clip was directed by Jonathan Phelps.

Live dates:
  • 07/02 Glasslands Gallery (w/ ZulÃ, The Tony Castles) Brooklyn, NY
  • 07/11 Manderley Bar @ McKittrick Hotel, New York, NY

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the Starlight Girls EP.

May 15, 2013

Starlight Girls: 7x3

Brooklyn retro pop band Starlight Girls go triphop on their new single 7x3. The single is produced by Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart and will be released as a limited-edition picture 7" disc featuring glow-in-the-dark images of constellations. With 21st century dub technology meeting Sixties pop, the quartet steps out of their comfort zone.

Live dates:
  • 05/18 Behemoth Festival 2013 (w/ Love As Laughter, Birthdays, Honduras) Brooklyn, NY
  • 07/02 Glasslands Gallery (w/ ZulÃ, The Tony Castles) Brooklyn, NY
  • 07/11 Manderley Bar @ McKittrick Hotel, New York, NY

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the Starlight Girls EP.

August 23, 2012

Starlight Girls: show @ Delinquency, Brooklyn 08/24

Starlight Girls
photo: Sarah Lovrie

The Starlight Girls, retro vaudeville pop band from NYC, are part of a four band line-up playing a hometown show at Delinquency:

  • 08/24 Delinquency, Brooklyn, NY (w/ Tiny Victories, Neighbors, Ghost Beach)

» starlightgirls.net

HCTF review of the Starlight Girls EP.

March 27, 2012

Starlight Girls: Starlight Girls EP

Starlight Girls
photo: Sarah Lovrie

Technicolor retro pop made in Brooklyn. The Starlight Girls is a female-fronted rock quartet singing sunny tunes with dark lyrics. There are a bit slower than Katzenjammer and less dirty than Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, the female half of the band takes care of the innocent sounding vocals on top of borderline cheesy keyboards and melancholic flutes and woodwinds.

Their self-titled debut EP is custom-made for the first glorious day of Spring. The sun is shining, but there are some clouds and soon it will start raining - all the things you need to make rainbows happen.

Starlight Girls:
Christina B: vocals, keys, flute
Karys Rhea: drums, vocals
Shaw Walters: guitar
Tysen Arveson: bass

Starlight Girls: Starlight Girls EP

The Starlight Girls EP is a self-released album. Buy it from the band's website. Release date: April 1.

Tracks:
  1. Wasteland
  2. Gossip
  3. Flutterby
  4. Wallflower
  5. The Hunch

Video: Starlight Girls - Flutterby

Live dates:
  • 04/07 The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY
  • 04/14 Cake Shop, New York, NY
  • 05/26 Cameo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

» starlightgirls.net