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The Stares

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Magnet Magazine declares Spine to Sea one of ten significant records you missed in 2005.

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Member Since: 30/04/2005
Band Website: http://www.thestares.com
Band Members: Drew Whittemore
Angie Benintendi
Don McGreevy
With: Jason Merculief, Bill Patton, Shahzad Ismaily, Sam Amidon, Eyvind Kang, Randall Dunn, Mell Dettmer, Skerik, Josiah Boothby, Taina Karr, Paul Moore, Gretchen Yanover, Greg Campbell, Hans Teuber, Steve Moore, Stuart McLeod
Influences: Bee Gees

Record Label: 1st record on Mimicry Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Twice baked Stares in NYC this Saturday!

"Playing an album from start to finish live has become the flavor of the month for every former A-list alternative act; this month at the Stone the practice trickles down into the experimental unde...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:42:00 GMT

Ballard, WA, and the East Village, NYC

This Saturday, October 20th, The Stares will be joining Portland's Norfolk & Western and Seattle's lovely Johanna Kunin at the Sunset Tavern in Ballard. What does The Stares have in common with ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:44:00 GMT

Crocodile show on 7.13.07 and KEXP Podcast

Lots of musicians will be mulling about and playing this Friday, July 13th, at the Crocodile, including us.  Headliner Benni Hemm Hemm is coming all the way from Iceland to sing in Hopelandish an...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:50:00 GMT

Finally, new clips!

For your audio pleasure, we present clips of two tracks that will be on the upcoming Stares record, Meridians. You like pop music?  Thirsty for space rock? Then "Sucia" and "Space Pause" should t...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:01:00 GMT

New shirts!

We have new shirts for the taking.  Designed by Stephen O'Malley, these Jungle Book-gone-awry designs are on dark grey American Apparel t-shirts (super comfy, fitted, and sweatshop-f...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:24:00 GMT

Record-making, cont.

Summer Solstice is three weeks away. Sun comes and goes. Fragrant blooms still punctuate the air. Ahh, springtime in Seattle. It's hard to beat. Finally, days where we don't have to wear heavy jackets...
Posted by on Wed, 31 May 2006 22:10:00 GMT

Record no. 2

It's been a full two years since we finished recording Spine to Sea. We accomplished a lot in those 2 years - shopped the record around, landed our first home with Mimicry, played Anacortes, Tucson an...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:31:00 GMT

CDs, shirts, one-stop shopping, oh my!

JUST IN TIME FOR YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING NEEDS, WE'VE THROWN UP THE STARES SHOP TO HANDLE CD AND T-SHIRT SALES HERE AT STARES HQ. FAIR PRICES, INTROSPECTIVE LULLABIES, EYE-CATCHING GRAPHICS, SWEATSHOP-F...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:14:00 GMT

Ahoy --- S.S. Marie Antoinette this Saturday

Youll find us aboard the S.S. Marie Antoinette this Saturday, November 19th.  Go to 1235 Westlake Ave N off Lake Union in Seattle and look for a 4,000 square foot warehouse.  You cant miss...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:05:00 GMT

Nobody likes streaming half a song ...

... so we've uploaded "123" and "From the Sky" in their full-length glory and have added "Killing Time" - new to our Myspace home.  Sit back and relax, these songs are a bit length...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:41:00 GMT