Minky Starshine and the New Cardinals

About Me

MINKY STARSHINE & THE NEW CARDINALS hover just above the sweetest sounds of the pop-rock soundscape. This band is much more than four pretty faces who write sugar pop melodies mixed with the 70's-inspired, am radio rock they grew up on. Minky (vocals and guitar), Kelly McCullough (bass and vocals), Michael Moore (guitar and vocals) and Mike Levesque (drums) fit together like pieces of an old puzzle, delivering emotionally charged thrills with every living moment. In 2006, their majestic pop anthems shot heart-shaped arrows straight from their hips into the hearts of their audiences. They are currently supporting their debut release, "Hooray for L.A.", which was produced and engineered by Ken Stringfellow (Posies, R.E.M., Big Star).
Guest musicians include Ken Stringfellow, Mike Levesque (David Bowie, Candy Butchers), Jeff Calder (Aimee Mann, Missing Persons), Chris Cugini (Anastasia Screamed, Blizzard of 78), Paul Myers (Blizzard of 78), Phil Aiken (Buffalo Tom), Sean McLaughlin (Elliot Smith), Rob Loyot (Entrain), Drew Townson (Boston Music Award Winner), Larissa Maestro, Adam Olendorff, Jeff Lipton (Sebadoh, Wheat) and more...
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Member Since: 7/5/2005
Band Website: minkystarshine.net
Band Members: Minky and the New Cardinals... Kurt Friel, Mansour Bethany, Eric F'n French, Mike Levesque, Michael Moore, Phil Aiken, Kelly McCullough, John Berard, Jamie Choquette, Eric Fontana and Mr. Bojangles
Influences: Anything heartbreaking....but if I must: Big Star, Badfinger, Nick Lowe, The Posies, Jellyfish, Graham Parker, Bay City Rollers, Aimee Mann, Bowie, Kinks, T. Rex, Replacements, Jon Brion, Elvis Costello, Matthew Sweet, Brendan Benson, Elliot Smith, Pernice Brothers, Material Issue, Sloan, Ben Kweller, Jason Falkner, Squeeze, ELO, The Cure, Nick Lowe, Marshall Crenshaw, Beach Boys, The Jayhawks, Cheap Trick, Superdrag, Teenage Fanclub, Joe Jackson, Television, Jason Falkner, Nada Surf, Tom Petty, The Lemonheads,The Who, The Beatles, Adam and the Ants, Redd Kross, Dinosaur Jr, Weezer...
Sounds Like: The music soothes the soul, it rocks the house, it glimmers and shines like the sun in December. Songs burst forth from your stereo like they are something that matter, something you anticipate, long for, and want to share with your friends.
Record Label: Lovestruck Recording Co., 75orLess
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Let the record begin

Hey all, Hope you're doing well. Just writing to tell you what we've been doing. Lots of hanging around, drinking smoothies, expensive haircuts and playing with our old Christmas toys. We did play in...
Posted by Minky Starshine and the New Cardinals on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:05:00 PST

The Phoenix and Motif Magazine Nominations

By the way.... we were nominated for Best Album and Breakthrough Act in The Providence Phoenix (www.thephoenix.com) and Best Album and Best Male Vocalist in Motif Magazine (www.mofitmagazine.net). Ple...
Posted by Minky Starshine and the New Cardinals on Thu, 03 May 2007 06:04:00 PST

Minky to be featured on the CW network!

Thanks to all the people who voted in the contest for us to get a song aired on the CW Network! Also, thanks to all the great bands we met along the way. Our song "Blue Hearts" will be used in an upc...
Posted by Minky Starshine and the New Cardinals on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:34:00 PST

"Hooray for LA" now available at Cdbaby.com

"Hooray for LA" is now available to purchase at Cdbaby.com. The direct link is: http://cdbaby.com/cd/minkystarshine(Also, look for it at iTunes, in the upcoming month) Li...
Posted by Minky Starshine and the New Cardinals on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:13:00 PST

Providence Phoenix review

...read what The Phoenix has to say about the highly anticipated new release from Minky Starshine & the New Cardinalshttp://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid21919.aspx
Posted by Minky Starshine and the New Cardinals on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:26:00 PST

Ken Stringfellow came, saw and conquered

I just finished up a great week of recording with Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, REM, Big Star). He was nice enough to fly all the way from Paris to engineer and produce a new batch of songs for me. He...
Posted by Minky Starshine and the New Cardinals on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:06:00 PST