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maystar

L.A. friends we play june 24th @ club ding-a-ling

About Me

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House of Blues:
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all ages! Dresden Dolls w/ MayStar. Doors at 6:30pm
Also playing the Local 94/9 show at the Casbah. 21+ Free! Doors at 7pm
And all the other voices said....
"Way to bring in a presence and a presentation.
The way (MayStar) opened (their) set with the dropcloth/projection screen in front that was then backlit so as to create these abstract animation-like silhouetted ethereal beings...was...striking. Kind of slow-moving, painterly impressions, almost stick figures, well, really cool to my eye(s).(They) have visuals and vision.
And that's all that without mentioning the sounds emanated.
Spine-tingling sublime portraits of love travels. Shimmer and shake and heartquakes translated through voice and guitar and organized noise and beats too. Sonic glue to put back together the porcelain pieces of the recently departeds.
~ T, MACHIN-E, 2006.
"As yet unsigned to a record label, she has one of the most painfully bittersweet voices I have heard since Johnette Napolitano circa her Dream 6 days...I warn you in advance, the song 'She Always Laughs (at the Most Horrible Things)' will stick in your head and you'll find yourself humming it all night long. Not a bad thing."
- RC Edrington
of Spentmeat.com
"The mood tickled my spine."
~ Thomas, www.thomasphillip.com
"If you like your indie to be raw, stripped down, and too overly intelligent for it's own good, then you should give a listen to this duo. Between the costume changes of vocalists May's clothing that she designed, lighting, stage props and the acted out songs, this bands live show is mezmerizing. Keep an eye on this band."
~DJ Narcolept, Faction-6, Artist Exposure.
Making music since 2002, MAYSTAR is finally playing shows and beginning to collect fans. But we only want fans that actually like us, so *YOU* have to request us as a friend.
Tell your friends about us. Don't make us start spamming like all those other bands! xoxo
If you'd like to help us promote, let us know!
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PURCHASE MAYSTAR'S DEBUT EP, WAKE UP NOW. LIMITED COPIES! GET YOURS BEFORE WE RUN OUT!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/10/2004
Band Website: maystardesigns.com
Band Members: may:
vocals, lyrics, melodies, designs
abe:
guitar, keyboards, beats
Influences: THE CURE, THE CURE, THE CURE.
the cure, the cure, the cure.
and these are SOME bands we like:
adult.
air
a minor forest
anne clark
annie
anthony rother
apartment
aphex twin
autolux
the autumns
avenue d
azure ray
bang gang
bauhaus
benny benassi
berlin
bjork
bloc party
blonde redhead
the blow
blur
boards of canada
boyskout
the bravery
bright eyes
cat power
chicks on speed
chris issac
circ
client
colder
console
cocorosie
the cure
cut copy
damien rice
daniel ash
dead can dance
death cab
death from above 1979
death in vegas
deftones
denali
depeche mode
die raketen
dirty sanchez
dresden dolls
drinking electricity
duran duran
elliot smith
fadgadget
the faint
far
felix da housecat
figurine
fischerspooner
the flaming lips
franz ferdinand
freezepop
french kicks
fpu
gang of four
garbage
the glove
gary numan
gravvy train
helen kane
hooverphonic
hot hot heat
ima robot
interpol
jean michell jarre
jet
joanna newsom
joy division
junior boys
keane
the knife
kraftwerk
ladytron
lacuna coil
lali puna
lamb
lcd soundsystem
le tigre
the lovemakers
material issue
mindless self indulgence
mirah
miss kittin
modest mouse
mogwai
morphine
mount sims
moving units
muse
new order
new young pony club
nin
nirvana
no doubt
no knife
orgy
patsy cline
peaches
pedro the lion
peter murphy
a perfect circle
pinback
p.i.l.
pink floyd
pink military
the pixies
pj harvey
placebo
the postal service
portishead
primal scream
radiohead
the rapture
razorlight
richard x
the robot ate me
scout niblett
section 25
she wants revenge
the shins
shiny toy guns
sigur ros
siouxsie
slowdive
smashing pumpkins (ugly)
the smiths
snow patrol
sonic youth
soft cell
the sounds
soviet
spoon
squarepusher
the stills
the stranglers (golden brown)
sun kil moon
superheroes
swayzak
system of a down
team sleep
tiefschwarz
tom vek
tones on tail
tricky
trans x
the unicorns
vast
visage
vive la fete
the walkmen
white rose movement
wire
xtc
xoxoxo
yeah yeah yeahs (ONLY y-control remix)
yip-yip
young marble giants
zeromancer
zoot woman
etc.....
and certain 20's and 40's music....
Sounds Like: The echo of a voice in a cold empty room..."Spine-tingling sublime portraits of love travels. Shimmer and shake and heartquakes translated through voice and guitar and organized noise and beats too. Sonic glue to put back together the porcelain pieces of the recently departeds."
~ MACHIN-E, 2006.

You tell us. What do we sound like?!?!
We've been told: Blonde Redhead, Denali, The Knife, The Cure, Joanna Newsom, Dream 6, Deerhoof, and Siouxsie...

Said to perform like Bauhaus.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

be THE FIRST to get our new album!!!

if you want to pre-order our new album, leave a comment here, and we'll let you know when it's out....so you can have it before anyone else :]new album comes out in 2008 - date: TBA.also, please visit...
Posted by maystar on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:12:00 PST

Help us!

I know a lot of you guys already do this stuff, (we see it, thank you!), but things like this help us so much:- putting us in your top 8 [[email protected]]- putting our song on your page- putting...
Posted by maystar on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:04:00 PST

Where do you want us to play? ? ?

We've got answers to this question scattered throughout our email account, myspace inbox, and comments...If you could put your answer here instead, that would be more helpful.Once we get 200+ people w...
Posted by maystar on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:58:00 PST

yes, yes, we will tour everywhere, but...

it will take some time....and if you are the only one in your city who knows about us, you should tell your friends about us and have them tell their friends and so on! the more people in one place wh...
Posted by maystar on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:51:00 PST

the glittering lies

Did you know that when you buy a song from snocap/myspace off a band's page, that snocap is taking between 39 and 45 cents per song?So the band is only making a little over 50 cents a song, even thoug...
Posted by maystar on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:18:00 PST

Summer Tour!

We we be playing in: Las Vegas Arizona Texas San Francisco and a few other places.... DATES coming soon!      
Posted by maystar on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 01:30:00 PST

ILYA, lowcloudcover, and The Modlins...

Thanks to everyone who came out to out show sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ILYA, lowcloudcover, MAYSTAR, The Modlins)  
Posted by maystar on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:51:00 PST

CD now in these stores:

M-Theory (South Park)Mojo Sounds (Pacific Beach)...more coming soon...
Posted by maystar on Wed, 31 May 2006 04:20:00 PST

MayStar on 94/9...

Thanks so much to Tim Pyles for playing us on the radio last night!click here for playlist, etc...Heard this week on The Local 94/9...Sunday, May 28 The Local 94/9"Live" Casbah BroadcastSpecial Guests...
Posted by maystar on Tue, 30 May 2006 04:44:00 PST

MAYSTAR banner for your page!

Because some of you asked for it:Here are the codes to stick on your profiles and in bulletins, blogs, LJs, xanga's, etc.Make sure to highlight all the text in the box, select COPY, and then paste it ...
Posted by maystar on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:25:00 PST