If there’s one thing Canadian quintet Stars has been able to do for the entire duration of its 10-year run it’s make us sigh wistfully over beautifully crafted lyrics and gorgeous, blooming melodies. Since 2007’s In Our Bedroom After The War, the band members (many of whom moonlight as Broken Social Scene players) scattered for a while to work on some very un-Stars-like solo and side projects. However, rest assured that just-released fifth full-length, The Five Ghosts (Vagrant/Soft Revolution), is Stars still being heartbreakingly Stars, with an underlying theme of mortality featuring lyrics that focus on love in a “til death do us part” kind of way. Prepare to swoon when you see them play the album live on their tour of Europe and North America this fall. Evan Cranley, Torquil Campbell, Amy Millan, Chris Seligman and Patrick McGee are guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with Cranley.
Amy: Not a word of a lie: When the local harvests start to roll in at the Jean-Talon farmers market, I well up. The purples of the eggplant, the blinding reds and oranges of the tomatoes, the deep ashen blues of the blueberries. It makes me think the world just might not end. For a dollar, you have your choice of oysters being shucked or corn being boiled that you can nosh on while you shop. Local cheese makers switch from week to week at a corner stall, and there are mushrooms you’ve never seen before. I know that winter has let go its clutches when this market starts to pop!!!! Ride a BIXI bike and bring a couple tote bags. You can build a feast.
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