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Silver Starling
12+ albums
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Silver Starling began as a project of Montreal-born singer-songwriter Marcus Paquin. Outside of creating his own music Marcus has been a recording engineer having worked with Stars, Torngat, Arcade Fire and many others for over 10 years since graduating with a Masters degree from McGill University. Paquin met drummer Liam O'neill after seeing him perform at a free jazz show and the two soon began performing the songs together. Marika Anthony-Shaw (Paquin's wife) naturally joined the band as the third member adding violin, viola and keyboards. Peter X was soon added on bass guitar and banjo. The then four-piece recorded their self-titled debut album and added touring member Gabriel Lambert as an additional guitarist and soon became a permanent member. Falling under the genre classification of pop/rock their sound has been described as "brilliantly conceived, skillfully executed art-pop", "touchingly vulnerable yet heart-achingly optimist slow rock tinged with the gentleness of folk" with "an eclectic-yet-carefully-plotted blend of elements of Blues, Country, Rock" Before releasing their debut album on Toronto/Montreal based label Last Gang Records (Metric, Ohbijou) Silver Starling were featured on three large Canadian Music Festivals; Osheaga, Hillside and the Toronto Virgin Fest. The band toured in September 2009 in Quebec and Ontario to promote their upcoming album which was released in October in Canada and USA and also showcased at CMJ in New York city in October 2009, M f
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Silver Starling
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SXSW 2010 Showcasing Artists
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SaG's Indie Electro Rock Playlist October 2009
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Samy's Indie Rock Playlist Winter 2009
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Daydream Nation
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Daydream Nation (Music from & Inspired By the Original Motion Picture)
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Daydream Nation O.S.T.
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Silver Starling - Advance Album
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Zunior Music Sampler ver.4.23
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Canadian Blast @ SXSW 2010
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Last Gang Records - The Collector's Edition Volume 6
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Last Gang Records - The Collector's Edition Volume 6 (Sampler 2010)