#Stars of the Lid

[ruinedholograms]

(2000-2007)

• Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R

• Andrew Bird - Weather Systems

• Nine Inch Nails - And All That Could Have Been, and Still

• Clint Mansell + Kronos Quartet + Mogwai - The Fountain

• Animal Collective + Vashti Bunyan - Prospect Hummer

• Xiu Xiu - Fag Patrol

• Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

• Sigur Rós - Takk…

• Kanye West - Late Registration

• Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze

• Ray Lamontagne - Trouble

• Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet

• Elliott Smith - Figure 8, From A Basement On The Hill, and New Moon

• LCD Soundsystem - Self Titled

• Xiu Xiu + Grouper - Creepshow

• Slipknot - Iowa

• Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds, With Teeth, and Every Day Is Exactly The Same

• Thom Yorke - The Eraser

• Tom Petty - Highway Companion

• Thom Yorke - Spitting Feathers

• The Postal Service - Give Up

• The Knife - Silent Shout

• Air - The Virgin Suicides

• The Knife - Self Titled

• Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline

[caviarsonoro]

The Artificial Pine Arch Song · Stars of the Lid · Brian McBride ·

Si no fuera de noche saldría a quemar las naves de esta plomiza nostalgia. Juan José Vélez Otero

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

Stars of the Lid - VPRO Studios, Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 17, 2002

Like a lot of you, I've been revisiting the Stars of the Lid discography since news broke of Brian McBride's passing. And although I've described SotL as "music for the universe's funeral" in the past, this deep dive hasn't been depressing. The opposite, in fact!

The tired sounds that McBride and Adam Wiltzie made contain deep wells of sadness, yeah, but the albums also have a certain romance to them, even a sense of humor. That wide openness might be its greatest strength; Stars of the Lid's music was in dialogue with the listener. It brought something to you and you gave something back — and those somethings could change every time, depending on your own state of mind. A galaxy of possibilities.

That might not make sense, I don't know, whatever. What I'm saying is — Stars of the Lid is good for you. So listen to their records ... and listen to this great Dutch radio session from the early 2000s, featuring beautiful versions of "Piano Aquieu" and "Porch."

[knightofleo]

Stars of the Lid | The Daughters of Quiet Minds

[radiophd]

stars of the lid -- jan. 69

[ambientworld]

[fireland]

Stars of the Lid / Fac 21

RIP Brian McBride

[bruce-adams]

Brian McBride 1970-2023

I got the word this past Saturday morning, August 26, that Brian McBride has passed. The news was not easy to hear. It was my good fortune to have been working for kranky when Brian and Adam Wiltzie agreed to release Stars of the Lid recording on the label. Before I left the label, I was also lucky enough to promote his solo album, When the Detail Lost its Freedom.

It was my great fortune to have known Brian and spent time with him. In addition to his musical work, Brian was a college debater and coach of great skill and renown in the field. I wonder if the ability to examine and articulate the sides of an issue, so crucial in debate, was reflected in Brian's music - so focused on detail and gesture. I have memories of evening conversations, cats, and half-lit rooms in Chicago when I think of Brian. And now I have the accumulated regrets we sometimes get when someone dies - why didn't I stay in touch? Why didn't I follow up on that unanswered email?

So if you love the music Brian made, drop a line or make a call to a friend you haven't talked to for awhile.

[the-inevitable-minor-fires]

This one fucking hurts.

[cursethrower]

Brian McBride - The Guilt of Uncomplicated Thoughts

[abstrakshun]

Stars of the Lid, ambient/experimental music duo formed in Austin Texas in 1993, comprising Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie.

Track from the 2001 album The Tired Sounds of Stars from the Lid

more related projects here

[lineara]

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[knightofleo]

Stars of the Lid | Even (Out) +

[vyva-melinkolya]

Play these in tandem, please

[radiophd]

stars of the lid -- dust breeding (1.316) +