The Dears have a new album due early 2011 on Dangerbird Records, and they’ll be previewing it this fall with a series of live shows. The band will play the record in-full at eight shows scheduled as ...

Some interviewees reveal nothing of themselves. Not so Murray Lightburn, linchpin of Canadian sextet The Dears. "I have an enormous fear of abandonment," he says, "this thing of wanting to hold on to ...

It may come as a surprise to some, others won't believe it at all, but the Dears don't want to be rock stars. Mainstream affiliations, miles of newsprint and obnoxious aviator shades may suggest ...

‘Heart of an Animal’ kickstarts the record with a mighty bang, perfectly setting the tone for the other tracks to come after it. An incredible drum beat by Jeff Luciani continues throughout the song, ...

Montréal’s The Dears have announced a new album, Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!, and shared a new song from it, “Tears of a Nation,” via a music video co-directed by Kevin ...

Montréal’s The Dears are releasing a new album, Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!, on Next Door. Now they have shared its latest single, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” via a music ...

Murray Lightburn, the self-styled "writer and director" of the cultish Canadian darlings The Dears, does not look like a man upon whose shoulders the worries of the world rest lightly. On stage he's a ...

"The Dears don't have throwaway tracks," insists longtime keyboardist Natalia Yanchak. "We literally throw those tracks away." Acknowledging her "arrogant" outlook, she says that the Dears' songs are ...

Rare is the band hard to pin down in the 21st century, but The Dears is that rarity. Openly romantic and symphonic yet destabilizing and hypnotic, the Montreal-based brainchild of spouses Murray ...

From Logan’s Run to Star Trek and onward to dystopian videos from his own band The Dears, Murray Lightburn is a sci-fi freak with a neuromantic streak. And while his postmodern soul and blues may skew ...

The guys (and gal) in The Dears must be especially good with names, because after going through so many lineup changes over the years things would have to get a little confusing. Despite so many ...