Photo by erin_m This was a good year for the Three Stars feature. We got to talk with a lot of up and coming local musical acts who specialize in a variety of styles. We foresee great things happening for acts like Pree and Laughing Man, and we even talked to now-Grammy nominee Christylez. Here, we recount some of our favorite moments from Three Stars interviews we conducted this year. The most interesting and…

When we last interviewed the “loudest band in Brooklyn” in late 2007, A Place to Bury Strangers were just starting to feel the taste of an immense new buzz surrounding their self-titled release and their accompanying live show. A year and a half later, they’ve signed to Mute Records, finished recording album #2, and gained quite a following of people who like both hazy reverb-laden shoegaze and louder, heavier fare. They have only a…

All four members of True Womanhood are 23 years-old, and they come across as appropriately youthfully excited about what they’re doing. They’ll each gladly let you know anything and everything cool that’s going on around town. But while that youthfulness initially translated into a sort of skittish stage show, the band has grown into its spirit and fervor, channeling it into crazy beats to go along with their highly emotive songs. This is a…