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The Dears Find Solace in Dystopian Times on 'Lovers Rock'
Published May 12, 2020

The Dears' latest album, Lovers Rock, exports listeners into another dimension with ethereal dream-pop melodies and dark guitar riffs. Th...
The Dears Give Us a New Song from 'Lovers Rock'
Published Apr 30, 2020

The Dears are plotting their return with Lovers Rock, and they are now teasing us with another new album track called "I Know What You're Th...
How the Dears Are Coping with Isolation: 'Minecraft,' Teaching Kids to Engineer, Throwing Potatoes in the River
Published Mar 30, 2020

Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak aren't just the co-leaders of Montreal rock stalwarts the Dears — they're also a married couple. As the...
The Dears Return with New Album 'Lovers Rock'
Published Mar 13, 2020

The Dears have returned with details of their eighth studio album. The 10-track Lovers Rock arrives May 15 through Dangerbird Records. Fo...
Murray A. Lightburn and Kevin Drew Join Forces for "Changed My Ways" Video
Published Jun 14, 2019

Dears frontman Murray A. Lightburn recently delivered his sophomore solo effort Hear Me Out, and he's showing it off some via a new video fo...
Murray Lightburn Only Cares About His Dears, No Not Those Ones, on 'Hear Me Out'
Published Feb 21, 2019

"To be honest with you, I've gotten to that point where I don't give a shit a lot about what somebody thinks," says Murray Lightburn of the...
The Dears Fox Cabaret, Vancouver BC, March 9
Published Mar 10, 2018

Longtime Montreal rockers the Dears performed in Vancouver Friday night in support of their latest record, 2017's Times Infinity, Vol. Two....
The Dears' Early Albums Collected in Vinyl Box Set
Published Aug 30, 2017

Though the Dears released their Times Infinity Volume Two earlier this year, the band are set to revisit their first three albums for a new...
The Dears Times Infinity Volume Two
Published Jul 13, 2017

While many of their early aughts Belle Province contemporaries have faded away, the Dears have pressed on, steadily swooning their way throu...
The Dears "All the Hail Marys"
Published Jun 02, 2017

The Dears recently revealed plans for Times Infinity Volume Two and premiered lead single "Of Fisticuffs," and now the Montreal band are bac...
The Dears Unveil 'Times Infinity Volume Two' LP, Premiere New Single
Published May 04, 2017

The Dears' 2000 debut End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story was recently recognized with Paper Bag Vintage's inaugural reissue, but the Montreal...
Paper Bag Records Launches "Vintage" Vinyl Reissue Label
Published Feb 06, 2017

Diving even deeper into the ever-expanding world of vinyl, Toronto's Paper Bag Records has launched Paper Bag Vintage — a new side label aim...