# Torquil Campbell

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Torquil Campbell and the Art of Joyful Quote Tweeting

This week on a very special episode of Friendless, your host James Avramenko is joined by Stars co-front singer and co-host of the Soft Revolution podcast, the one and only Torquil Campbell. They discuss hashtags as marketing tools, generic individualism, quote tweeting positivity, and of course th…

88FIVE LIVE with STARS at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever

88FIVE Live at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever with Stars is brought to you by The Independent 88.5 FM, CSUN & Saddleback College. Join 88.5 FM's Morning show host Nic Harcourt in conversation with the Canadian indie pop/rock band Stars! Stars dive into the inspiration behind their newest …

Ali Momen: The Intersection of Arts And Activism

What is the biggest issue that is plaguing us as a society? Is it climate change? COVID? Actor/Activist, Ali Momen, firmly believes the most significant challenge facing society today is faction and division. He implores us that if we don't collaborate to solve the different challenges we are faci…

Art for the End Times: How capitalism wrecked the music industry, ft. Torq Campbell of Stars

Where did all the good tunes go? Have millennials just gone the way of Gen X and Boomers before them, pining nostalgically for gilded memories of a past that never glittered? Or has the music business—and music along with it—really changed? In this episode of Art for the End Times, Lyta Gold explor…

Andrew Sean Greer + Torquil Campbell & Daniel Handler

Andrew Sean Greer won the Pulitzer Prize for his comic novel, Less. For this episode he reads an excerpt from the follow up book, Less is Lost, and describes how he thinks of the book as more serious than many readers.  For the songwriter in this episode, Andrew requested Torquil Campbell of the  b…

Queer Screen Interview: Karen Knox and Lane Webber on their raucous indie rock film We Forgot to Break Up

We Forgot to Break Up tells the story of fictional Canadian band The New Normals; an indie rock group that transcends labels and definition, and changes the scene of indie rock music. The New Normals is led by Evan (excellently portrayed by Lane Webber), a trans man singer-songwriter who has the bi…

The Making of SET YOURSELF ON FIRE by Stars - feat. Torquil Campbell, Amy Millan, Evan Cranley...

For the 20th anniversary of Stars’ breakthrough third album, Set Yourself on Fire, we take a detailed look at how it was made. After Torquil Campbell and Chris Seligman grew up together in Toronto, they formed Stars when they were living in New York City. Their first album, Nightsongs, was made wit…

A mixtape of you: the summer of the Great Canadian Playlist

Canadians have been spending a lot of time thinking about identity and their relationship to Canada. As U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war drags on, taking an ‘Elbows Up’ approach isn’t just about economics – it’s also cultural. Many of the songs and albums that make up the soundtrack to your …

A mixtape of you: the summer of the Great Canadian Playlist

Canadians have been spending a lot of time thinking about identity and their relationship to Canada. As U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war drags on, taking an ‘Elbows Up’ approach isn’t just about economics – it’s also cultural. Many of the songs and albums that make up the soundtrack to your …