How can you not like a band with that name?
Straight out of Portland, Starfucker is a band with more than a great name. Of course, having profanity in your band’s name has its downsides. Starfucker has struggled to get its music out through radio play and concerts. The quality of their music shines through, however.
How can you not like a band with that name?
Straight out of Portland, Starfucker is a band with more than a great name. Of course, having profanity in your band’s name has its downsides. Starfucker has struggled to get its music out through radio play and concerts. The quality of their music shines through, however.
Starfucker offers a love-at-first-sight brand of sound that’s difficult to get tired of. Their feel is a fine-line mix between indie and pop styles, which doesn’t fall into the traps presented by either.
Even if you aren’t yet familiar with the band’s sound, you might have heard of their hit song “Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second.” The track starred in a Target commercial for pink pepto in 2009. As good as their old stuff was, their new album, Reptilians, which came out in 2011, might be even better. Reptilians’ tracks are catchy while sounding nothing like the trash that makes it on the radio.
It is sad that with a band name like Starfucker, they don’t get the recognition they deserve. This band is one of the leaders in the electronica genre, and one of the best representatives in the style Portland could hope for.
Starfucker will be playing at Branx May 24. The show is already sold out.
