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Saturday, March 1, 2008

Kostars - Klassics With A "K" (1995)

Kostars was a side project by two of the talented ladies of one of my fave bands, Luscious Jackson. Jill Cunniff and Vivian Trimble obviously wanted to explore music that was not quite as hip hop as Luscious Jackson, and they banded together to release this album of pop tunes. It was released on the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label with little fanfare. But it's a sweet little example of simple pop music, with spare arrangements and beautiful harmonies. The song "Don't Know Why" with weird brother duo Ween is such a beautiful, longing pop tune, perfect in my opinion. Of course, Trimble would leave Luscious Jackson soon after and, perhaps influenced by the freedom of this foray, would form the even more fantastic duo Dusty Trails with Josephine Wiggs from The Breeders. That album is up next. Luscious Jackson was fabulous, and these side projects show just how talented and versatile these ladies were.

Video for Red Umbrella

Download Klassics With A "K"

1
Never So Lonely
2
Jacqueline
3
Red Umbrella
4
Jolene On The Freeway
5
One Sunny Day
6
Hey Cowboy
7
Reverend
8
Mama Never Said
9
Don't Know Why
10
French Kiss
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15 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 16, 2010 at 4:36 PM

    Please re-post this marvelous album file , it's inactive in all servers!!!!

    Silvio

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  2. Nasty GNovember 17, 2010 at 11:04 AM

    Actually, the Megaupload link still works. ;)

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  3. AnonymousMarch 7, 2012 at 10:56 AM

    I'd like to put in my request for this album (Kostars - Klassics with a "K"). Hard drive crash, original CD nowhere to be found :(

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  4. AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 9:57 PM

    Any chance of re-uploading, please? All the existing links are dead.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 12, 2012 at 7:29 PM

    Got it, thanks very much :)

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  6. UnknownJanuary 12, 2013 at 7:31 PM

    please re-post it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  7. AnonymousJuly 16, 2016 at 10:35 AM

    Please re-upload if you're still active. I can't find this anywhere! I'd love you forever!

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  8. AnonymousJune 12, 2018 at 1:07 PM

    Thanks a million for this! I got a DUSTY TRAILS CD for $1 in a thrift store (because Emmylou Harris is on it) and that lead me to Kostars! It's great! Thank you so much! - Stinky

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  9. skylab67February 9, 2019 at 5:57 AM

    Please re-upload album.

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  10. skylab67February 20, 2019 at 1:58 PM

    Thank you!

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