Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Chris Bell (Big Star). You gave us light. Read two exclusive excerpts from There Was A Light: The Cosmic History Of Chris Bell And The Rise Of Big Star by Rich Tupica: The post Happy Birthday Chris Bell (Big Star) appeared first on Ma... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Alex Chilton (Big Star, Box Tops). December boy’s got it bad. Following his death in 2010, Robert Pollard, Matthew Sweet, Mac McCaughan, Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, Tommy Keene and more remembered Alex in MAGNET: The post Happy Birt... more info

Obscure Sound — Traversing from comfortably hazy introspection to a rousing rock envelopment, “Don’t Go Down” is a single released today from Soapman. The project is led by UK-based artist Stephen Burgan. The track is penned like a love letter to a friend, pr... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Jody Stephens (Big Star, Those Pretty Wrongs). Thank you, friend. Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Read our classic feature on the incomparable Big Star: The post Happy Birthday Jody Stephens (Big Star, Those Pretty Wrongs) appeared f... more info

Allmusic Blog — From time to time, here at AllMusic, we shine a spotlight on overlooked albums in the discography of a major artist. In the case of the star-crossed dB's, that pretty much means their entire catalog. more info

Stereogum — My Wonderful Boyfriend are a new-ish NYC indie rock band informed by the classics. In promo materials, the band claims influences such as “Pavement, Big Star, Blur, Wilco, and Vampire Weekend,” and I hear a lot of that in “My New Shirt,” t... more info

Stereogum — In his documentary Stranded In Canton, William Eggleston captured life in Memphis in 1974 in all its rough-and-tumble splendor. Local luminaries from Alex Chilton, Furry Lewis, and even Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley make appearances. According... more info

Magnet Magazine — 45 years ago, the Knack released debut album Get The Knack. Serious fun. MAGNET’s top-15 American power-pop LPs featuring Get The Knack, plus the Beat, Big Star, Cheap Trick, the dB’s, Flamin’ Groovies, Tommy Keene, the Plimsouls, the Posies, R... more info

Stereogum — Big Star’s Radio City is getting a 50th anniversary tour. Their sophomore album will be played through in its entirety at each show, as performed by Jody Stephens (Big Star’s sole surviving original member), R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, the dB’s�... more info

Stereogum — Last month the Montréal power-pop band Laughing shared “Bruised,” an early single from their new album Because It’s True. They’ve got another teaser track out today. “Will She Ever Be A Friend Of Mine” is three minutes of pure Byrds-y... more info