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Shorties (An Excerpt from David Rakoff's Last Novel, An Interview with Big Star's Jody Stephens, and more)

4272 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyNPR Books excerpts from David Rakoff's posthumous novel Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish. Aquarium Drunkard interviews Big Star's Jody Stephens about the documentary Nothing Can Hurt Me. Aquarium Drunkard: What’s your reaction to Nothing... more info

A Q& A With “Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me”‘s Danielle McCarthy, Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori

4273 days ago
PopdoseI’ve written about this movie previously, but now, with the film making its national premiere in theaters, on InDemand and iTunes on July 3rd, I had the opportunity to ask the filmmakers my own questions.  As a fan of Big Star and of this document... more info

Catching Up With Jody Stephens: The AD Interview

4273 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardIf nothing went right for Big Star during their formative years in the early-mid ‘70s (bad distribution, zero management, internal creative strife), in terms of their legacy, it’s all come out golden in the end. As evidenced in the moving, sad an... more info

Big Star, Kurt Vile, Pete Yorn, Sharon Van Etten: Big Star, Pete Yorn, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile (Pics)

4273 days ago
PrefixPhotos from Tribute to Big Star's Third in Rumsey Playfield in New York City featuring Mike Mills, Jody Stevens, Sharon Van ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/big-star-pete-yorn-sharon-van-etten-kurt-vile-pics/ more info

(Bothering) Jody Stephens of Big Star

4275 days ago
Impose MagazineThere's something fantastically incongruous about meeting up with Big Star drummer Jody Stephens at the Village, a hallowed Los Angeles recording studio. This is, after all, the site where some of the greatest monuments to the cocaine era – includi... more info

Live Music: Big Star’s “Third” @ Park West, June 28, 2013

4275 days ago
PopdoseA review of the tribute to Big Star's "Third" album at Chicago's Park West more info

Concert review: Big Star 'Third' at Park West

4276 days ago
Chicago Tribune more info

Big Star's lost masterpiece finally gets its due

4278 days ago
Chicago Tribune more info

Album Review: THE WORLD RECORD, “Freeway Special”

4279 days ago
PopdoseI don’t know why or what it is, but now this is the second new band I’ve heard in a week who seems to have used Big Star as a template (and this has nothing to do with my obsessions). I can never see that as a bad thing; however, on this album, i... more info

A Q & A With Chris Stamey

4280 days ago
PopdoseChris Stamey is the embodiment of the “thinking person’s musician”. His career is epic and storied: first as a member of The Sneakers with friend Mitch Easter, to playing bass in New York with Alex Chilton while releasing Chris Bell’s “I Am... more info

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