KEXP Seattle — Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me Directed by Drew DeNicola (USA, 2012, 100 minutes) Festival Screenings: Tuesday, May 21, 9PM at SIFF Cinema Uptown Wednesday, May 26, 8:30pm at SIFF Cinema Uptown Last year’s Oscar winning documentary Searching for Sug... more info

Consequence of Sound — Full-orchestra tribute with a who's-who of rock elite. more info

Popdose — Perfect for fans as well as the uninitiated, the new Big Star documentary is a long-overdue testament to the band's greatness more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — With the theatrical release of a documentary feature on indie-rock cult group Big Star looming for July 3, the 22-track soundtrack album will be released a week earlier on June 25 with previously unissued versions of the group’s cornerstone songs. more info

Chicago Tribune — A festival that encompasses performances by Van Dyke Parks, Corey Harris and Lydia Loveless, movies about the Jesus Lizard, Big Star, John Fahey and the Rolling Stones, a Melvin Peebles tribute, a Wax Trax roundtable and a presentation by punk-provoc... more info

Chorus.fm — Philadelphia band *Seagulls* have released (http://m.soundcloud.com/sglls/thirteen-big-star-cover) their first single "Thirteen," a Big Star cover. The song is from the band's upcoming debut album Great Pine. more info

Popdose — Big hooks. Singalong choruses. Earworm melodies. Guitars. Handclaps. When these stars align, I think Power Pop. So, what bands will become the next Cheap Trick, Posies, Material Issue or Big Star? POPDOSE traveled around the world to find the very b... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Amsterdam based Never Mind The Stars is the world biggest one-man band. Main man Adam Bar-Pereg is one of 37 musicians on the new album The Light, a collection of seventeen orchestrated gentle indie pop songs with a jazz twist. Grand piano and str... more info

Impose Magazine — Meet San Francisco's Cocktails as they premiere their crushed out single, "Hey Winnie". Patrick Clos and Lauren Matsui share their Alex Chilton indebted "would you be an outlaw for my love" lyrical scriptures with their back and forth guitar inte... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Futurebirds: 2012-12-22, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,flac] Futurebirds: "Mr. Johnny's Bible" [mp3] s... more info