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Frame For the Blues: The Powerful Ease of Alex Chilton

1890 days ago
Aquarium Drunkard — Right as he finally began to be recognized as a proto-indie rock figurehead in the late eighties and early nineties, Alex Chilton found himself drifting toward the sounds of his youth. Right as people had begun clamoring for Big Star and the acerbic ... more info
Big Star Chet Baker

This Week's Interesting Music Releases - January 25, 2019

1916 days ago
LargeHeartedBoy — Mono's Nowhere Now Here, Sarah Louise's Nighttime Birds And Morning Stars, and William Tyler's Goes West are the albums I can wholeheartedly recommend this week. Also available is a Big Star live performance. This week's interesting music releases: A... more info
Mono William Tyler Big Star

8 New Songs Out Today

1959 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — Listen to new songs by Alex Chilton, Martha, Julian Lynch, Insanity Alert, Sunwatchers, Tim Kinsella, Kevin Devine, and more. Continue reading… more info
Big Star Kevin Devine

Alex Chilton – “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying” (Gerry And The Pacemakers Cover)

1959 days ago
Stereogum — Aside from his cult icon status as the leader of the Box Tops and Big Star, Alex Chilton loved singing good ole classics right out of the Great American Songbook as taught to him by his jazz trumpeter father in the 1950s. The late rocker, who passed ... more info
Big Star The Box Tops

Big Star’s Jody Stephens & Smog’s Bill Callahan Join Yo La Tengo In New York City

1965 days ago
JamBase — Big Star’s Jody Stephens and Smog’s Bill Callahan were guests at night five of this year’s annual 8 Nights Of Hanukkah With Yo La Tengo run at The Bowery Ballroom. more info
Yo La Tengo Big Star Bill Callahan

Disq – “Communication” Video

1987 days ago
Stereogum — Disq are Isaac De Broux-Slone and Raina Bock, two extremely cool teenagers from Wisconsin who make neat, smart, Midwestern power-pop. The pair -- who count Weezer, Big Star, Todd Rundgren and the Beatles as influences -- released their first album in... more info
Weezer Big Star Todd Rundgren The Beatles

Zuider Zee :: Zeenith

2065 days ago
Aquarium Drunkard — Seriously, what was in the water down in Memphis in the ’70s, and how did all the power poppers know where to get a sip? Of course you had Big Star, lead by Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, but then you’ve got to contend with Van Duren, Prix, Terr... more info
Big Star

Book Review: Rich Tupica, “There Was a Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star”

2093 days ago
Popdose — As time passes, it gets harder to write about something you love, especially like a band – you veer between adoration, hero worship, teen obsession, musician’s arrogance and then rationality that brings you right back down to Earth, where you reg... more info
Big Star

The Popdose Interview: Django Haskins

2102 days ago
Popdose — Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Django Haskins has been making music steadily with his band, North Carolina’s The Old Ceremony for over fourteen years; he’s been one of the key performers during the run of Big Star’s 3rd live shows sinc... more info
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Katie von Schleicher :: Sell It Back

2214 days ago
Aquarium Drunkard — Last year, Katie von Schleicher released Shitty Hits, an earnest statement of blown out melancholic bedroom pop, invoking the likes of Emmitt Rhodes, Angel Olsen, and Alex Chilton. Over the course of a lean thirty-five minutes, songs like “Mids... more info
Angel Olsen Big Star

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