DrownedInSound — The 38th weekly instalment in our content-related Spotify playlist, featuring Big Star, White Stripes, Jonna Lee, Broken Bells, Shy Child, White Hinterland and MANY MORE. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Buffalo News, New York — It's sadly poetic that Alex Chilton passed away a mere few days after the Stooges were finally granted induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Like that Iggy Pop-fronted Detroit band, Chilton and Big Star claimed an influence on generations of... more info

Pitchfork — Yesterday Alex Chilton, the Memphis-raised singer, songwriter, performer, and producer, died in New Orleans. He was 59. It's impossible to express how much Chilton's work has meant to music in the last 40 or so years, particularly underground and ind... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — All the action may be on healthcare in Congress right now, but Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) just gave a truly moving tribute to Big Star's Alex Chilton on the House floor today. It's brief, earnest and disarmingly sweet -- just... more info

Guardian Music — This bunch of soul boys from Brighton are trying to recreate the 1980s with cheap from their bedroom - and they're greatHometown: Brighton.The lineup: Dominic Ashton (vocals), Andy Nelson (guitar), and Ross Flight (keytar, synth).The background: On t... more info

Mercury News, California — NEW ORLEANS — Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, who topped the charts as a teen and later became a cult hero with Big Star, died Wednesday. more info

Guardian Music — A teen star with the Box Tops, he formed the influential cult band Big StarThe maverick US musician Alex Chilton, who has died aged 59, enjoyed a long and extremely varied career that went from 1960s teenybop stardom through punk-era cult and beyond.... more info

Allmusic Blog — R.I.P. Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist for the legendary band Big Star, who died Wednesday at age 59 after suffering a heart attack in New Orleans. Chilton had complained about his health earlier that day and was taken to a hospital, where he was ... more info

411 Mania — Days before the band's SXSW set... more info

ContactMusic — PRIMAL SCREAM frontman BOBBY GILLESPIE has paid tribute to late BIG STAR rocker ALEX CHILTON - comparing the singer/guitarist's work to the legacy of THE BEATLES.The 59... more info