Twangville — Alex Chilton passed away this evening (yesterday) in New Orleans.  The former Big Star and Boxtops frontman was 59.   The Boxtops had a hit in 1967 with the Top 40 classic “The Letter”.  Big Star never came close to commercial success du... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Alex Chilton, who burst out of Memphis in the late 1960s with the Box Tops, singing “The Letter” in the smoke-gravel voice of a grizzled R&B veteran even though he was just teenager at the time, has died in New... more info

USA Today Music — Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, known for his influential work with bands the Box Tops and Big Star, has died. He was 59. more info

XFM.co.uk — Influential Alex Chilton suffers a fatal heart attack at 59... more info

Undercover, Australia — Alex Chilton, front man for indie rock legends Big Star has died in New Orleans. more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist of Big Star, one of the most influential rock groups to emerge from the early 1970s, has passed away at the age of 59. Chilton reportedly suffered a heart attack today in New Orlea... more info

Pitchfork — Crushing news today from the Memphis Commercial Appeal: Alex Chilton, the legendary singer, songwriter, and performer, died today. Chilton was in New Orleans and was scheduled to play in Austin this weekend with the reunited Big Star as part of SXSW.... more info

Stereogum — Sad news about the passing of Memphis rock icon Alex Chilton via commercialappeal.com: The singer and guitarist, best known as a member of ’60s pop-soul act the Box Tops and the ’70s power-pop act Big Star, died today at a hospital in New Orleans... more info

MSN Music — Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton dies; known for influential work with Box Tops and Big Star more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Michael Chabon examines Big Star's Keep an Eye on the Sky box set. Power pop is a prayer offered by atheists to a God who exists but doesn’t hear. Keep an Eye on the Sky is a worthy temple of... more info