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Record Store Day 2016: The Ultimate Guide

3236 days ago

Rolling Stone — On Saturday, April 16th, Record Store Day will flood music outlets around the country with new releases, reissued classics and thousands of fans looking bring these coveted titles home. This year, everyone from Big Star to Justin Bieber is getting i... more info

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Jon Tiven of Prix :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

3278 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — 1975 was a strange time for rock & roll in Memphis. Big Star, the flagship band of Ardent Records, was kaput, and the label itself was in flux, tethered to the financial woes of its distributor, Stax. Following the tumultuous sessions that would even... more info

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Alan Vega and Ben Vaughn :: Cubist Blues

3334 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — In December, 1994, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn, and Alan Vega walked into Dessau Studio in Manhattan. They had only the vaguest idea of what might happen. There was a basic premise, that friends Vaughn and Chilton were going to “play the blues” with... more info

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End of Love (featuring Nels Cline & Big Star's Jody Stephens) playing Joe's Pub in January

3404 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — Jody Stephens w/ End of Love, 2014 (photo via Conni Freestone) As mentioned, early '00s Americana/powerpop band End of Love are releasing a new album, Ghosts on the Radio, that features Big Star's Jody Stephens, Wilco's Nels Cline, Sonic Youth's... more info

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End of Love (featuring Big Star's Jody Stephens) share "Take This Heart" from guest-filled new LP (listen)

3428 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — End of Love @ Stone Pony, 2014 (photo by Connie Freestone) Early-'00s Americana powerpop band End of Love reformed in 2013 and have been working on a new album titled Ghosts on the Radio which features Big Star's Jody Stephens... more info

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Review: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass delights with great scene, lineup

3430 days ago

Mercury News, California — Lee Ann Womack, Big Star’s Third, Sister Sparrow among the highlights at the 15h annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. more info

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 5 best bets for Day One

3432 days ago

Mercury News, California — Catch Big Star's Third, T Bone Burnett and more at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco. more info

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 12 best bets for the festival

3438 days ago

Mercury News, California — Big Star's Third, Paul Weller, Blind Boys of Alabama are among our top picks for the 2015 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. more info

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Au Pair – “In Every Window” (Stereogum Premiere)

3440 days ago

Stereogum — Au Pair is a meeting of the minds between the Jayhawks’ Gary Louris and the Old Ceremony’s Django Haskins. They met while participating in a Big Star tribute concert in 2013, and that band’s power-pop is a big part of Au Pair’s DNA. “In Eve... more info

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