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Music Weekly podcast: SXSW special

4966 days ago
Guardian Music — Music Weekly is on the road this week – quite literally, coming to you from a step somewhere in Austin, Texas, where Tim Jonze and Rebecca Nicholson are jetlagging their way around the SXSW festival.As well as picking out their highlights, from Big... more info
Big Star The Polyphonic Spree

Musicians, stop collaborating please!

4989 days ago
Guardian Music — Jay-Z and Alicia Keys? Inspired. JLS and Dev? Pitbull and whoever? Just soulless, corporate collaborations that are ruining the charts In one small way, Madonna's current single, Give Me All Your Luvin', marks the end of an era. It's the last time fo... more info
Madonna Rihanna Akon Jay-Z Alicia Keys JLS Chris Brown Lil' Wayne Bruno Mars Big Star Drake Katy Perry Snoop Dogg Christina Aguilera Maroon 5

Old music: Chris Bell – I Am the Cosmos

4990 days ago
Guardian Music — It's a heartrending story: a musician labours on in virtual obscurity, dies suddenly – and then achieves critical recognition This is a counterpoint to my post a while back in praise of Big Star's The Ballad of El Goodo. Chris Bell was the co-leade... more info
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Alex Chilton :: Jumpin’ Jack Flash / Free Again: 1970 Sessions

4997 days ago
Aquarium Drunkard — Released last month, Free Again: The 1970 Sessions highlights a fertile, if transient, period in Alex Chilton’s life and career. As the the decade began the twenty year old Chilton found himself at a crossroads. Having already achieved preternatura... more info
Big Star The Box Tops

Album o' the week: Alex Chilton's 'Sessions'

5032 days ago
Pop Candy — Each Tuesday I write about my favorite new music release. Got a suggestion? E-mail popcandy@usatoday.com. more info
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A Fan’s Notes: Alex Chilton, “Free Again: The 1970 Sessions” (Win the Exclusive Vinyl Bundle)

5032 days ago
Popdose — In 1970 Alex Chilton was fed up with is role in the Box Tops and still a year away from Big Star. The music he made that summer was a bridge to the future more info
Big Star The Box Tops

This Week's Interesting Music Releases - January 10th, 2012

5033 days ago
LargeHeartedBoy — The only new music I plan to pick up this week is the Alex Chilton compilation Free Again: The 1970 Sessions, which contains several unreleased tracks. The week is heavy with vinyl and reissues, notably the remastered edition of... more info
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Old music: Big Star – The Ballad of El Goodo

5065 days ago
Guardian Music — Big Star's commercial failure bequeathed pop one of its great what-if storiesWith some hugely influential bands who failed to sell many records in their prime you can sort of get the reasons for their lack of commercial success. Take Hüsker Dü – ... more info
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Shorties (Patrick DeWitt, A Big Star Documentary, and more)

5071 days ago
LargeHeartedBoy — At the Calgary Herald, author Patrick DeWitt lists his favorite Western films and novels. Watch the trailer for the forthcoming documentary Nothing Can Hurt Me: The Big Star Story. The List of Online Year-End 2011 Music Lists was updated yesterday... more info
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F&M playlist

5072 days ago
Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offSiri Nilsen Alle Snakker Sant The title track from the American-Norwegian singer's excellent new album is, like the rest of the record, sung in Norwegian. But you don't need... more info
Beth Ditto Cam'ron The Necks Tombs Big Star Pere Ubu Serge Gainsbourg Sinéad O'Connor

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