Guardian Music — The REM co-founder will perform with an all-star lineup in Los Angeles this week playing Big Star’s most revered album, Third/Sister Lovers – the culmination of a lifelong love affair with the cult bandThe classic lineup of Big Star onl... more info

Stereogum — “Never Goodbye” is an incredibly charming track by Those Pretty Wrongs, the new duo pairing Big Star drummer Jody Stephens with Freewheelers leader Luther Russell. Stephens is out front for the first time in this band, handling lead vocals and co... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Memphis musician Jody Stephens has every reason to be skeptical of the pop music world, even cynical at this point in his life. The drummer was recruited by Box Tops singer and songwriter Alex Chilton in 1971 to join his new band, Big Star, which re... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Memphis musician Jody Stephens has every reason to be skeptical of the pop music world, even cynical at this point in his life. The drummer was recruited by Box Tops singer and songwriter Alex Chilton in 1971 to join his new band, Big Star, which re... more info

Uncut — The strange missing link between John Fahey and Big Star… The strange missing link between John Fahey and Big Star… The post Gimmer Nicholson’s “Christopher Idylls” reviewed appeared first on Uncut. more info

PopSugar UK — When the new ass-kicking trailer for Rogue One arrived, I was not just pumped for the next movie in the Star Wars universe - I was pumped because I've had a suspicion about Felicity Jones's lead character, Jyn Erso, and who she might be in the Star W... more info

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

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

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

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