Big Star Third – review

Barbican, LondonFor fans of jangly, emotionally acute indie-rock, Big Star are an ur-band, although their third album, variously dubbed Third and Sister Lovers, is apt to separate the mere admirers from the cult devotees. Recorded in chaos, never properly finished and never released in the band's lifetime, Third is a sprawling morass, its songs raw and trenchant yet achingly melodic. For musical director Chris Stamey and Big Star drummer Jody Stephens, staging it is a tantalising challenge – a...

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