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  Big Star Bassist Andy Hummel Dies at 59

  July 20, 2010 – For the second time in 2010, influential '70s power-pop band Big Star suffered the loss of a founding member as bassist Andy Hummel lost a two-year battle with cancer on Monday. …
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• Teenage Fanclub, 'Shadows' (Merge)

  June 8, 2010 – Teenage Fanclub's musical principles are decidedly middle-aged by now, but the Scottish band is still perfectly named. The objective of their fandom (Big Star, Neil Young) is youthful enthusiasm, addressing grown-up concerns with forever-young pop-rock stylings. Bless their Glaswegian hearts, they never sound bitter, 15-plus years after their brief alt-rock moment. …
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  Paul Westerberg Honors Big Star's Alex Chilton

  March 22, 2010 – "How does one react to the death of one's mentor?" This is the emotional opening line of ex-Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg's op-ed tribute in Saturday's New York Times to Alex Chilton, the Big Star and Box Tops legend who died Thursday morning in New Orleans from an apparent heart attack. …
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  Star-Studded Tribute to Alex Chilton and Big Star

  March 21, 2010 – Power-pop icon Alex Chilton died suddenly of a heart attack on Wednesday at age 59, but his influential '70s band Big Star shone brightly nonetheless Saturday night at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin. …
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  Music Legend Alex Chilton Dies at Age 59

  March 18, 2010 – I'm not ashamed to admit that I learned about him from Paul Westerberg when I was 16. I imagine a lot of people did. That's what it's all about -- discovering your heroes' heroes, connecting those dots and following the trails ever backwards and sideways, falling in love with things you didn't even know existed. But rarely has a signpost been as direct as the Replacements' 1987 love letter. …
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