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Yeah Yeah Yeahs have joined the veritable cattle call of musicians who have covered Big Star's #1 Record classic "Thirteen." In the recently reunited band's…

An ambitious series of releases celebrating late Big Star co-songwriter/guitarist and solo artist Chris Bell's work are due out this year via Omnivore Recordings. A…

Spoon listened to David Bowie "constantly" while recording their new album Hot Thoughts, frontman Britt Daniel said at a South by Southwest panel today. "I ended…

Back in March, Britt Daniel of Spoon, Arcade Fire's Will Butler, and Superchunk's Mac McCaughan got together for a SXSW panel called "I Wrote That…

From his teen stardom as lead singer of '60s pop stars the Box Tops to his massively influential work with Big Star to the ups…

The Big Star story, steeped in both myth and the music recorded in Memphis's Ardent Studios, is far from a straightforward tale. Beginning in 1972,…

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…

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…

"How does one react to the death of one's mentor?"

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…

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…