Third/Sister Lovers es uno de los álbumes más populares de la banda norteamericana Big Star . Lanzado en 1978 con muchas dificultades de por medio, ha sido un disco esencial y de gran influencia para una cantidad enorme de bandas y artistas. Es a raíz de esta relevancia musical, que varios artistas se reunirán para recrear en vivo Third/Sister Lovers . El próximo 28 de mayo en el Barbican Hall de Londres, Jody Stephens (integrante original de Big Star) junto con Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Alex Taylor (Hot Chip), Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo), [...]
Midterms finally came to an end; and when we collectively wandered bleary-eyed out of the depths of Lau, we realized autumn was upon us. Just as we began wrapping ourselves up in jackets and scarves and digging into our favorite pumpkin-flavored goodies, we found the leaves had changed and fallen and mid-November was here already. We were late for fall. But a few leaves are still clinging to the branches, and autumn's got at least one more weekend of clear blue skies and crisp temperatures left in it. WGTB suggests you savor it while you can, and we made you [...]
Hailing from the small university town of Ann Arbor, Jonathan Visger's solo project Absofacto produces a delightful sound that reconstitutes the ghosts of indie rock's past into something vaguely infectious. If one were a lazy music critic and decided to use that "if (blank), (blank), and (blank) were put in a blender/sat next to each [...]
Sad news this weekend on the passing of Amy Winehouse . Clearly she was a talented yet troubled lady. What's been even more disturbing is some of the coverage of her demise. Interestingly, in her death, Winehouse joins the '27 Club' . A group of superstars who had the world in their hands only to see it all slip away through various means of self-loathing, addiction and over indulgence. Just what is it [...]
There *is* a documentary on legendary 70s Memphis powerpop band Big Star coming sometime this year...yes, you too will be able to hear the ins and outs of the story behind that band that just didn't quite make it huge in 1974 when it should have. It seems like the new doc will be made up of a lot of tribute footage from the 2010 shows at SXSW right before Alex Chilton died. There's footage in the trailer/screener below with The Posies' Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer, [...]
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Filed under: R.I.P. , The Hit List Between 1969 and 1971, the world lost Janis Joplin , Brian Jones , Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix . All four rockers died at the age of 27, [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Daniel Coston On Saturday, an esteemed gathering of musical stars -- among them R.E.M. 's Michael Stipe and Mike Mills , Matthew Sweet , Yo La Tengo 's Ira Kaplan and Tift Merritt -- paid tribute to influential '70s power-pop band Big Star through a performance of the group's album, 'Third/Sister Lovers,' in New York City. It was a very poignant [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Q + A Getty Images A year after Big Star singer and songwriter Alex Chilton passed away in New Orleans on March 17, 2010 , and decades past their seventies heyday, the power-pop band continues to affect a generation of alternative rockers. On March 26, a group of musicians--including Chris Stamey , Teenage Fan Club 's Norman Blake, Matthew Sweet , [...]
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Hoy toca hurgar en los setenta y en la discografía de Big Star, banda que nunca tuvo la pegada de Led Zeppelin, pero cuyo espectro artístico era superlativo. Su power pop es objeto de culto y su lado órganico la sublimación del efecto Lennon & McCartney. Y como los Beatles, Big Star tuvo su mancuerna dorada, con los finados Alex Chilton y Chris Bell al mando de la composición del entrañable #1 Record . El debut, cocinado a fuego lento en los estudios Ardent de Memphis, fue la piedra angular de una carrera de filigrana, opacada solamente [...]
( Sad Songs & Waltzes is a recurring feature on Muzzle of Bees, where artists share their favorite sad songs. Previous contributors include Megafaun , Delta Spirit , Damien Jurado , Conrad Plymouth , Frontier Ruckus , and Roadside Graves .) By Ben Weaver : One morning my son said to me, "Dad, when you are sleeping you can see your dreams." Sad things make me happy, and happy things make me cry, and crying does not always mean I am sad. So what [...]
Oh, folks. Have I got a tale for you. As a matter of fact, now that I'm thinking about it, I don't have a tale for you. Because words cannot accurately render how incredible last night's screening of The Room was. It was without a doubt the greatest movie-watching experience of my life. Setting aside the beers at Golden State, the beers at Surly Goat, the bottle of wine consumed while waiting in line, or the bottle of Jack Daniels consumed in the movie theater, I haven't laughed that hard in God knows how long. If [...]
Blame this post on a recent revisit with my Replacements collection... When I was a lot younger, MTV actually had shows about music. I stumbled upon this 12o Minutes feature on the great Alex Chilton: I think I've posted this before, but here's Paul Westerberg performing the Replacements' tune, Alex Chilton, solo: And here's a great feature (Audio only) on Big Star and Chris Bell from [...]
If you like Big Star , and we most certainly do around these parts, then you probably know that Alex Chilton's counterpart in the band was one Chris Bell. The two were co-frontmen in the eventually doomed 1970's quartet, but not before they made some of the most formidable power pop that the world has ever known. After the band's demise, Chilton went on to a long solo career, and eventually reunited Big Star. Bell however, wasn't quite so lucky, and (sadly) died in a car crash at the much-to-young age of 27. [...]
Chris Bell: You And Your Sister Chris Bell: You And Your Sister [country version] [ purchase ] The song has high potential as a sappy power ballad, as evidenced by the ultimate posthumous release of the so-called "country version" and the even cheesier "acoustic version" of the song. But the original offers raw redemption, with Chris Bell's broken delivery and slightly off-tune bass holding it together until the highly orchestral, swirling atmospheric bridge kicks in and [...]
Filed under: News , R.I.P. It's been a tough year for Big Star . In March, leader Alex Chilton tragically died of heart failure. And now, just four months later, the legendary power-pop group lost a second member on Monday, when founding bassist Andy Hummel passed away at the age of 59. A third member, Chris Bell , died in a car crash in 1978, five years after officially leaving the group. That leaves drummer Jody Stephens as the last man standing. [...]
Adam Franklin & Bolts Of Melody have come up with a power-pop gem on their latest release. Adam Franklin - Power pop - United States - Music - Arts
I've been a big fan of Tommy Hoehn's ever since I bought his 45 of "Blow Yourself Up" on the seminal Memphis power-pop label Powerplay. I was very sad today to hear of his passing. Someone had left a comment on this blog awhile back that he was ill, but I didn't know for sure until I got the news today. Here are various folks including Tommy and me tackling Alex Chilton and Tommy's co-written power-pop classic "She Might Look My Way". She Might Look My Way - Tommy Hoehn.mp3 [...]
Chris Bell - I Am the Cosmos - You and Your Sister (Country Version) Tagged: 1978 , Ardent , Big Star , Chris Bell , Country Version , I am The Cosmos , Memphis , Mp3 , You and Your Sister
A couple of weeks ago I was window shopping in Glasgow when I chanced upon a wee stall selling replica football tops and assorted football related t-shirts - Scotland Argentina '78 -inspired designs and the likes. Unfortunately, the Celtic-inspired tops seemed to be the best - the Ramones logo re-done with the names of the Lisbon Lions, the Dylan 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' video where Bob discards 3 cards saying " It's A ", " Grand Old Team ", " To Play For ". Umpteen Larsson tops. That sort of thing. Amongst all the Archie Gemmell and Old [...]
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