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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, [...]
Here's the second installment from the 30th Anniversary Big Takeover show documented at Bell House in Brooklyn last summer with Jon Auer from the The Posies playing solo. This one features Billy the engineer chatting it up bit. He helps produce the internet radio show Rabid in the Kennel on breakthrough radio for Jack Rabid . Jon Auer did a lot of great songs during his set and was quite the personality - i had no idea he was so dark and funny at the same time. This is the encore and [...]
Typically we have bands come out to the Electraplay studio to record sessions for Donewaiting but when The Posies rolled through Columbus this past winter, there wasn't enough time to get the veteran power-pop band out to Hilliard before their show at Outland on Liberty . So, if they couldn't make it out to us, we figured we'd come to them for an intimate, acoustic session in the front lounge at the venue. We attempted to broadcast live via UStream that evening with less-than-successful results [...]
No Imagination by Sam Forrest ALBUM REVIEW: Please meet Sam Forrest's 3rd solo effort No Imagination which finds him moving away from the straight up acoustic/folksy guy in the back shed to the do-it all himself rockband (including drums). This North Yorkshire creator/guitarist has added some noise on rediscovery of the sonic youth adding some nice layers of feedback to the palette of man vs songs and is at the top of his craft. No Imagination will give purveyors of sounds a couple subtle winterly chills that [...]
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Jon Auer of The Posies at the Showbox @ The Market (12/11/10) Words and Photos : Drake Lelane Given the annual end of the year new release famine, Drake decided to put on his show reviewer/photographer hat for the recent Posies/Brendan Benson show at The Showbox at The Market in Seattle. - ed. The Posies and Brendan Benson at The Showbox @ The Market (12/11/10) by Drake Lelane [...]
The Posies Blood/Candy The first time I ever heard of The Posies and sort of figured out who they were is when I received a three CD Poptopia! Compilation put out by Rhino Records with their hit "Solar Sister" which is this amazing pop-gem all unto itself. The comp set is great because it covers tracks from the 702s 802s and 902s. Fast forward to The Big Takeover 30th Anniversary show summer of 2010, some 15 years later and I actually get to meet Jon Auer. He plays an amazing solo set and [...]
Michael Lavine When Guided By Voices announced they were calling it a day back in Summer of 2004, I marked the occasion with a tribute cover of the week which basically consisted of me scraping together all of the GBV covers I could find and tossing them onto the internet (where they mostly came from in the first place). So it seems appropriate that as Guided By Voices have reunited and will play tonight as the grand finale of Matador at 21 in Las Vegas, I should bust out some/most of [...]
Official Website My Space Facebook Twitter Tracklist: 01. Plastic Paperbacks 02. The Glitter Prize 03. Licenses To Hide 04. So Caroline 05. Take Care Of Yourself 06. Cleopatra Street 07. For The Ashes 08. Accidental Architecture 09. She's Coming Down Again! 10. Notion 99 11. Holiday Hours 12. Enewetak My other favorite band who happens to be from Seattle, releasing their own brand spankin' new album today. Their 7th studio album in their [...]
The posies went on Seattle's KEXP Radio today to promote their sold out "Frosting On The Beater" show, tomorrow night @ The Crocodile. If performing their classic 1993 album in it's entirety wasn't enough, for the sweetest encore of all time, the fans in attendance will get a chance to hear 12 new songs from their upcoming album coming [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News The extent of Big Star frontman Alex Chilton 's influence was clear Saturday night at SXSW , where a scheduled Big Star performance at Antone's turned into a moving tribute to Chilton, who died Mar. 17 of an apparent heart attack at age 59. An impressive array of musicians inspired by Big Star joined drummer Jody Stephens , guitarist Jon Auer and bassist Ken Stringfellow to honor the music and [...]
I loves me the Power Pop. I try to catch as many bands as I possibly can while I'm @ SXSW. There will be this huge outdoor show @ Auditorium Shores Stage with 90's alt rock bands Cracker, The Bodeans (remember that Party Of Five theme song?) and legends of the genre ... Cheap Trick. This goes down Friday, March [...]
During soundcheck, before her show with Sea Wolf and The Album Leaf at Neumo's , Melophobe was privileged to sit down with Toby Campbell (aka Anomie Belle ) for an in-depth interview to discuss the past, present and future of Anomie Belle, tango, social apathy of our generation, world experiences and details on some exciting, yet to be released collaborations. melophobe: How do you define the name Anomie Belle? What does it mean to you? Toby Campbell : Anomie is a French word that was used by [...]
Jesus H. Christ on a bus! So ... best news ever! I'll let Mr. Jon Auer tell it to y'all: Is pleased to announce: 1. The Posies will play "Frosting On The Beater" in its' entirety on April 17, 2010 @ The Crocodile in Seattle, WA. 2. A handful of hours after said Crocodile show, freshly rocked Posies will leave Seattle [...]
Johnnie Cluney Last post before the holidays! And it comes courtesy of the ever-lovin' Daytrotter , who've managed to wrangle a studio session of soon-to-be holiday classics from the animated miscreants of Aqua Teen Hunger Force . If the idea of Shake, Meatwad and Carl celebrating the season in song doesn't do it for you, well I'm sorry, I don't want to know you. And no, I don't know where Frylock is - maybe he doesn't celebrate Christmas. Or sing. Or both. And for context, the Aqua Teen Hunger Force [...]
Got a lil' Christmas treat for y'all. In between being a Posies, a Big Star member, a record producer extraordinaire, solo artist and a swell Haberdasher, Jon Auer took the time to record (for my blog no less) his own unique, beautifully rendered if somewhat dark-ish acoustic version of the holiday classic "Let It Snow!". All knowing Wiki tells me that [...]
Jonathan Taggart Saying I was a bit award-ed out following last week's Polaris Prize gala would be something of an understatement, so the ceremonies for the Verge XM Awards the following night were largely ignored around these parts. But that doesn't mean the results weren't of interest - okay, Alexisonfire winning album of the year was of zero interest, but the declaration of Vancouver's Dan Mangan as artist of the year certainly drew a double-take. This response had nothing to do with Mangan or [...]
I've barely had time to catch my breath over the past two weeks, and it's not slowing up any time soon. John Wesley Harding, the Fastbacks (!!), the Roots, Los Campesinos!, and Clem Snide.. And it's only the fourteenth! read more
John + Jon + John + Sgt + Sherman? Will there be a reading? Nonstop witty banter? Amazing bearded riffs? Yes to all of the above. Must get to Tractor tomorrow night. And if you have the radio on as your make your way to the Tractor tomorrow, make sure to listen to me and Dana on KIRO {97.3 FM) at 9p. We're going to be on TBTL's AwesomeNotAwesome segment talking up all the Top of the Croc show goodness (April 4th / The Crocodile}. read more
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