“Rattle my gin!” Last year’s Big Star documentary, Nothing Can Hurt Me , is now streaming over at Netflix…which I’ll use, here, as an excuse to highlight the alternate mix of “Mod Lang”, culled […]
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Big Star :: Cambridge Performing Arts Center, March 31, 1974
If there’s a power pop heaven, you know they’ve got a hell of a band. Us sinners can get a sneak preview of it on this recording, which captures Big […]
Nothing Can Hurt Me: The Big Star Story
Trailer for the upcoming Big Star Documentary Nothing Can Hurt Me: The Big Star Story
Don’t Lie To Me/When My Baby’s Beside Me (Big Star Covers)
Amongst the revelry in Austin last week during SXSW, Alex Chilton’s sudden passing , and his enduring influence, cast a large shadow throughout the week’s festivities. At every turn one could overhear […]
Jody Stephens/Big Star :: The AD Interview
This September – and how appropriate is that – Rhino brings us a wealth of Big Sta r related reissues and unreleased material. On the 15th comes Keep An Eye on the Sky , a 4-CD boxset that […]
Big Star :: Reissues/Vinyl/Box Set/Tributes
With reissues, a box set and vinyl all hitting shelves this year it’s a good time to be a Big Star fan, if albeit, a somewhat confusing one. A quick wrap-up: Two […]
Big Star :: O My Soul
I’ve noticed over the years that whenever Big Star creeps into my daily listening habits, I in turn find myself listening to a hell of a lot more power pop in general […]
King Hannah :: Big Swimmer
King Hannah juxtaposes the cool, poised narratives of singer Hannah Merrick with the guitar storms of her partner Craig Whittle, a volatile mix that can sound like Dry Cleaning in one track, PJ Harvey the next. The duo, out of Liverpool, have one previous album, an EP and a slew of singles to their credit before Big Swimmer, but this album ups the stakes considerably.
Angel Olsen :: Big Time
On her stunning new album Big Time, Angel Olsen chronicles a complex couple of years and a resulting sense of rebirth. Filled with country-tinged melodies and sparse arrangements, it features some of the songwriter’s most engaging work.
Big Thief’s James Krivchenia on Blood Karaoke, Mega Bog, and His Wide-Frame Techno-Thriller Americana Computer Music
We caught up with Krivchenia to discuss his new work as a producer, early drumming moments, and his computer music process over the phone from his new home in Los Angeles.
Tonstartssbandht :: Petunia
Orlando brothers Andy and Edwin White—a warm, enveloping duo known as Tonstartssbandht—return with Petunia, their follow-up to 2017’s Sorcerer, a record we dug for its dynamic and invigorated orbit of jammy neo-psych-folk, cloud-bound vocal harmonies, and spacey ambient soundscapes. This new work is a bit more song-oriented than its predecessor—it has four more tracks and one that even clocks in at well under two-minutes—but Tonstartssbandht still take their time letting their dreamy melodies and flowery, psychedelic riffs unfurl.
Luka Kuplowsky & the Stardust Players :: Live at the Golden Lion
Back in January, Luka Kuplowsky assembled an all-star band from the city’s jazz and improvisational community (whose members have performed with U.S. Girls, Martha Wainwright, and Beverly Glenn-Copeland) for a three-song performance embedded inside an atmospheric short film. Collaborating with filmmaker Colin Medley, who also directed Kuplowsky’s video for “Stardust (Reprise)”, the 12-minute mood piece captured live at The Golden Lion dining club is inspired by the minimalist movies of Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki.
Major Stars :: Roots of Confusion Seeds of Joy
If you’re in need of a fast-acting dose of unadulterated rock action, look no further than Major Stars’ latest slab. This long-running Massachusetts psych collective seem to just be getting better with age, finding new ways to kick out the old jams.
Sir Shina Peters & His International Stars: Sewele
The record has a kind of strange outsider art beauty about it that’s welcoming and inviting in its eccentricity. Big buoyant rhythms humming about streaks of strange nocturnal neon splendor. The Stars’ spaced-out soul mingling casually with their earnest and lo-fi approach to highlife garage rock.
Please :: Seeing Stars
Seeing Stars, the second salvaged Please album, is the real gem of the two—a surprise stunner of organ-driven, hyper-melodic psych-pop that would feel right at home on Jagjaguwar or Sacred Bones today.