Omnivore Recordings to Release Soundtrack for Big Star Documentary

Omnivore Recordings to Release Soundtrack for Big Star Documentary

In preparation for the release of the Big Star documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, Omnivore Records will release a 22-song soundtrack for the film.  read more

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Unaired Jon Brion Show Features Lost Elliott Smith Performance

Unaired Jon Brion Show Features Lost Elliott Smith Performance

Prepare yourself: The level of talent on display in the video below is nothing short of mind-blowing....  read more

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Twenty Must-See Films at SXSW 2012

Twenty Must-See Films at SXSW 2012

Is it possible that there are really 20 must-see films in a film festival that lasts less than a week? It's very possible if that festival is SXSW, one of Paste's favorite weeks of the year. As you might expect, given the festival's and our special interest in music, there are quite a few music documentaries on the list. But there's something here for everyone.  read more

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Alex Chilton: 1975-1981

Alex Chilton: 1975-1981

In early 1979, Alex Chilton formed the Panther Burns with Tav Falco. Chilton was nearly a decade removed from his stint as lead singer in the Top 40 band the Box Tops and almost five years from his last recordings with Big Star, the pop band whose work had sparked a legion of dedicated followers. Over those five years, Chilton had begun his definitive move away from everything he’d done before. He made two solo records that had grown deliberately more simple and primal, crossing rockabilly with outrage, and he’d then moved himself behind the scenes to produce the first...  read more

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Tour Diary: Brett Harris at Big Star's Third at Mason Hall, NYC

Tour Diary: Brett Harris at Big Star's <em>Third</em> at Mason Hall, NYC

As a pop musician and a Southerner, it didn’t take long for Big Star to show up on my radar. Friends turned me on to #1 Record and Radio City, and I have been obsessed ever since. Third/Sister Lovers, however, was a different story. Like so many others, I had all but overlooked the album. That changed a year ago, when Chris Stamey asked me to be a part of a show he was planning. That show became a fully orchestrated live performance of Third, which debuted in North Carolina last year and this past weekend was performed in...  read more

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Musicians Commemorate Alex Chilton's Death With Big Star Tribute Show

Musicians Commemorate Alex Chilton's Death With Big Star Tribute Show

On March 26, several musicians will come together to pay tribute to Alex Chilton of Big Star roughly one year after his death. Among the artists performing Third/Sister Lovers will be Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake, Big Star’s Jody Stephens, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, db’s Chris Stamey and others. The show, which will take place at Baruch College’s Mason Hall, will follow up a performance of the record last December in Carrboro, N.C....  read more

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Yo La Tengo, Big Star, R.E.M., M. Ward Playing New Orleans Benefit in NYC

Yo La Tengo, Big Star, R.E.M., M. Ward Playing New Orleans Benefit in NYC

On March 26, a concert in New York City will bring together big names like Jody Stephens (Big Star), Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Mitch Easter (Let’s Active), M. Ward, Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo), Tift Merritt and more to perform Big Star’s 1978 album Third/Sister Lovers....  read more

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Members of R.E.M., Let's Active & db's To Perform Big Star's Sister Lovers

Members of R.E.M., Let's Active & db's To Perform Big Star's <em>Sister Lovers</em>

On Dec. 9 and 10, The Cat’s Cradle in Carborro, N.C. will host some legendary musicians as they pay tribute to Big Star’s Sister Lovers....  read more

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Ray Davies Reveals Star-Studded Guest List for New Album

Ray Davies Reveals Star-Studded Guest List for New Album

Rumors have been circulating for a while now that legendary Kinks frontman Ray Davies has been teaming up with some famous friends for a new album, and yesterday it was confirmed that he’s making progress on the as-yet-untitled collaboration....  read more

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Teenage Dream: Ten Songs Better Than Katy Perry's

Teenage Dream: Ten Songs Better Than Katy Perry's

Good for her. We just think these 10 songs are even better...  read more

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