Click the album titles for reviews and song samples. Various Artists – At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight. There is no way to overstate the historical sweep and artistic brilliance of this 20-disc, 2-book box set. Raspberries – Pop Art Live. No band […]
Alex Chilton had an on-again-off-again relationship with accessibility. His earliest hits with the Box Tops, and his initial work with Big Star were tightly produced and memorably tuneful records that were easy on the ears. But his third album with […]
Chris Stamey has an impressive background. A key member of power pop outfits Sneakers and The dB’s, producer at Modern Recording, the studio he’s operated for the past two decades, and collaborator with the likes of Michael Stipe, Yo La Tengo, […]
The story of Big Star – a band once so obscure only critics, musicians and a small handful of in-the-know fans even knew of their brief existence – has now passed into popular culture. I’ve always considered myself a hardcore fan […]
Over the last twenty years most of us have given up on Alex Chilton ever recapturing the soul-deep, emotional bull’s eye of songs such as Big Star’s “What’s Goin’ Ahn.” Maybe Alex has, too. Once upon a time, he could […]
