Cat Power and Iggy Pop have teamed up for a new cover of John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero.”
The cover arrives as a single from an upcoming compilation album titled The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull, organized by In The Q Records, Bandbox, and the Women of Rock Oral History Project to help raise funds for Faithfull as she “recovers from Long Covid.” Thus, the version of the song that Cat Power’s Chan Marshall and Pop have delivered pays homage to Faithfull’s 1979 version of the song, with a driving beat and an ambient sense of tension.
Overtop, Marshall’s multi-tracked vocals carry Lennon’s powerful words, while Pop dips in throughout with spoken word lines, sounding almost like a late-career Leonard Cohen, proclaiming a solemn truth with a low, commanding growl. Listen to the single below.
In a statement, Marshall expressed her excitement to be part of the project.
The cover arrives as a single from an upcoming compilation album titled The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull, organized by In The Q Records, Bandbox, and the Women of Rock Oral History Project to help raise funds for Faithfull as she “recovers from Long Covid.” Thus, the version of the song that Cat Power’s Chan Marshall and Pop have delivered pays homage to Faithfull’s 1979 version of the song, with a driving beat and an ambient sense of tension.
Overtop, Marshall’s multi-tracked vocals carry Lennon’s powerful words, while Pop dips in throughout with spoken word lines, sounding almost like a late-career Leonard Cohen, proclaiming a solemn truth with a low, commanding growl. Listen to the single below.
In a statement, Marshall expressed her excitement to be part of the project.
- 12/5/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Iggy Pop brought Tom Waits out of hiding on the latest episode of his BBC Radio program, The Confidential Show. Over the course of two hours, the two gravelly-voiced rockers shared stories and took turns spinning records by the likes of Alex Chilton, Captain Beefheart, Jerry Lee Lewis, and C.W. Stoneking.
Other more contemporary song selections included Lil Mama’s “Lip Gloss,” Beastie Boys’ “So What’cha Want” and Frank Ocean’s cover of “Moon River,” all of which were chosen by Waits.
Lil Mama’s 2007 single “Lip Glass” “became a favorite of mine recently,” Waits explained. After the song concluded, Waits and Pop humorously recited the chorus themselves.
In introducing Beastie Boys, Waits remarked, “Every time I hear them, they get me off my perch.” As for Frank Ocean’s cover of “Moon River,” Waits said, “It’s a very usual cover and I love what he did with it.
Other more contemporary song selections included Lil Mama’s “Lip Gloss,” Beastie Boys’ “So What’cha Want” and Frank Ocean’s cover of “Moon River,” all of which were chosen by Waits.
Lil Mama’s 2007 single “Lip Glass” “became a favorite of mine recently,” Waits explained. After the song concluded, Waits and Pop humorously recited the chorus themselves.
In introducing Beastie Boys, Waits remarked, “Every time I hear them, they get me off my perch.” As for Frank Ocean’s cover of “Moon River,” Waits said, “It’s a very usual cover and I love what he did with it.
- 12/4/2023
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
The Replacements are celebrating their 1985 major label debut Tim with a new deluxe reissue titled Tim: Let It Bleed Edition, out now via Rhino.
Clocking in at 65 tracks, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition begins with a long-awaited fresh mix of the original album. The Replacements were never happy with producer Tommy Ramone’s final mix of Tim, so they enlisted Ramones and Talking Heads collaborator Ed Stasium — who was considered to co-produce the LP with Ramone back in the day — to revamp the record for Disc One. A remastered version of Ramone’s original mix follows on Disc Two.
Disc Three, entitled Sons of No One: Rare & Unreleased, features previously unreleased Replacements demos, including tracks from a January 1985 recording session led by the band’s hero, Big Star’s Alex Chilton. Disc Four, Not Ready for Prime Time, wraps up the reissue with a live recording of the group’s January 11th,...
Clocking in at 65 tracks, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition begins with a long-awaited fresh mix of the original album. The Replacements were never happy with producer Tommy Ramone’s final mix of Tim, so they enlisted Ramones and Talking Heads collaborator Ed Stasium — who was considered to co-produce the LP with Ramone back in the day — to revamp the record for Disc One. A remastered version of Ramone’s original mix follows on Disc Two.
Disc Three, entitled Sons of No One: Rare & Unreleased, features previously unreleased Replacements demos, including tracks from a January 1985 recording session led by the band’s hero, Big Star’s Alex Chilton. Disc Four, Not Ready for Prime Time, wraps up the reissue with a live recording of the group’s January 11th,...
- 9/22/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
The Replacements’ beloved major label debut, 1985’s Tim, will be expanded into a four-cd, one-lp box set this summer with a remix, previously unreleased recordings (including a few cuts with Alex Chilton), and a live recording from 1986 recorded a week before their shambolic SNL appearance. The rarities include alternate versions, demos, and even a “cello version” of “Can’t Hardly Wait.” The collection, officially titled Tim: Let It Bleed Edition, will come out Sept. 22.
The heart of the box is a new mix that engineer Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Ramones) worked...
The heart of the box is a new mix that engineer Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Ramones) worked...
- 8/2/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
For nearly 40 years, Yo La Tengo have been carrying on one of the great conversations in rock & roll history, welcoming us into their little idyll of pastoral noise, mumbled epiphanies, and sublime cover song choices. Even a diehard fan might struggle to pass a multiple-choice exam where you have to match a list of their song titles with the album they were on, but that sense of familiarity and constancy imbues every new release with the feeling of checking in with old friends. What’s more, their attention to detail...
- 2/7/2023
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Guided by Voices is famous for their three-hour-plus shows, and — to fuel said shows — they need a near-endless discography. That’s why, just a few months after the arrival of their first album of 2022, Crystal Nun Cathedral, they’re announcing Tremblers and Goggles by Rank, out July 1 via frontman Robert Pollard’s own Rockathon Records.
The band heralded the news with the release of the hard-rocking single “Unproductive Funk,” featuring one of Pollard’s airplane-theme collages — an homage to the much-loved U.S. Air Force museum in his native Dayton,...
The band heralded the news with the release of the hard-rocking single “Unproductive Funk,” featuring one of Pollard’s airplane-theme collages — an homage to the much-loved U.S. Air Force museum in his native Dayton,...
- 5/3/2022
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Every decade should kick off with a Paul McCartney one-man-band album — and this one needs it more than most. McCartney III carries on his tradition of homemade solo records, in the mode of his acoustic 1970 debut and his 1980 synth-pop oddity McCartney II. Like its two predecessors, it’s Macca at his most playful. He’s not sweating about being a legend, a genius, or a Beatle — just a family man kicking back in quarantine, writing a few songs to keep his juices flowing. Like the rest of us, he’s been in lockdown,...
- 12/17/2020
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Ahead of the Replacements’ massive Pleased to Meet Me reissue, the album standout “Can’t Hardly Wait” has received an official music video highlighting the song’s remastered sound.
The footage from the “Can’t Hardly Wait” video itself was culled from similarly sparse black-and-white promos for Pleased to Meet Me’s “The Ledge” and “Alex Chilton“; Rhino, which is reissuing the 1987 album, says that the video footage has been upgraded to HD along with the 2020 remastered sound.
The Pleased to Meet Me box set, due out October 9th, boasts the original...
The footage from the “Can’t Hardly Wait” video itself was culled from similarly sparse black-and-white promos for Pleased to Meet Me’s “The Ledge” and “Alex Chilton“; Rhino, which is reissuing the 1987 album, says that the video footage has been upgraded to HD along with the 2020 remastered sound.
The Pleased to Meet Me box set, due out October 9th, boasts the original...
- 9/19/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Replacements are prepping an expansive box set reissue of their 1987 album, Pleased to Meet Me, featuring an assortment of rarities and unreleased tracks, including Bob Stinson’s final recordings with the band. The set will arrive October 9th via Rhino.
The collection will boast 29 previously unreleased tracks, including demos, rough mixes and outtakes. To coincide with the box set announcement, the Replacements shared six of those unreleased songs on digital platforms: Rough mixes of “Alex Chilton,” “Never Mind,” “Valentine,” “Kick It in” and non-album tracks, “Birthday Gal” and “Election Day.
The collection will boast 29 previously unreleased tracks, including demos, rough mixes and outtakes. To coincide with the box set announcement, the Replacements shared six of those unreleased songs on digital platforms: Rough mixes of “Alex Chilton,” “Never Mind,” “Valentine,” “Kick It in” and non-album tracks, “Birthday Gal” and “Election Day.
- 7/16/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
My husband and I have gone a lot of drives since moving to New Jersey last year — to small seaside towns, to rolling farmlands, through the notorious Meadowlands and their belching sulfuric funk. Those drives have taken on new significance as more and more New Jersey citizens don masks to go shopping, and as everyone faces the hard truths of the Covid-19 era.
Through the windshield of our little red hatchback is the only way we can see the world these days. And, more often than not, these drives, even the short ones,...
Through the windshield of our little red hatchback is the only way we can see the world these days. And, more often than not, these drives, even the short ones,...
- 7/11/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
For the first time since its inception in 1987, South by Southwest was cancelled. Due to fears over the outbreak of coronavirus, the city of Austin, Texas made the difficult decision to call off the music, film, interactive media, TV, and comedy festival. Not only is it a huge disappointment to fans who were excited to immerse themselves in everything SXSW had to offer over the course of its planned 10 days, but it’s a devastating blow to those in the service and hospitality industries that work so hard every year to accommodate visitors and rely on the business that SXSW provides.
The smartest, safest thing that folks can do at this time is stay in their homes and practice social distancing, but that doesn’t mean that the spirit of SXSW has to be put on hold until next year. We put together a playlist of some of our favorite...
The smartest, safest thing that folks can do at this time is stay in their homes and practice social distancing, but that doesn’t mean that the spirit of SXSW has to be put on hold until next year. We put together a playlist of some of our favorite...
- 3/18/2020
- by Nick Harley
- Den of Geek
It’s been nearly half a century since her tragic death at 27 from an accidental heroin overdose, but Janis Joplin’s life and music are still hugely resonant. In her landmark new biography, Janis, writer Holly George-Warren cites Pink, Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, and Lucinda Williams among the many artists who have been influenced by the first female rock star’s courageous passion, earthy, genre-defying sound, and self-emptying vocal power. Joplin was a white kid from a small town in Texas who fell in love with the blues and went...
- 11/5/2019
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
The vast majority of the new Monkees holiday album Christmas Party was produced by Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne, but on the two tracks where Michael Nesmith sings lead (“The Christmas Song” and “Snowfall”) he instead worked with his sons Christian and Jonathan. Here’s a new animated video for “The Christmas Song” that was directed by Jonathan Nesmith, though the song itself was produced by Christian.
The video takes place in the surreal, psychedelic world of the Monkees TV show at Christmas time, complete with their mascot Mr.
The video takes place in the surreal, psychedelic world of the Monkees TV show at Christmas time, complete with their mascot Mr.
- 12/17/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
From South America to Ireland via Iceland, from great white soul out of the Deep South to the paisley revival, here is a dynamite variety with further evidence of the long demise of the CD: The first album is only available digitally — and on vinyl.
Diamante Eléctrico, Buitres (Altafonte)
Formed in Bogotá, Colombia, in 2012, Diamante Eléctrico make alternative rock en Español with cross-the-border zeal. Singer-bassist Juan Galeano, guitarist Daniel Álvarez and drummer Andee Zeta recorded 2016’s La Gran Oscillacion with Joshua V. Smith, Jack White’s house engineer at Third Man Records...
Diamante Eléctrico, Buitres (Altafonte)
Formed in Bogotá, Colombia, in 2012, Diamante Eléctrico make alternative rock en Español with cross-the-border zeal. Singer-bassist Juan Galeano, guitarist Daniel Álvarez and drummer Andee Zeta recorded 2016’s La Gran Oscillacion with Joshua V. Smith, Jack White’s house engineer at Third Man Records...
- 11/29/2018
- by David Fricke
- Rollingstone.com
Two years ago, the Monkees stunned a lot of people — especially themselves — when their 50th anniversary album Good Times! hit Number 14 on the Billboard 200 and earned them some of the best reviews of their entire career. There was a lot of talk about a followup, but nobody could agree on what direction to take. “We really caught lightning in a bottle with Good Times!,” says singer Micky Dolenz. “I remember people asking about a Good Times! 2, but that didn’t fire me up. It felt too risky to try doing that again.
- 10/10/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The stormy weather in New York City dried up on Tuesday and the sun came out just in time for the premiere of “Juliet, Naked.”
A gleeful crowd gathered at the swanky Metrograph for the screening of the romantic comedy starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, and Chris O’Dowd.
The film, based on Nick Hornby’s novel of the same name, centers on Annie (Rose), who is stuck in a failing relationship with her husband Duncan (O’Dowd). Things get complicated when Anne has an unexpected encounter with her husband’s musical obsession, an obscure rocker named Tucker Crowe (Hawke).
Byrne walked the red carpet in a stunning Dior dress as her husband Bobby Cannavale watched from the sidelines.
Byrne revealed that she had her own music obsession back in the day. Her dad took her to five Kylie Minogue concerts when she was a pre-teen. “I am from Australia...
A gleeful crowd gathered at the swanky Metrograph for the screening of the romantic comedy starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, and Chris O’Dowd.
The film, based on Nick Hornby’s novel of the same name, centers on Annie (Rose), who is stuck in a failing relationship with her husband Duncan (O’Dowd). Things get complicated when Anne has an unexpected encounter with her husband’s musical obsession, an obscure rocker named Tucker Crowe (Hawke).
Byrne walked the red carpet in a stunning Dior dress as her husband Bobby Cannavale watched from the sidelines.
Byrne revealed that she had her own music obsession back in the day. Her dad took her to five Kylie Minogue concerts when she was a pre-teen. “I am from Australia...
- 8/15/2018
- by Elizabeth Taylor
- Variety Film + TV
The recent release of Ork Records: New York, New York — the newest excavation from archival label Numero Group, known for its subcultural archaeology — proves that not every stone had been left unturned when it came to punk rock. The boxed set resurfaces every single released by one of the first punk and indie labels in its prime (1976–1979), placing influential, albeit lesser-known, acts (the Feelies, a post–Dead Boys Cheetah Chrome, The dBs) alongside debut releases from what are now marquee names (Television, a post-Television Richard Hell, Big Star's Alex Chilton). At the center of it all sits Terry Ork, the bearish and eternally grinning founder of Ork Records and early manager of Television, who followed Andy Warhol to New York from his native San Diego, where Warhol was filming San Diego Surf in 1968, just before an attempted assassination on Warhol. During the film’s production, Ork — a film...
- 11/10/2015
- by Andrew Flanagan
- Vulture
A feature-length documentary about Big Star will launch in cinemas this year.
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me follows the '70s rock band who formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1971.
The original lineup consisted of Chris Bell, Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel.
Although they were together for less than four years at that time, their music influenced the likes of Rem, The Replacements, Elliott Smith and The Flaming Lips.
Directed by Drew DeNicola, the documentary features never-seen-before footage, rare music, and in-depth interviews with the original band members, their friends and family, and artists they influenced.
After being featured at the London and Glasgow Film Festivals, Nothing Can Hurt Me will be released in the UK from August 1.
Cinemas in London, Cambridge, Norwich, Exeter, Edinburgh, Southampton, Brighton, Liverpool and Manchester will be screening the documentary.
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me follows the '70s rock band who formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1971.
The original lineup consisted of Chris Bell, Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel.
Although they were together for less than four years at that time, their music influenced the likes of Rem, The Replacements, Elliott Smith and The Flaming Lips.
Directed by Drew DeNicola, the documentary features never-seen-before footage, rare music, and in-depth interviews with the original band members, their friends and family, and artists they influenced.
After being featured at the London and Glasgow Film Festivals, Nothing Can Hurt Me will be released in the UK from August 1.
Cinemas in London, Cambridge, Norwich, Exeter, Edinburgh, Southampton, Brighton, Liverpool and Manchester will be screening the documentary.
- 7/22/2014
- Digital Spy
Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week
"Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me"
What's It About? The Memphis band Big Star has legions of diehard fans and critical acclaim aplenty, and its influence can be felt across the history of rock 'n' roll. But why did mainstream success elude them? Why did Big Star flame out after only three albums? This doc tries to put the pieces together.
Why We're In: Even fans don't know the whole story about this cult band and its members, so this doc will help them fill in some of the blanks. Chris Bell died in 1978 as an unknown, and the late Alex Chilton was also not a huge fan of talking to the media. "Nothing Can Hurt Me" puts the band into context of the Memphis scene, and it has tons of interviews with everyone left who was involved with the band, rock critics, and...
"Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me"
What's It About? The Memphis band Big Star has legions of diehard fans and critical acclaim aplenty, and its influence can be felt across the history of rock 'n' roll. But why did mainstream success elude them? Why did Big Star flame out after only three albums? This doc tries to put the pieces together.
Why We're In: Even fans don't know the whole story about this cult band and its members, so this doc will help them fill in some of the blanks. Chris Bell died in 1978 as an unknown, and the late Alex Chilton was also not a huge fan of talking to the media. "Nothing Can Hurt Me" puts the band into context of the Memphis scene, and it has tons of interviews with everyone left who was involved with the band, rock critics, and...
- 11/27/2013
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me You've never heard of power pop band Big Star? Well, you're hardly alone. You may, though, have heard of its singer, Alex Chilton, who at 16 was behind 1967's biggest hit "The Letter" (the Box Tops: "Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane/Ain't got time to take a fast train") and in 1971 cofounded the Memphis alt-rock band that should have achieved greatness but instead sank into obscurity. Plagued by personal demons and infighting, Big Star failed dismally with record buyers but lived on in the CD players of music critics, rockers like R.E.M. and the Replacements (which cite the band as an influence) and indie fans that revere it, from its Beatles-esque pop beginnings to its avante garde end after only three albums. Red 2 No,...
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- 11/27/2013
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
It's easy to forget that the Replacements used to be a punk band.
Those who witnessed their first live set in 22 years at Riot Fest in Toronto last night, however, will never forget that the Replacements used to be a punk band. As if taking their cue from Iggy and the Stooges, who played just prior, Paul Westerberg and co. brought a lot of loud and fast material to the fore on their way through an exuberant performance few would have thought likely a few short months ago.
But it did happen, and it played out brilliantly. The 'Mats played an eclectic mix of old songs, made jokes, took requests, played covers, and forgot lyrics in just over 75-minutes onstage.
. (O) /..../ /…./ /´¯/’…’/´¯¯\ /’/…/…./…/¨¯\ (…´…´…. ¯~/’…’) \……………../ \………...../
— The Replacements (@TheReplacements) August 25, 2013
"Takin' A Ride," the first song the Replacements played in front of an audience in over two decades, was fittingly the first track off of their debut "Sorry Ma,...
Those who witnessed their first live set in 22 years at Riot Fest in Toronto last night, however, will never forget that the Replacements used to be a punk band. As if taking their cue from Iggy and the Stooges, who played just prior, Paul Westerberg and co. brought a lot of loud and fast material to the fore on their way through an exuberant performance few would have thought likely a few short months ago.
But it did happen, and it played out brilliantly. The 'Mats played an eclectic mix of old songs, made jokes, took requests, played covers, and forgot lyrics in just over 75-minutes onstage.
. (O) /..../ /…./ /´¯/’…’/´¯¯\ /’/…/…./…/¨¯\ (…´…´…. ¯~/’…’) \……………../ \………...../
— The Replacements (@TheReplacements) August 25, 2013
"Takin' A Ride," the first song the Replacements played in front of an audience in over two decades, was fittingly the first track off of their debut "Sorry Ma,...
- 8/26/2013
- by HuffPost Canada Music
- Huffington Post
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is the latest of a recent crop of buzzworthy documentaries that introduces viewers to talented artists who struggled to find mainstream success when their music was originally released. The story of Memphis rockers Big Star includes incredible artistic achievements followed by snowballing bad luck. When band members Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel formed in 1971, Chilton was reinventing himself a few years after having a #1 hit single at the tender age of 16 with "The Letter" (by his previous band The Box Tops).
Everything about the early days of Big Star predicted great things to come. After recording their debut album, the cheekily titled "#1 Record", at Ardent Studios in Memphis, the album's release was set to be distributed as one of the first rock albums on Ardent's record label deal through the legendary Stax Records. That label had just signed a deal with Columbia Records,...
Everything about the early days of Big Star predicted great things to come. After recording their debut album, the cheekily titled "#1 Record", at Ardent Studios in Memphis, the album's release was set to be distributed as one of the first rock albums on Ardent's record label deal through the legendary Stax Records. That label had just signed a deal with Columbia Records,...
- 7/21/2013
- by Matt Shiverdecker
- Slackerwood
It struck me the other day that two new posters that have recently caught my eye have something unusual in common: they both play on the idea of neon signage in very different ways. Since one of the best new posters of the year is the devilish blast of neon luminescence that is the Only God Forgives poster (which can be seen again further down) I thought that maybe we had the makings of a trend.
The poster for the music documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me reuses the neon band sign that graced the cover of Big Star’s debut 1972 album #1 Record, only now the sign looks unused, if not abandoned. The photo has the feeling of a William Eggleston photo, which is not surprising since Eggleston was a good friend of Big Star’s Alex Chilton and a photo of his was used as the cover for...
The poster for the music documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me reuses the neon band sign that graced the cover of Big Star’s debut 1972 album #1 Record, only now the sign looks unused, if not abandoned. The photo has the feeling of a William Eggleston photo, which is not surprising since Eggleston was a good friend of Big Star’s Alex Chilton and a photo of his was used as the cover for...
- 7/13/2013
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
"I guess that my life has been a series of flukes in the record business. The first thing I ever did was the biggest record that I'll ever have." – Alex Chilton
Greetings from the apocalypse! It's a weekend full of westerns, cool bands and two movies with Steve Carell. That helps to ease the pain of yet another extended Johnny Depp mugging session masquerading as a popcorn film. I'm on to you, Depp …
Friday, July 5
Pow! In Theaters
"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty 'Hi-ho, who gives a s**t?'" "The Lone Ranger" returns us to those thrilling days of yesteryear via the thundering hoof-beats of audience apathy as Disney throws a cool $200 million on the fire betting on a brand name that hasn't been relevant since when JFK was still alive. Wannabe Cherokee Johnny Depp does his usual postmodern...
Greetings from the apocalypse! It's a weekend full of westerns, cool bands and two movies with Steve Carell. That helps to ease the pain of yet another extended Johnny Depp mugging session masquerading as a popcorn film. I'm on to you, Depp …
Friday, July 5
Pow! In Theaters
"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty 'Hi-ho, who gives a s**t?'" "The Lone Ranger" returns us to those thrilling days of yesteryear via the thundering hoof-beats of audience apathy as Disney throws a cool $200 million on the fire betting on a brand name that hasn't been relevant since when JFK was still alive. Wannabe Cherokee Johnny Depp does his usual postmodern...
- 7/5/2013
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
The legend of the band Big Star was born back in May 1973, when a promoter flew legions of young rock critics into Memphis for a "convention" that was essentially a stunt to get them to hear Big Star perform.
Big Star, a Memphis group built around former Box Tops singer and songwriter Alex Chilton ("The Letter"), was a bit out of step with the music of its day, a power-pop quartet just a little ahead of its time. Most people know them for creating the song "In the Street" that was adapted and covered by Cheap Trick as the theme to "That '70s Show."
With their jangly Byrds-inspired guitars and close harmonies, Chilton, Chris Bell, Andy Hummel and Jody Stephens were already earning glowing reviews, if not great record sales.
But that May '73 junket stunt cemented them in legend. As the fame never came and the decades of musical...
Big Star, a Memphis group built around former Box Tops singer and songwriter Alex Chilton ("The Letter"), was a bit out of step with the music of its day, a power-pop quartet just a little ahead of its time. Most people know them for creating the song "In the Street" that was adapted and covered by Cheap Trick as the theme to "That '70s Show."
With their jangly Byrds-inspired guitars and close harmonies, Chilton, Chris Bell, Andy Hummel and Jody Stephens were already earning glowing reviews, if not great record sales.
But that May '73 junket stunt cemented them in legend. As the fame never came and the decades of musical...
- 7/5/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The average guy on the street may know who or what Big Star is or was. But the right guy will always know—or be heartened to learn. A grand power-pop outfit formed in 1971 in Memphis by Alex Chilton, former lead singer of the Box Tops, and Chris Bell, a local kid with a gift for sensitive, tensile songwriting, the band released three badly distributed and decidedly non-lucrative albums before disintegrating in 1974. Only then did lovers of pop music around the world begin hearing about them, seeking out their records like lost sailors drawn by a mermaid's song. You could say Big Star achieved that dubious distinction known as cult status, but the ardor they inspire is deeper and more mysterious than that. Music historian Robert Gordon put it best in his marvelous 1995 book...
- 7/3/2013
- Village Voice
Rock 'n roll history is littered with bands that should have been more famous, that were talented far beyond what record sales indicated and more influential than any comparable arena packing artist. But few of them have endured and continue the way Big Star does. While they'll continue to fight to get recognized alongside bigger acts of the 1970s, the upcoming "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me" will hopefully finally secure their place in history. The film from directors Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori, both celebrates the artistry of the group and is honesty about the troubles the band, and particularly key songwriters Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, faced over their career. The filmmakers gather up a batch of musicians -- including members of The Flaming Lips and R.E.M. -- to share their reflections on the group, along with countless more industry players, and members of Big Star themselves.
- 6/12/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Summer means a lot of things -- events, movies, road trips, BBQs and more -- but there is no better season for rolling down the windows and cranking up the tunes. And one band definitely worth rockin' on the iPod are Big Star. While they are somewhat perceived as a "critics band," and perhaps never achieved the same chart success of their contemporaries, music heads and those with a keen ear on the FM dial already know that they are one of the finest power pop bands America has ever produced. Whether diehard or newcomer, you'll want to check this out... We have the exclusive poster for the upcoming documentary "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me." Co-directed by Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori, the film chronicles the Memphis music scene during the late '60s and '70s that helped birth the band, interviews with critics, friends and family, and...
- 6/10/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
It may seem that I'm diggin' in the dirt. Gettin' back to my punk rock roots. Well, some of my favorite new music does seem a wee bit primal, oui? And some of it is even out this world. But all of this music is party playlist-worthy for any weekend getaway. Proceed with caution....
"Back to the Way I Was" Emily Bell: In Technicolor (One-Eyed George)
Love the retro-girl bop rockabilly trip of this Austin-based ginger-haired flamethrower. She's got plenty of sass, snarl, and sex appeal. And her roots-rockin' band rips it up all the while she shakes and struts her stuff. This will keep any party swingin' all night long. Don't move your lips, just shake those hips....
"Signal 30" Public Service Broadcasting: Inform - Educate - Entertain (Test Card)
Driving, Relentless. Dangerous. Watch out for that speeding vehicle! Throbbing bass, guitar, and drums, played live. Signal 30 was truly a 1959 U.
"Back to the Way I Was" Emily Bell: In Technicolor (One-Eyed George)
Love the retro-girl bop rockabilly trip of this Austin-based ginger-haired flamethrower. She's got plenty of sass, snarl, and sex appeal. And her roots-rockin' band rips it up all the while she shakes and struts her stuff. This will keep any party swingin' all night long. Don't move your lips, just shake those hips....
"Signal 30" Public Service Broadcasting: Inform - Educate - Entertain (Test Card)
Driving, Relentless. Dangerous. Watch out for that speeding vehicle! Throbbing bass, guitar, and drums, played live. Signal 30 was truly a 1959 U.
- 5/23/2013
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Magnolia Pictures has acquired the North American distribution rights to Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, a documentary about the history of 1970s rock band Big Star—a group that, though never a huge success, proved highly influential on disparate acts like R.E.M., The Replacements, and The Flaming Lips. The film from co-directors Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori tracks the history of the cult band, from lead singer Alex Chilton’s original gig as lead singer of The Box Tops through Chilton’s death just before the reunited group was to play South By Southwest in 2010, followed ...
- 1/9/2013
- avclub.com
Magnolia Pictures have announced that they have picked up N. American distribution rights to Drew DeNicola and Oliva Mori's Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me. The documentary follows 70s rock band Big Star and is executive-produced by Ardent Studios' John Fry alongside Gill Holland and David Armillei. Founded in Memphis by Chris Bell, and fronted by rock legend Alex Chilton, the original Big Star lineup also featured Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel. Together less than four years, the band flirted with mainstream success but never achieved it. Nonetheless, they produced a body of work of seminal importance to pop and alternative music, influencing major artists like Rem, the Replacements, Elliot Smith, the Flaming Lips and countless others.
- 1/9/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Magnolia Pictures have announced that they have picked up N. American distribution rights to Drew DeNicola and Oliva Mori's Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me. The documentary follows 70s rock band Big Star and is executive-produced by Ardent Studios' John Fry alongside Gill Holland and David Armillei. Founded in Memphis by Chris Bell, and fronted by rock legend Alex Chilton, the original Big Star lineup also featured Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel. Together less than four years, the band flirted with mainstream success but never achieved it. Nonetheless, they produced a body of work of seminal importance to pop and alternative music, influencing major artists like Rem, the Replacements, Elliot Smith, the Flaming Lips and countless others.
- 1/9/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Wagner/Cuban Company.s Magnolia Pictures announced today that they have acquired North American rights to Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me , the definitive documentary about the beloved and influential '70s rock band Big Star. Directed by Drew DeNicola and Oliva Mori, the film was produced by Mori and Danielle McCarthy, executive-produced by John Fry, founder of Ardent Studios, with Gill Holland and David Armillei, and co-produced by Brian Sprouse. Founded in Memphis by Chris Bell, and fronted by rock legend Alex Chilton, the original Big Star lineup also featured Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel. Together less than four years, the band flirted with mainstream success but never achieved it. Nonetheless, they produced a body of work of seminal importance to pop and alternative music,...
- 1/9/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Last week during SXSW, director Drew Dinicola gave an excited Austin audience a preview of his work-in-progress film “Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me,” before a star-studded tribute concert to the beloved cult band Big Star. It was an appropriate environment for the sneak peek, as SXSW 2010 served as a de facto memorial for deceased lead singer Alex Chilton, when he unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack just three days before a scheduled appearance at the festival. SXSW Festival Producer Janet Pierson mentioned in her introduction of the film that because it was such an emotionally relevant film to the SXSW audience, she wanted to show it in any form at this year’s fest and would take it as a work-in-progress. And going by the unfinished cut, the movie is destined to be a seminal rock doc in the canon, and one that will bring Big Star to a new generation of fans.
- 3/20/2012
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Austin, Texas -- Stars of all stripes and celebrity hit town to close out South By Southwest, but it was a marching band that stole the show Saturday.
Members of the Austin High band watched their star turn in the premiere of filmmaker Emmett Malloy's "Big Easy Express," then joined documentary subjects Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes and Old Crow Medicine Show in an outdoor concert at the University of Texas as the music conference fell into an exhausted heap on its final night.
Across town, Timbaland held a listening party at Perez Hilton's annual to-do. Norah Jones played her new album for an appreciative group of fans. Matthew McConaughey joined The Cult during a free concert. Punk rock icon Bob Mould played "Copper Blue" in its entirety, bringing out the graybeards. And Peter Buck and Mike Mills of R.E.M. joined The Posies...
Members of the Austin High band watched their star turn in the premiere of filmmaker Emmett Malloy's "Big Easy Express," then joined documentary subjects Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes and Old Crow Medicine Show in an outdoor concert at the University of Texas as the music conference fell into an exhausted heap on its final night.
Across town, Timbaland held a listening party at Perez Hilton's annual to-do. Norah Jones played her new album for an appreciative group of fans. Matthew McConaughey joined The Cult during a free concert. Punk rock icon Bob Mould played "Copper Blue" in its entirety, bringing out the graybeards. And Peter Buck and Mike Mills of R.E.M. joined The Posies...
- 3/18/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
If you recognize the name Big Star, chances are you’re already a fan. Considered by many grandfathers of indie-rock, the band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1971. A precarious time for music, Big Star released their first two albums (the dual pop masterpieces #1 Record and Radio City) just as the major labels were riding the post-60s hangover away from creative ingenuity and towards corporate rock excess. Beleaguered and disheartened by their lack of mainstream success, Big Star went on to release one more album, the frustrated and nihilistic chronicle of artistic disintegration Third / Sister Lovers.
Co-founder Chris Bell died in a car accident in 1978 at the age of twenty-seven. Alex Chilton, the band’s lead singer and foremost creative force, pursued a solo-career, acted as a mentor for many of his disciples (including The Replacement’s Paul Westerberg), and watched as the Big Star Cult grew. Chilton passed away...
Co-founder Chris Bell died in a car accident in 1978 at the age of twenty-seven. Alex Chilton, the band’s lead singer and foremost creative force, pursued a solo-career, acted as a mentor for many of his disciples (including The Replacement’s Paul Westerberg), and watched as the Big Star Cult grew. Chilton passed away...
- 3/16/2012
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Many people may never have heard of the early '70s band Big Star, and aren't aware that "In the Streets," the theme song for That 70s Show performed by my personal favorite band Cheap Trick, was actually penned by Big Star's Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens (correction: Chris Bell). Attendees of the 2010 South by Southwest Music Festival became more aware of the band's influence when Chilton died unexpectedly of a heart attack on March 17, only three days prior to a Big Star reunion show in Austin. That show turned into a tribute with many musical guests from near and far, with several other tribute moments throughout SXSW that year -- including several songs played in tribute by Cheap Trick as headliners at the Auditorium Shores outdoor stage.
In addition to the fans that have supported the band throughout the years, many musicians credit Big Star with inspiring their careers.
In addition to the fans that have supported the band throughout the years, many musicians credit Big Star with inspiring their careers.
- 2/28/2012
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Daughters lock up your mothers, Junk Food Dinner returns! This week we take a look at three very different films and then say things about them in turn. It's new!
Up first, we get chummy (and a little gushy) with an oft overlooked horror/comedy entry into undead high school lore, I Was A Teenage Zombie from 1986. Not to mention it's killer soundtrack comprised of the likes of The Fleshtones, The Db's, The Waitresses, Alex Chilton, and more!
Next, Gem City's own Jim Van Bebber takes us on a tripped out ride through the eyes of Charlie and company in the 2004 film The Manson Family based on the infamous 1969 murders and the subsequent trial.
Finally, we learn that some nostalgia might be misplaced in the misstep that is Body Slam starring Dirk Benedict and Roddy Piper. Featuring a whole host of 80's footnotes. Everyone from Charles Nelson Rielly to Billy Barty!
Up first, we get chummy (and a little gushy) with an oft overlooked horror/comedy entry into undead high school lore, I Was A Teenage Zombie from 1986. Not to mention it's killer soundtrack comprised of the likes of The Fleshtones, The Db's, The Waitresses, Alex Chilton, and more!
Next, Gem City's own Jim Van Bebber takes us on a tripped out ride through the eyes of Charlie and company in the 2004 film The Manson Family based on the infamous 1969 murders and the subsequent trial.
Finally, we learn that some nostalgia might be misplaced in the misstep that is Body Slam starring Dirk Benedict and Roddy Piper. Featuring a whole host of 80's footnotes. Everyone from Charles Nelson Rielly to Billy Barty!
- 6/29/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Kevin, Mark & Parker)
Columbo star Peter Falkis dead at the age of 83. Falk reported died peacefully at his home in Beverly Hills on Thursday evening. Peter Falk was best known for his starring role as Lt. Columbo in the long running television series of the same name. Columbo ran for 69 episodes from 1968 to 2003.
A representative for the family announced Columbo star Peter Falk died in a press statement on Friday. Falk is “survived by his wife, Shera, of 34 years and two daughters from a previous marriage,” the statement said. No official cause of death was released, but Falk was known to have suffered from Alzheimer’s.
In addition to his lengthy and impressive television career, Peter Falk also starred in such films as The Princess Bride, Wings of Desire and The Great Race. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his performances in Murder, Inc. and Pocketful of Miracles. He also won a...
A representative for the family announced Columbo star Peter Falk died in a press statement on Friday. Falk is “survived by his wife, Shera, of 34 years and two daughters from a previous marriage,” the statement said. No official cause of death was released, but Falk was known to have suffered from Alzheimer’s.
In addition to his lengthy and impressive television career, Peter Falk also starred in such films as The Princess Bride, Wings of Desire and The Great Race. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his performances in Murder, Inc. and Pocketful of Miracles. He also won a...
- 6/24/2011
- by Laura Vess
- SnarkFood.com
Doubles, the first LP by Irish guitarist Cian Nugent, is a major proclamation of new young talent. As ambitious as it is evolved, Doubles is a 45-minute album comprised of only two tracks--the patient, practiced guitar-and-electronics meditation "Peaks & Troughs" and the longer "Sixes & Sevens," a brilliant movement that builds quickly from start-and-stop picking and percussion to glorious full-band redemption.
"Sixes & Sevens" actually works as a bit of a seesaw and a bit of a maze; it moves between exclamatory bursts and ruminative passages every few minutes, occasionally balancing the two in brief, perfect moments. Nugent actually excised three of the songs more bustling minutes for a new video by director Dylan Phillips. Here, the maze metaphor works, as Nugent's springy composition scores a short and speeding tour along the threshold between a city's natural and industrial spaces.
We spoke with Nugent about "Sixes & Sevens" and guitarists via e-mail.
In making this video,...
"Sixes & Sevens" actually works as a bit of a seesaw and a bit of a maze; it moves between exclamatory bursts and ruminative passages every few minutes, occasionally balancing the two in brief, perfect moments. Nugent actually excised three of the songs more bustling minutes for a new video by director Dylan Phillips. Here, the maze metaphor works, as Nugent's springy composition scores a short and speeding tour along the threshold between a city's natural and industrial spaces.
We spoke with Nugent about "Sixes & Sevens" and guitarists via e-mail.
In making this video,...
- 6/3/2011
- by Grayson Currin
- ifc.com
Ray Davies has earned the right to pay tribute to himself on See My Friends, where the head Kink duets on many of his greatest hits with a bevy of guest stars, including Bruce Springsteen, Frank Black, Lucinda Williams, Spoon, and the late Alex Chilton. It’s just a shame that these performances had to be recorded, rather than taking place during some quickly forgotten, star-studded concert. At its best, as when Davies teams up with Springsteen on the energetic opener “Better Things,” See My Friends is merely bland. There’s even the occasional lovely moment, like the Chilton-assisted “Til ...
- 4/5/2011
- avclub.com
Set the wayback machine as April 5's top releases come from such veteran rockers as Ray Davies, Robbie Robertson, Inxs and The Smithereens. Ray Davies, “See My Friends” (Decca): The Kinks’ frontman’s aptly titled new set features him collaborating with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, the late Alex Chilton, Mumford & Sons, Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan and more on some of The Kinks’ most-loved songs. Hollywood Undead, “American Tragedy” (A&M/Octone): Rock rappers who tend to sport custom-designed hockey player masks return with their first album with new singer Danny, who replaced Deuce. “American Idol” fans will remember Danny when he...
- 4/5/2011
- Hitfix
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....
- 3/25/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
What do musician Alex Chilton and filmmakers Luis Buñuel and Max Le Cain have in common? Dang if I know, but there’s some connection between the three in Bill Mousoulis‘ experimental short film The Experimenting Angel. (Gotta love that title!) The film is basically split into two interweaving parts: One is a series of still photographs of Le Cain at what appears to be either a film shoot or a performance — or both — in an old church; and the other is scenes taken from Buñuel’s L’Age d’Or (1930). The Chilton portion of the film is, of course, on the soundtrack.
Born in Australia, Mousoulis is of Greek descent and it’s in Greece where he currently mostly resides. He’s a self-taught filmmaker, having originally trained himself using Super-8 cameras, much like fellow Australian indie director Mark Savage. In fact, Mousoulis was so enthusiastic about using that...
Born in Australia, Mousoulis is of Greek descent and it’s in Greece where he currently mostly resides. He’s a self-taught filmmaker, having originally trained himself using Super-8 cameras, much like fellow Australian indie director Mark Savage. In fact, Mousoulis was so enthusiastic about using that...
- 2/16/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Welcome to the 53rd Grammy Awards, which will be featuring appearances and performances from some of the biggest names in music. Those names include Eminem (who leads all nominees and who could make history this evening), Lady Gaga (fresh off the premiere of her new single "Born This Way"), Rihanna, Drake, Arcade Fire, Cee Lo Green, Justin Bieber (who is currently in a knock-down, drag-out box office battle with Adam Sandler's "Just Go With It" for the coveted first place spot), Muse, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson and Bob Dylan (just for good measure). It promises to be an eventful, historic night, and the MTV Newsroom Blog is going to be right on top of all the most outstanding performances, biggest awards upsets and most incredible Grammy moments. The show always features a number of surprises (both scheduled and not), so it should be a fantastically entertaining three-and-a-half hours.
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- 2/14/2011
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
We bid farewell to celebrities who died this year, including Alexander McQueen, George Steinbrenner and Lena Horne.
By James Montgomery
Dennis Hopper
Photo: Mark Mainz/Getty Images
In 2010, we said goodbye to a variety of icons — stars of stage and screen, influential musicians and cultural figureheads. Some of them were gone too soon, others lived long and fruitful lives, but all will be missed. Luckily for us, they left behind work that thrilled and chilled, that made us laugh, cry, cheer and reconsider the world in which we live. It's a small comfort, but it's comfort nonetheless.
(For photos of the stars we lost this year, click here.)
And so, as we turn the page on the year that was, we'd be remiss if we didn't pause for a moment to reflect on some of the tremendous lives of those we lost. Among the notable people we bid farewell to: fashion designer Alexander McQueen,...
By James Montgomery
Dennis Hopper
Photo: Mark Mainz/Getty Images
In 2010, we said goodbye to a variety of icons — stars of stage and screen, influential musicians and cultural figureheads. Some of them were gone too soon, others lived long and fruitful lives, but all will be missed. Luckily for us, they left behind work that thrilled and chilled, that made us laugh, cry, cheer and reconsider the world in which we live. It's a small comfort, but it's comfort nonetheless.
(For photos of the stars we lost this year, click here.)
And so, as we turn the page on the year that was, we'd be remiss if we didn't pause for a moment to reflect on some of the tremendous lives of those we lost. Among the notable people we bid farewell to: fashion designer Alexander McQueen,...
- 12/27/2010
- MTV Music News
Ray Davies has unveiled the full tracklisting and guest stars for his upcoming See My Friends LP. Among the musicians appearing on the album of songs first recorded by Davies with The Kinks is Paloma Faith, who adds her vocals to hit 1970 single 'Lola'. Davies planned the album after recording 'Till The End Of The Day' with the late Alex Chilton in 2009 and said: "This project came about almost by accident. "With some tracks I had to appreciate the style of the other artists, otherwise it would have sounded unbalanced. And I wanted the album to work as an entire listening experience but each track had a life of its own." The full tracklisting is as follows:
1. 'Better Things' (featuring Bruce Springsteen)
2. 'Celluloid Heroes' (featuring Jon (more)...
1. 'Better Things' (featuring Bruce Springsteen)
2. 'Celluloid Heroes' (featuring Jon (more)...
- 9/23/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Big Star's drummer Jody Stephens has paid tribute to his former bandmate Andy Hummel, crediting his late pal as the key to the rockers' success. Hummel, an original member of the band, died in early July after a two-year battle with cancer.
His passing was the second major tragedy to hit the 1970s group, coming just four months after Big Star leader Alex Chilton died. Stephens is the last surviving member of the original Big Star line-up following the death of singer/guitarist Chris Bell in 1978.
And he is adamant the rockers' music would not have been as popular with fans if Hummel had not added his special touch to certain key tracks in their discography. Stephens tells Rolling Stone, "He was really proud of it (Big Star). He had to be proud of it, because he was such an integral part of what Big Star was."
"To begin with,...
His passing was the second major tragedy to hit the 1970s group, coming just four months after Big Star leader Alex Chilton died. Stephens is the last surviving member of the original Big Star line-up following the death of singer/guitarist Chris Bell in 1978.
And he is adamant the rockers' music would not have been as popular with fans if Hummel had not added his special touch to certain key tracks in their discography. Stephens tells Rolling Stone, "He was really proud of it (Big Star). He had to be proud of it, because he was such an integral part of what Big Star was."
"To begin with,...
- 7/30/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
It's another sad day for Big Star fans everywhere: the band's founding bassist Andy Hummel has died, a mere four months since the passing of founding member Alex Chilton. Hummel succumbed to a two-year battle with cancer yesterday (July 19) at age 59. Big Star's current bassist Ken Stringfellow first Tweeted the news yesterday: "Another sad loss for Big Star fans as Andy Hummel passes away after long illness." Hummel performed on the first two Big Star records, the legendary "#1" and "Radio City," before departing in the mid-'70s. He last performed with his former bandmates, though, in March this year,...
- 7/20/2010
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Andy Hummel, the original bassist for influential Us rock band Big Star, has died at the age of 59. Hummel died on Monday after a two-year battle with cancer, reports Dallas, TX website Dfw. "Sadly, I can confirm this is true. Andy has passed away," Jason Elzy, a representative with Big Star's label, Rhino Records confirmed to MTV. Hummel co-founded Big Star with singer Alex Chilton, drummer Jody Stephens and guitarist Chris (more)...
- 7/20/2010
- by By Mike Moody
- Digital Spy
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