Big Star drummer Jody Stephens, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills and more discuss the power pop band’s legacy in The Memphis Masters video series.
The clip opens with Stephens next to his drumkit as the band’s “Thirteen” plays in the background. “I think part of the Memphis creed is that we’re all individuals,” he says in the clip. “We don’t really care to have people looking over our shoulders about what we do and how we do it.”
“And therein lies part of how Big Star evolved,...
The clip opens with Stephens next to his drumkit as the band’s “Thirteen” plays in the background. “I think part of the Memphis creed is that we’re all individuals,” he says in the clip. “We don’t really care to have people looking over our shoulders about what we do and how we do it.”
“And therein lies part of how Big Star evolved,...
- 6/29/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
No one in the music business was asking “Where’s the beef?” this week. It was right out in the open, as Taylor Swift/Big Machine, Lizzo vs. Postmates, and Sharon Osbourne vs. Bob Lefsetz squared off against each other over various issues.
Using the power of social media to shame, make a point, and generally launch missiles against their foes, the parties lobbed accusations against each other, with various fans and observers choosing sides in the disputes.
This week in music:
NPR Notes Songs About Hating The Biz: In a week where disputes dominated the music business, NPR put together a list of songs that were about hating the business side of the music business. Who knew that legal entanglements had a beat and could be danced to?
Taylor Swiftly J’Accuse: This week saw yet another confrontation between Taylor Swift and her former record label, Big Machine. She...
Using the power of social media to shame, make a point, and generally launch missiles against their foes, the parties lobbed accusations against each other, with various fans and observers choosing sides in the disputes.
This week in music:
NPR Notes Songs About Hating The Biz: In a week where disputes dominated the music business, NPR put together a list of songs that were about hating the business side of the music business. Who knew that legal entanglements had a beat and could be danced to?
Taylor Swiftly J’Accuse: This week saw yet another confrontation between Taylor Swift and her former record label, Big Machine. She...
- 11/16/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Wilco singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy recently performed a solo acoustic rendition of his song “Pecan Pie” while at Traveler’s Rest, the Missoula, Montana music festival organized by the Decemberists. The performance was part of this year’s Bedstock, an online music series put on by MyMusicRx, a charitable program of the Children’s Cancer Association. Now you can have a taste of Tweedy’s “Pecan Pie” for yourself, and it’s very sweet.
“Pecan Pie” originally appeared on 1995’s Down by the Old Mainstream, the full-length debut of Golden Smog,...
“Pecan Pie” originally appeared on 1995’s Down by the Old Mainstream, the full-length debut of Golden Smog,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
A chimpanzee sets a school ablaze in “The Fire,” the sprawling new track by New York rock duo the Lemon Twigs. The song appears on the group’s upcoming album Go to School, which tells the coming-of-age story of Shane, a chimpanzee raised as a human boy.
“The Fire” serves as the centerpiece of Go to School and incorporates a broad range of styles and influences. The Lemon Twigs blend classic country twang with piano-driven glam, building steadily to a peak packed with an uproarious burst of banjo and guitar.
“The Fire” serves as the centerpiece of Go to School and incorporates a broad range of styles and influences. The Lemon Twigs blend classic country twang with piano-driven glam, building steadily to a peak packed with an uproarious burst of banjo and guitar.
- 8/14/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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
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
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