Big Star

Tara Jane O'Neil has an album of her own coming out soon, and its captivating lead single "Sand" earned a spot on our 5 Best…

Following this summer's Water EP, Porches have shared a new cover of Big Star's "Morpha Too," which Aaron Maine describes as his "new favorite" Big…

Matt "MV" Valentine -- one of the brains behind MV & EE -- will release a covers compilation titled HEAP ZONE which includes his rendition…

An all-star cast of musicians including Big Star's Jody Stephens, Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone of Wilco, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan,…

An all-star group of musicians will gather at Los Angeles' Alex Theater on 4/27 to perform Big Star's Third/Sister Lovers live in concert. Jeff Tweedy…

Those Pretty Wrongs are the duo of the Freewheelers' Luther Russell and Jody Stephens, Big Star's drummer and sole surviving founding member. They released their…

At SXSW back in March, Spoon's Britt Daniel, Arcade Fire's Will Butler, Superchunk's Mac McCaughan, Nada Surf's Matthew Caws, and Marshall Crenshaw all participated in…

The Shakespearean-named duo Those Pretty Wrongs comprises the Freewheelers' Luther Russell and Jody Stephens, the former drummer and sole surviving founding member of Big Star.

Jody Stephens, the former drummer of Big Star, is the only founding member of that band who's still alive. A few years ago, Stephens was…

For a band that never "made it" in their day, Big Star's risen to a level of inimitable fame thanks to more objectively successful acts…

Band To Watch Girlpool have recorded a cover of Big Star's classic track "Thirteen" from their debut album, #1 Record. The original song is already…

The Bumbershoot Festival goes down in venues around Seattle every year on Labor Day weekend, and the lineup for this year's festivities on 8/30-9/1 just…