Subject: Alex Chilton

• FREAKY FREEDY AMERICA'S MOST UNUSUAL SINGER-SONGWRITER WOULD RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT IT

  February 24, 1993

• LEAN AND SOBER

  July 28, 1993

• SHIFTING SANDHOWE GELB AND GIANT SAND WILL PLAY SOMETHING AT AN AIDS BENEFIT

  January 6, 1994

• MORE TAPES IN THE MAIL

  April 6, 1994

• COMPACTED DISCSIT'S THAT TIME OF THE MONTH AGAIN

  April 6, 1994

• EMIGRANT SONG CREATOR OF IRREPRESSIBLE "VOLARE" MEETS HIS CREATOR

  September 8, 1994

• Recordings

  March 27, 1997

• Recordings

  December 25, 1997

• Family Values

  The Loud Family's Scott Miller battles the limitations of life in pop-cult hell

  July 23, 1998

• Recordings

  November 19, 1998

• Recordings

  April 1, 1999

• Recordings

  September 16, 1999

• The Posies, and Deathray Davies

  They've been around the block

  September 8, 2005

• Electric Mud

  The North Mississippi Allstars are young guys passing on an old tradition

  January 24, 2002

• Southern Knights

  Reissue of two classic early '80s albums spotlights the seminal power-pop magic of the dB's

  January 10, 2002

• Miracle Worker

  Former Dream Syndicate leader Steve Wynn puts the ghost of his old band to rest with the finest album of his career

  September 13, 2001

• Burning, Man

  September 6, 2001

• Southern Culture on the Skids

  Liquored Up and Lacquered Down (EMusic/TVT) and Tav Falco's Panther Burns Panther Phobia (In The Red)

  October 19, 2000

• Long Time, No CD

  More than two years after the release of its debut, Gloritone sates fans with a stopgap disc of demo material

  October 19, 2000

• Back to Earth

  Elliott Smith's 'moment' has passed; now he's just making music

  October 12, 2000

• New Amsterdams

  Never You Mind (Heroes & Villains/Vagrant Records)

  September 14, 2000

• Amazing Grace

  Three years after his death, Jeff Buckley continues to build a mystery with a new live collection

  May 25, 2000

• Just Desserts

  After a messy split, Sugar High returns, refining its sweet sound with Ice Cream Anti-Social

  February 24, 2000

• LOGAN'S RUN

  HE'S SPENT HIS LIFE MAKING MUSIC FOR FUN. NOW HE'S ABOUT TO BECOME THE NEXT EVERYTHING.

  July 28, 1994

• DISCS WE'VE HEARDTHE CD JUST KEEP ON COMING

  March 2, 1994

• BEAST OF BURDEN ONCE A BEAUTIFUL GIRLFRIEND, MATTHEW SWEET AND HIS POP GIFT HAVE TURNED INTO AN ALTERED BEAST

  October 6, 1993

• PUGNACIOUS PANSIESPOP'S MOST PROMISING WEAKLINGS, THE POSIES, GO GRUNGE

  August 11, 1993

• ADOLESCENT ANGSTTEENAGE FANCLUB DISCOVERS OVERNIGHT SUCCESS IS NO NIRVANA

  April 22, 1992

• The Academy Is… Power Pop’s Leading Light

  October 15, 2009

• Big Star Box and Deluxe Reissue of Alum Chris Bell's Lone Solo Effort are Pop Treasures

  John FryThe mighty Big Star in their original early 1970s incarnation. L-R: Jody Stephens, Chris Bell, Alex Chilton, Andy Hummel.​ More than a decade into the internet age, it's hard to imagine a time when music and the artists who created it carried an aura of mystery. Before information about any topic under the sun was just a few computer keystrokes away, word of mouth was an absolutely vital part of expanding one's musical vocabulary on bands flying below the mainstream radar. It was

  November 20, 2009