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Monday Morning Video – Thank You Friends

Monday, November 25, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

It’s Thanksgiving week in the US so it seems like an appropriate time for us to give thanks to everyone who makes Twangville such a special place. And as we approach our 20th year, we’ve got a lot to be thankful for – starting with the artists who share their talents and continuing through to […]

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Alex Chilton, Big Star, Chris Stamey, Jody Stephens, Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow, Mike Mills, Pat Sansone, the Posies

Monday Morning Video – The Ballad of El Goodo

Monday, August 26, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Let’s go back to 2010. Alex Chilton was scheduled to appear at SXSW that year to celebrate the legacy of indie rock legends Big Star. Chilton tragically passed away from a heart attack just days prior to the appearance. So the planned celebration suddenly became a bittersweet tribute to a band that inspired so many […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Alex Chilton, Amy Speace, Big Star, Chris Stamey, Jody Stephens, Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow, Mike Mills, Sondre Lerche, the Posies

Monday Morning Video – Runnin’ Solo with Ken Stringfellow

Monday, September 02, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

Ken Stringfellow has quite a musical resume.  After firmly establishing his power pop credentials as co-founder of The Posies, he has gone on to perform with everyone from R.E.M. to the re-formed Big Star.   In between these and several other collaborations, he’s released a couple of stellar solo albums.  Stringfellow is about to launch a […]

Filed Under: Pop, Videos Tagged With: Ken Stringfellow

Ken Stringfellow Compares the Budgets for the Posies First and Second Albums and Reveals Why He Changes His Guitar Strings Monthly

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

Ken Stringfellow of the Posies explains why he’s cool with the band’s current touring paradigm, reflects on the first song that he wrote (a rock opera about humans developing psychic abilities) and time spent working in a futon warehouse during his younger years.

Filed Under: Alternative, Genres, Rock, Why It Matters Tagged With: Ken Stringfellow, the Posies

Mayer’s Playlist for March/April 2013, Part 1

Thursday, April 11, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH The Beast In Its Tracks, by Josh Ritter It’s easy to be angry after a break-up. You want to grab a bottle of whisky and crank some classic angry Bob Mould songs (Black Sheets of Rain, anyone?). I suppose that Josh Ritter had a few of those moments when his marriage […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Downloads, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Soul/R&B, Streams Tagged With: Josh Ritter, Ken Stringfellow, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Nakia, Rayna Gellert, Scott Miller, The Head and the Heart, The Postelles, the Sideshow Tragedy, Tom McBride

SXSW 2010: The Scene

Monday, April 26, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

SXSW 2010 has come and gone. Over the next week I’ll be sharing a few highlights of my experience. All in good fun. Children By the Million Sing for Alex Chilton This year’s SXSW began and ended with the passing of Alex Chilton. The co-founder of Big Star was scheduled to participate in a panel […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, SXSW Tagged With: Akina Adderley, Alejandro Escovedo, Alex Chilton, Bellrays, Ben Gibbard, Big Star, Billy Bragg, Bodeans, Chris Shiflett, Courtney Love, Evan Dando, Foo Fighters, Freelance Whales, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Hole, John Doe, Jon Auer, Jon Dee Graham, Ken Stringfellow, Mike Mills, Nakia, Orgone, R.E.M., Raphael Saadiq, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, She & Him, Stone Temple Pilots, Street Sweeper Social Club, Surfer Blood, the Clash, the Posies, the xx, Tom Morello, True Believers, Wayne Kramer

Remembering Alex Chilton, Whose Spirit was Entwined with SXSW 2010

Thursday, April 08, 2010 By John Anderson

I don’t think it would be overstating the case too much to say that when the news of Alex Chilton’s death broke on the first day of SXSW, so too did the collective heart of a sizable percentage of SXSW attendees break. I got the news via text message during the second showcase of the […]

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, Specials, SXSW Tagged With: Alex Chilton, Andy Hummel, Big Star, Born to Lose, Jody Stephens, John Doe, Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow, M Ward, Sondre Lerche, SXSW 2010, The Replacements

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