Jon Auer

Big Star drummer Jody Stephens will be joined by Chris Stamey (dB's), Mike Mills (REM), Jon Auer (Posies) and Pat Sansone to play ‘#1 Record‘ in full on six East Coast dates this fall...

Ken Stringfellow of The Posies has been accused by three women of sexual misconduct, according to University Of Washington public radio station KUOW, who report that the band have now broken up

"The Songs of Big Star" concert features Big Star drummer Jody Stephens and members of R.E.M., Yo La Tengo, The Posies, The dB's and more.

Members of R.E.M., Yo La Tengo, The Posies, The dB's and more will be part of an "The Songs of Big Star," a "one of a kind acoustic, orchestrated" tribute concert at Brooklyn's...

The Posies (Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow) will release Solid States on May 20 via My Music Empire. It's been a rough last year for the Posies. Drummer Darius Minwalla died of unknown causes last year. Then they lost longtime bassist Joe Skyward to cancer last month, and both Auer and Stringfellow relocated from Seattle to Europe...

As happens from time to time, a huge tribute to the legendary Big Star has been announced in LA with members of Wilco, Yo La Tengo, REM and many more. On April 27 at The Alex Theatre in Glendale, Jeff Tweedy, Pat Sansone, Ira Kaplan, Mike Mills, Jessica Pratt, Robyn Hitchcock and more will join Jody Stephens of Big Star and an orchestra conducted by original arranger Carl Marsh to perform the enti

Lucero's new album, All A Man Should Do, will be out September 18 via ATO and the band have shared another song from it, a cover of Big Star's "I'm in Love with a Girl...

Pete Seeger @ Clearwater Festival 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) City Winery will be hosting a three-night oil spill relief benefit, dubbed Reclaim The Coast, on July 23rd, 25th and 30th...

Just as everyone at the SXSW Music Festival was finding their groove Wednesday, news of the death of Alex Chilton hit. "Austin's in shock about Alex," read one of the countless social media memes...

Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here's some of that lost material...