Big Star News

Counting Crows , who amicably left longtime label Geffen Records in 2009 to make music independently, will release their first full-length in four years -- titled "Underwater Sunshine " -- on April 10.

Craving new tunes, radiant skin, a unique new drink? This week's OnMilwaukee.com comes complete with all of them.

Can't wait for South By Southwest. I'll be hitting the festival for four days starting March 9th and sadly won't be able to stay as long as I'd like but I'm going to make the most of it while I'm there.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Chris Pickering is kind of a big deal in his native Australia, and has now set up shop in Nashville to share his beguiling blend of gap-bridging pop, rock, country and folk.

Check out this generously lengthy trailer for Nothing Can Hurt Me: The Big Star Story , the forthcoming rock doc on power-pop godfathers Big Star.

Chad Batka has photographed too many concerts to keep count. But there's always one sight that sticks in his mind: parents waiting in the parking lot.

The past few years have been good to fans of the Big Star orbit who collect vinyl, thanks to well-done LP reissues of all three of the band's albums and the posthumous, previously CD-only Chris Bell collection I Am the Cosmos .