Friday, March 12th, 2010

I recently took a trip to NYC with my girlfriend and it was incredible to walk past some of the hippest record stores and see the Big Star “Keep An Eye On The Sky” box set sitting there in the windows.  And a couple weeks back, Josh Cosby of Star & Micey was by the [...]

As you probably have noticed by now, Big Star played the Masonic Temple in Brooklyn a couple weeks ago. Just before the show a small party of us had dinner at a cozy little neighborhood restaurant called Olea. Very nice to spend some time there with Lori, Kenny and Joe of the band Super 400. [...]

Star & Micey hit the road again today for a stint of November show dates with Erin Miley opening.  Below are all the show dates with links to each shows Facebook event page for November.  Please feel free to invite friends to any shows in your area and we appreciate your support.  And as a [...]

You can now purchase Star & Micey’s self titled debut CD for $10 at their store page, CDBaby or Amazon. It’s also available digitally at starandmicey.bandcamp.com ($5 – 320k MP3s, FLAC, Apple Lossless), iTunes, Amazonmp3, emusic, rhapsody and all the top digital retailers.
Stream the entire album here and click the share tab to [...]

Star & Micey have officially hit the road in support of their self titled debut album coming out October 20th 2009 on Ardent Music. You can pre-order the album at http://starandmicey.com/store and receive a link to download 4 free newly mastered demos…or come out to one of their upcoming shows and buy the CD directly [...]

John Fry, Steve Rhea, Mark Harber (friend and neighbor) and I boarded a plane to London on June 27. The occasion was a Big Star show in Hyde Park/Serpentine Sessions on July 1. John and I had Monday and Tuesday for a little sight-seeing before the show on Wednesday. On Monday we hopped on a train [...]

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Rhino Records has announced the release of the long awaited Big Star boxed set, entitled Keep an Eye on the Sky. From the Rhino Web site:
Big Star inspired a fevered allegiance among fans of power pop, giving rise to a cult of believers who spent decades spreading the gospel. Their enthusiasm turned this obscure Memphis [...]