Modernism functions as both a companion piece to Chris Stamey’s 2025 LP Anything Is Possible and a love letter to the wide spectrum of crafted pop hooks and freeform rock that saturated AM/FM radio frequencies in the ’60s and early ’70s. Working out of his Modern Recording studio in Chapel Hill, N.C., the dB’s cofounder and onetime Alex Chilton collaborator revisits classics by the Beatles, the Kinks, Sly and The Family Stone, the Left Banke and others, also throwing in a few of his own songs.
Modernism’s formidable guest list includes Big Star’s Jody Stephens, Wilco’s Pat Sansone, members of the dB’s, Brian Wilson alumni Probyn Gregory and Nelson Bragg, the Uptown Horns, drummer Jon Wurster (Mountain Goats,…
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While it might be a ridiculously huge stretch to say that Chris Stamey has collaborated with every great musician on the planet, he’s certainly made the rounds in the indie universe. His connection to Big Star and Television are the first resume items of note. In the 1970s, he recorded with Richard Lloyd, played bass for Alex Chilton and later released Chris Bell’s “I Am the Cosmos”/“You and Your Sister” single on his Car label.