Big Star “September Girls” Big Star is the best (and best-known) band you’ve never heard of. In 1971, when rock critics were tired of the excesses of arena rock, Alex Chilton’s band was a welcome reprieve of jangly guitars and straight-ahead songwriting. But nothing lasts forever, neither summer nor rock bands, and the group ended after three years of no commercial success. Chicane The most memorable track from the 2000 electronic chill-out classic album Behind the Sun. The female vocalist laments that the summer sun is “turning dark on empty car lots … winter’s one breath away.” Rhye “The Fall”