Spoke to Jon Auer last night at the Posies show. He opined that he was the only one of the four actually trying to make a "real" Big Star disc. Dunno about that - I think Jody's songs are great.

Veering off topic as these things tend to do, I just saw the Posies myself last night.
One of the best shows I've seen since... well, the dB's shows in Chicago.
I was given the honor of playing/holding Jon's guitar during some mid-song running around in the audience, then got to witness him smash the guitar to bits on their last song (either for pure showmanship or out of frustration that one or more of the strings broke... probably both).

Anyway... Big Star.
I like it. But needless to say, it's not REALLY Big Star. And so it doesn't REALLY sound like a Big Star album. Of course every band is going to be a product of the musicians involed, and considering the musicians involved in this case that's a good thing.