News
THEESatisfaction Has Split
After seven years of creating, touring, pushing boundaries and breaking through glass ceilings, THEESatisfaction is no more. […]
R.I.P.
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RIP Max Matthews, computer music pioneer
We’re very sad to report that computer music pioneer Max Matthews passed away this morning due to complications from pneumonia. Back in the 1950’s he was an engineer at Bell Labs. Matthews first made a […]
Playlists
RIP Gerard Smith
I think we were all shocked yesterday, April 20th, to hear of the passing of Gerard Smith, TV On The Radio keyboardist and bassist. Smith was 36. It was just a month ago that the […]
Featured
RIP Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, 1941-2010
Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart died Friday. He was 69 and lived in Trinidad, Calif. The cause was complications of multiple sclerosis, said Gordon VeneKlasen, a partner at the Michael Werner gallery in New […]
News
Macclesfield Schoolchildren Compose Joy Division Symphony
Today, May 18, marks the 30th anniversary of the suicide of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. It was a Sunday morning the night before they were to embark on their first US tour when he […]
Photos
R.I.P. Jim Marshall 1936-2010
Jim Marshall, the legendary San Francisco photographer who captured some of rock & roll’s most unforgettable early images including photos of Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar at Monterey Pop and Johnny Cash flipping the bird […]
News
R.I. P. Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse
This weekend, we learned the sad news that Sparklehorse frontman Mark Linkous had taken his own life. The New York Times reports that Linkous shot himself in the heart in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was 47. […]
Musings
R.I.P. Jake Brockman, The Fifth Bunnymen
Phil called me Wednesday to break the news of Jakes Brokman’s passing. I was on my cell phone and at first I didn’t understand who he was talking about. Who? Somone associated with the Bunnymen? […]
Musings
R.I.P. Tom Wilkes 1939 – 2009
This morning my friend Matt passed on the sad news that Grammy Award-winning album cover designer Tom Wilkes passed away this week. Like Matt, he was a Long Beach native. Tom Wilkes gained national prominence […]