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The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan Laid to Rest with a Typically-Upbeat Irish Funeral

It was standing room only at the joyous funeral services today commemorating the life and music of The Pogues’ frontman Shane MacGowan .

Andy Rourke, the immensely talented bass player of the iconic band, The Smiths, has passed away at age 59. Rourke’s…

Mark Lanegan (57) was the lead vocalist for the indie rock band Screaming Trees. He was easily one of the…

Another giant of the music industry has passed on. Woodstock organizer/promoter Michael Lang succumbed to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma just hours ago….

The Aurora thugs who jumped, choked, and drugged Elijah McClain, resulting in his death, have been arrested and booked. Three…

ZZ Top bassist Joseph “Dusty” Hill, 72, has died. Hill was the band’s bass player for more than 50 years….

Britain’s late 70s provincial punk scenes were seldom places for the faint-hearted, but few were as starkly polarised as that…

Update (5/11/18): Police have confirmed the identity of a man’s body found Thursday as that of Frightened Rabbit lead singer…

Music lovers around the world are in shock today at the sad news of Prince’s passing. Here are just a…

Evan Dando of Lemonheads: one of many musicians to pay tribute to Alex Chilton @SXSW The final, full day of…

Jimmy Lee Lindsey, Jr., aka Jay Reatard (1980 – 2010) photo from Matador Records Update: 1/14/10 3:20 pm: Pitchfork is…

Vic Chesnutt: RIP (1964 – 2009) photo by Eric Lawson In an on-going playlist series featuring fantastic singer and songwriters,…