Geoff Rickly

The Silver Jews and Purple Mountains frontman died today at age 52 and fellow artists have taken to social media to write tributes….

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To honor the late, great Pete Shelley, Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly posted a video of Pete performing ”Ever Fallen In Love” with Thursday back at Warped Tour 2006.

Pete Shelley, co-founder and lead singer of groundbreaking UK punk band Buzzcocks, sadly passed away at the age of 63, and the music world (and beyond) have taken to social media to pay tribute.

We lost one of the all-time great voices in music today and the world has been paying tribute to Aretha Franklin since learning the sad news…

Bourdain was a great lover and champion of music, and tributes from musicians have been pouring in, including Iggy Pop, Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!, Questlove, El-P, Zola Jesus, John Lurie, Jimmy Eat World, and more.

Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison was sadly found dead at age 36. Tributes from fellow musicians and artists are already pouring in…

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Geoff sang with them on “Flowers and You” off last year’s ‘Stage Four,’ and Ned sang on Title Fight’s “Crescent-Shaped Depression,” which Touche covered for their 2011 split with Title Fight.