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Read tributes to Tom Verlaine from Blondie, Michael Stipe, Steve Albini, Dean Wareham more
You can also read tributes from Lloyd Cole, Real Estate, The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, Robyn Hitchcock, Primal Scream, Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws, AC Newman, Marc Maron, and more.
Indie Basement (3/19): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Too Much Joy, Jane Inc, Real Numbers, Adele & The Chandeliers, and more.
Today's livestreams (Kamasi Washington, Disclosure, Nada Surf, The Grateful Dead, more)
plus The Black Madonna, Jessie Ware, a Joy Division listening party, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.
Celebrating Ian Curtis: Joy Division live videos, newly surfaced photos, interviews, more
Today (May 18) marks the 40th anniversary of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis’ death and there many tributes happening…
tributes to Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider - OMD, Thomas Dolby, Mogwai, Moog, Duran Duran, more
Tributes have also come in from Jean Michel Jarre, Midge Ure (Ultravox), the Safdie Brothers, Orbital, The Orb, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Lloyd Cole, Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Kid Congo Powers, Junior Boys, JD Samson, and many more.
members of Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Green Day, R.E.M. & more pay tribute to Pete Shelley
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.