Geoff Rickly

Tributes to Riley have been pouring in from all over the metal and hardcore communities, including from Converge, Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Thursday, La Dispute, Overkill, Kreator, Harms Way, Fucked Up, Trash Talk, Coheed, Full of Hell, Turnstile, and still many, many more...

plus Tenacious D, My Morning Jacket, Dolly Parton, The Pretenders, ...Trail of Dead, Jason Isbell, Phoebe Bridgers, Geoff Rickly, War on Women, Chance the Rapper, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

You can also read tributes to Morricone from Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Edgar Wright, Steven Van Zandt, Chance the Rapper, New Order, Duran Duran, Biz Markie, The Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd, Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, Jean Michel Jarre, and 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.

A new musicians' union, the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers, has formed, and its first objective is to seek aid for musicians affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

This edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at 15 albums that defined the melodic style of post-hardcore that took off in the early 2000s thanks to bands like At the Drive-In, Thursday, and Glassjaw, many of whom are still breaking ground and/or influencing new bands today

Former Texas Is The Reason member Norman Brannon is hosting livestreams on the IG page for his '90s fanzine Anti-Matter, featuring interviews with and performances by some exciting guests...

Cold Cave, Drew Daniel (Matmos), cEvin Key (Skinny Puppy), Robin Rimbaud (Scanner), Machinedrum, Zola Jesus, Dâm-Funk, Laura Jane Grace and more have paid tribute to the late legend.

Plus: more tributes to Gill from Blur's Graham Coxon, Greg Dulli, The Futureheads, REM's MIke Mills, Colin Meloy, Noveller's Sarah Lipstate, Geoff Rickly and more.

Tributes have been pouring in since the very sad news broke that gifted songwriter and cult artist Daniel Johnston died.