Graham Coxon

Calvin Johnson, Kimya Dawson, The Van Pelt, Dan Friel, and others have paid tribute as well…

Devin Townsend, JG Thirlwell, Oceansize’s Mike Vennart, Dutch Uncles, and others have also paid tribute.

Bill Withers’ music has touched just about everyone, so it’s no surprise that there’s been an outpouring of tributes since the world learned he died this morning. You can read tributes from Raekwon, Kacey Musgraves, Sturgill Simpson, Lin Manuel Miranda, Yo La Tengo, Billy Dee Williams, and more.

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.

Gorillaz document the making (and touring in support of) their last two albums, 2017’s Humanz and 2018’s The Now Now, in a new documentary film.

It’s been two years since Netflix premiered its UK miniseries adaptation of Charles S. Forsman’s acclaimed 2013 graphic novel The End of the F***ing World but it’s back (with more new Graham Coxon songs), and Season 2 is on Netflix now.

After talking about it for a while, reunited alt-rock vets that dog. have officially announced their first album since the ’90s.

Plus: Jonah Matranga, A$AP Ant, Burna Boy, Shellshag, Dude York, Saintseneca, and more tour-related news.

Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne), Wendy Smith (Prefab Sprout), Cosey Fanni Tutti, Midge Ure, Holly Herndon, Kelly Lee Owens, Zola jesus & more have also paid tribute.

This week’s update also includes Pavement guitarist Spiral Stairs, Mikey Erg, The Nude Party, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Beijing’s Gong Gong Gong, Frankie & The Witch Fingers, Stef Chura, and more.