Tom Verlaine

”There was no one like Tom,” Patti writes in a moving essay for 'The New Yorker.'

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.

Tom Verlaine, frontman and guitarist in iconic NYC band Television, has died at age 73. The news was shared by Jesse Paris Smith who said he died after “a brief illness.“

“It's true, this now decade-old album is named after this fantastic, underappreciated Television tune,“ says Real Estate bassist Alex Bleeker, “which was a joy for us to cover and record for you after all these years.“

Violent Femmes' 10th album, ’Hotel Last Resort,’ is out in July and you can listen to the title track featuring Television’s Tom Verlaine now.

We posted this when it was first announced, but here's a reminder about the three day event happening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this weekend (11/6-11/8):Part of 2014 Next Wave Festival The Andy Warhol Museum and Dean Wareham Featuring live performances by: Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound) Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces) Martin Rev (Suicide) Tom Verlaine (Television) Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) The films of Andy Warhol are provocative milestones of underground cinema, flaunting convention simply by letting the gritty world be itself...

Dean Wareham @ Maxwell's, 2011 (more by Chris Gersbeck) While we already knew that "Nonesuch Records at BAM" and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus / Bryce Dessner collaboration (though details on that one were TBA) were going to be part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival, the full line-up of programming has just been announced...

Lee Ranaldo and his guitar (more by Kenneth Bachor) Thurston Moore recently listed his favorite songs of all time and now his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo has offered a list of his five favorite guitarists of all time via Red Bull (who recently offered their own favorite guitarists list)...

"Next time, we're bringing a road crew," Tom Verlaine joked as he fumbled with knotted guitar cord, finally throwing the thing to an audience member to undo while he fiddled with other gear...

Television at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) NYC art punk legends Television (sans Richard Lloyd) have regrouped before, and they've been doing so again this year, having already played a few shows, including Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest...