Rolling Stone brought sad news Saturday night concerning singer-songwriter Mark Linkous, aka Sparklehorse: Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous has committed suicide, his publicist confirms to Rolling Stone. Those unfamiliar with Sparklehorse’s dream-like pop may look no [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Vic Chesnutt’
December 25th, 2009 - 8:12 pm § in True/Slant
Vic Chesnutt Dies, NYTimes Confirms
Singer-Songwriter Vic Chesnutt died this afternoon in Athens, Georgia. There had been unconfirmed reports that he died last night, which proved to be untrue. At 5:27 PM EST, New York Times critic Ben Sisario gave an official word: Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter whose music dealt with mortality a[...]
December 25th, 2009 - 10:29 am § in True/Slant
Vic Chesnutt Death Reports Unconfirmed
As I mentioned last night, there were a few reports that said singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt died after slipping into a coma. All of those reports seemed to point to one source: Henry Owings. However, as of about an hour ago, new information has surfaced that Chesnutt has not died and is indeed stil[...]
December 24th, 2009 - 11:28 pm § in True/Slant
Vic Chesnutt Reported Dead
Singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt has been reported dead after slipping into a coma on Thursday. Chunklet‘s Henry Owings took to Twitter two hours ago with the following message: RIP Vic Chesnutt… The A.V. Club’s Josh Modell posted the information an hour later, but was skeptical in d[...]
October 26th, 2009 - 12:38 pm § in True/Slant
Here comes the argument
Gothamist’s John Del Signore has a fantastic interview with Fugazi wailer and guitarist Guy Picciotto as he tours the country supporting Vic Chesnutt. In it, there’s a quote that some Fugazi diehards may put more emphasis on than a majority of the rest of the chat: The band may do someth[...]