Sleeve Notes: Artists like Sparklehorse need a space to be heard

It's not been a happy few months for fans of outsider music. A trio of tragic deaths – Vic Chesnutt, Jay Reatard and Mark Linkous – illustrates that being blessed with the abililty to make great art often comes with a price. I wrote a short tribute to Linkous at the start of the week, and from the many moving comments it seems Sparklehorse's wounded, fuzzy and often downright uncommercial songs managed to weave their way into a fair few hearts. One comment by VivaDixie struck me: "...

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