Live Daily — Jay Reatard [ tickets ] was found dead in his Memphis home on Jan. 13. The garage rocker died in his sleep, according to local reports. He was 29. Reatard, whose real name is Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., was found in bed by his roommate at about 3:30 a.... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — Jay Reatard leaving the Wired Store seconds after playing (more by Tim Griffin) Tickets are still on AmEx presale and "Internet Presale" (password = HESPOON) for the Spoon/Deerhunter show at Radio City Music Hall. They go on general sale Saturday... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The L Magazine points out the new video trailer for Joshua Ferris's forthcoming novel, The Unnamed. NME reports that Suede will reunite for a one-night charity show in March. Dose.ca collects musicians' reactions to the death of singer-songwriter Jay... more info

Killed By Death Records — Waiting For Something – a short documentary about Jay Reatard Jay Reatard | MySpace Music Videos I was born the same year as Kurt Cobain and caught on Nirvana when Nevermind was released. It was a great album. I never understood the extreme hype th... more info

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Pitchfork - Forkcast — Yesterday we bid a sad farewell to Memphis garage rocker Jay Reatard, who passed away at the young age of 29. Today, his website was updated with Jay's cover of Nirvana's "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle", from an upcoming tribu... more info

Undercover, Australia — Memphis Police are treating the death of garage rocker Jay Reatard as a homicide and are calling for anyone with information for the investigation. more info

Stereogum — An artist who died young covers one who died younger. It's strange listening to Reatard's solo take on "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle," the repeated "I miss the comfort in being sad." Taped in May for an In Utero tribute, it's one o... more info

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