Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Nick Oliveri (Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, Mondo Generator, Dwarves, Stöner). Don’t wreck everything. Read our QOTSA Over/Under, which involves Nick getting a Roky Erickson tattoo: The post Happy Birthday Nick Oliveri (Queens Of ... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Roky Erickson (13th Floor Elevators). Never say goodbye. Photo for MAGNET by Chris Sikich. Read our classic Roky feature: The post Happy Birthday Roky Erickson (13th Floor Elevators) appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Metalsucks — A hauntingly beautiful tribute to a rock legend. The post Chelsea Wolfe Honors Roky Erickson with “Night of the Vampire” Cover appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Metal Injection — Famed psychedelic rock musician Roky Erickson, whose work you might be familiar with through Ghost's cover of "If You Have... The post CHELSEA WOLFE Pays Homage To ROKY ERICKSON With Cover Of "Night Of The Vampire" appeared first on Metal Inject... more info

Stereogum — I saw Roky Erickson perform exactly once in my life, at Øyafestivalen in Norway. This was 2007, a big year for the artist, who played Coachella and Lollapalooza and was the subject of a bittersweet documentary, You’re Gonna Miss Me, which explored... more info

Stereogum — We lost a good one last week. On Friday, Roky Erickson died of undisclosed causes at the age of 71. Within certain circles, Erickson was a towering figure. The former frontman of Texan garage-rock monsters 13th Floor Elevators spent decades dealing w... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Town and Country recommended summer's best books. Billy Bragg recommended books on dissent at the Guardian. June's best eBook deals. R.I.P., Roky Erickson. Vulture interviewed author Nicole Dennis-Benn. NPR Music interviewed Sinkane's Ahmed Gallab. T... more info

USA Today Music — Roky Erickson, who headed the Austin-based 13th Floor Elevators, a pioneering psychedelic rock band in the 1960s has died. He was 71.             more info

Aquarium Drunkard — In 2010 Roky Erickson released his first album in 14 years, True Love Cast Out All Evil, backed by fellow Texans Okkervil River. Below, Okkervil's Will Sheff reflects on the iconoclast and his time spent backing him. The post Be And Bring Me Home: Re... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — To fully appreciate the way in which psychedelic rock pioneer Roky Erickson, who died Friday at 71, treated musical creativity at the beginning of his career, one need only reference his band the 13th Floor Elevators’ 1966 debut album. “... more info