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

5762 days ago
Guardian Music — 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 s... more info
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Readers recommend: Midnight songs

5763 days ago
Guardian Music — Last week was all about celebrating pulchritude in pop. Now we want songs the signal the witching hourI was back in the chair for one week, just one week, and blow me down if it wasn't tougher than a tank of teak. One of those weeks when the more you... more info
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Sparklehorse :: Little Fat Baby (Video, 2001)

5764 days ago
Aquarium Drunkard — Off Sparklehorse’s 2001 album It’s A Wonderful Life. What an album. + Download Sparklehorse via eMusic’s 25 free MP3 no risk trial offer ____________________________________________________________________________________ more info
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Remembering Mark Linkous Aka Sparklehorse

5764 days ago
The Playlist — We mentioned early this week — ironically during the reporting of the "Remember Me" soundtrack — the tragic passing of Mark Linkous, aka the experimental folk, Virginia based braintrust of Sparklehorse, who sadly took his own life this ... more info
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Most blogged artists: MGMT, Drake, Gorillaz

5765 days ago
The Independent — Brooklyn indie duo MGMT is the most blogged musical act on March 10, according to The Hype Machine. In second and third place are the British "virtual band" Gorillaz and Sparklehorse, the moniker for American alternative rock musician Mark Linkous, ... more info
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Mark Linkous obituary

5765 days ago
Guardian Music — Singer-songwriter who made haunting music under the name SparklehorseThe American singer-songwriter Mark Linkous, who has killed himself aged 47, worked with the Flaming Lips, Daniel Johnston and Danger Mouse, but is best known for the spectral count... more info
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OBITUARY: Mark Linkous Virtual One-Man Band Behind Sparklehorse

5765 days ago
All About Jazz — Mark Linkous, a reclusive singer-songwriter who recorded as the virtual one-man band Sparklehorse, known for an often haunting and dreamy alternative-pop sound, committed suicide Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 47. "It is with great sadness th... more info
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QBiM SPiNS: The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night

5765 days ago
Quick Before It Melts — In sitting down to prepare this review, I heard the news that Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse committed suicide, which is why I’ve been drawn to the parallels between this album (in both name and tone) and that of Linkous’ last project, his collabor... more info
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Remembering Sparklehorse frontman Mark Linkous: 1962-2010

5765 days ago
CNN Showbiz — Mark Linkous, the Virginia-born indie-rock fixture best known for his work in the lo-fi pysch-folk project Sparklehorse, as well as for collaborations with artists ranging from Danger Mouse to Tom Waits, Iggy Pop and PJ Harvey, died March 6 of a self... more info
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Patti Smith - Smith And Drozd Join Tributes To Linkous

5765 days ago
ContactMusic — Punk legend PATTI SMITH and THE FLAMING LIPS guitarist STEVEN DROZD have joined stars paying tribute to late rocker MARK LINKOUS.The Sparklehorse musician's body was found... more info
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