Artist: Obits

Every music fan I know has at least one story about the first time they heard that album . The one that tore the roof off. The one that changed the way they thought about the art form. Virtually all of these stories take place before the narrator reached the age of 20. You hear music differently as a kid. As an adult, you interpret everything you hear through a thick filter of context and expectations. As you soak up more information about musicians and genres, your mind closes — you gradually lose your ability to [...]

Yesterday, thrash metal gods Slayer posted an open letter to fans regarding the ill health of guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who suffered a spider bite last year that eventually left him in a medically induced coma, from which he was slowly recovering. Sadly, today, Hanneman passed away at age 49 of liver failure. The band's publicist issued the following statement: Read More...

Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly, one half of the early-'90s kiddie-rap titans Kriss Kross, died yesterday at an Atlanta hospital, the victim of a possible overdose. He was only 34. Read More...

MUSIC NEWS - Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry member, Kennedy Center Honoree and legend George Glenn Jones died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He was hospitalized April 18 with fever...

The country music legend George Jones, whose resonant and conversational baritone was one of the most expressive voices of any singer in any genre, died this morning at a hospital in Nashville. He's been hospitalized for a fever and irregular blood pressure, which seems like an anticlimactic way to go out for one of the hardest-living stars in a genre known for hard-living stars. He was 81. Read More...

Richie Havens is best known for being the first performer to take the stage at Woodstock - where he delivered a nearly three-hour set that eventually made him a star - but his career was loaded with notable moments. A very truncated synopsis: He came up in the Greenwich Village folk scene alongside Bob Dylan (and signed with Dylan's manager Albert Grossman); he released 13 Billboard -charting albums over the course of a 43-year recording career; he had acting roles alongside Dylan and Richard Pryor, and in the original stage presentation of The Who's Tommy and Todd [...]

MUSIC NEWS - Iconic rock album cover designer, Storm Thorgerson has passed away at age 69. He had been treated for cancer for some years. His incredible body of work and his long-term relationship with Pink Floyd, designing covers for...

When people lament the demise of the record store, or worry over the future of the album, they frequently mention, in some respect, the fate of the album cover itself. It's not unique to the Internet era - even when CDs were supplanting vinyl, detractors of the new medium often cited (not wrongly) the drastically reduced cover size as a major drawback. Album sleeves came of age with the album, and have come to occupy similar places in our affections: The best scene in Almost Famous is the one scored by Simon & Garfunkel's "America," [...]

Storm Thorgerson, whose album cover artwork includes Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, has died aged 69, the band’s management has confirmed. BBC

A very sad story reached an even sadder ending yesterday morning, when Deftones bassist Chi Cheng died, nearly five years after a car crash left him in a coma. He was 42. Read More...

MUSIC NEWS - Deftones bass guitarist Chi Cheng, 42, passed away this morning, Sunday, five years after a car crash left him in a coma, his mother announced. "This is the hardest thing to write to you," Mom J, the...

MUSIC NEWS- Noted music producer/engineer Andy Johns, who worked on classic rock albums as Led Zeppelin IV and the Rolling Stones ‘Exile On Main Street’, has died. He was 61. The news was confirmed to Billboard by guitarist Stacy Blades,...

MUSIC NEWS - Ohio-born indie rock singer and songwriter Jason Molina , member of the bands Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. passed away on Saturday at the age of 39 after a long battle with alcoholism, his record company...

Adored and brilliant songwriter Jason Molina, of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., passed away on Saturday night. He suffered from organ failure due to alcohol consumption, according to a post on Chunklet that seems to have since been stripped of its content. Molina's issues with substance abuse were public knowledge and his family had tried to get him help with medical bills back in 2011. Molina's last release was a solo effort Autumn Bird Songs .

MUSIC NEWS - Best known for his innovative and unique guitar work with YES and Flash, as well as his own critically acclaimed solo albums, guitar legend Peter Banks passed away at his home in London on March 8, 2013....

Sohrab Habibion, guitarist of Obits, described the Black Box room at Underground Arts as being like a lectern during their show Thursday. That was due in part to the arena-style seating, low ceiling and how close the crowd was able to get to the band because of the stage being around four inches tall. In ... Continue reading �

10PM. $10. Golden West Cafe . Hampden, Baltimore. 1105 W. 36th St. Playing tonight: OBITS (Sub Pop, ex Drive Like Jehu, ex Hot Snakes) HOLLYWOOD ADVLTS You have questions about Obits. This is understandable. They’re an intriguing band. For starters, you ask, “Are Obits ‘indie rock veterans’?” The answer is: yes and no. Yes, they are accomplished musicians who once fronted Drive Like Jehu, Edsel, Hot Snakes, and Pitchfork. [...]

Slumberland / Bella Union artists Veronica Falls hit Johnny Brenda's tonight.  The London-based four piece are indie pop born and bred, having come together after three members (two from Sexy Kids and one from Your Twenties) met at a Comet Gain show.  Now touring in support of their second full-length Waiting for Something to Happen, ... Continue reading �

Alvin Lee, the British blues-rock guitar hero who led the late-'60s band Ten Years After, died today in England, as Billboard reports , after complications from a routine surgery. He was 68. Read More...

We're always happy to share with you free music, especially when it comes to getting you into rad shows. Well, we have an opportuinity for you to win a pair of tickets to the Obits (Sub Pop) show this Thursday, March 7 at Underground Arts with Creepoid (No Idea) and LE Yikes SURF CLUB (Grizzly). Just send us an email to thedelimagazinephiladelphia@gm ail.com with the subject line "I'm Not Dead Yet!" Also include your cell phone number (in case of emergency) in the body if you'd like. Good luck!