Video: Sparklehorse - It's a wonderful life

When David Foster Wallace killed himself, and again when Mark Linkous from Sparklehorse took his life, there were some interesting conversations to be had about how odd it is to feel so sad for the passing of someone who you might only know through their art. There is the easy explanation of missing any future endeavors that either of these men might have created had they not chosen to end it, or if they had received the help they needed to push through and find some solace. For some of their fans, however, it seemed to cut [...]

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When I found myself in the American Southeast for a few years after giving up on college, one of the ways of making myself feel as though I kind of belonged was to immerse myself in the music. Even early on, Mark Linkous' albums as Sparklehorse held far more pull for me than other Americana artists. His approach to music was innovative, to be sure, but also desperately and distinctly melancholy. Love songs, as love...