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Radiohead, More Pay Tribute to Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous

Photo: Sheldon/WireImage Friends and relatives of Sparklehorse leader Mark Linkous have been sharing memories of the gifted musician, who took his own life this weekend, in online tributes today. As Rolling Stone reported, Linkous shot himself in the heart in Tennessee Saturday afternoon. He was 47. In a post on Radiohead’s Dead Air Space, Colin Greenwood reminisces about touring with Sparklehorse during the OK Computer era, writing, “Mark wrote and played some beautiful music, and we’re lucky

Published: 2010-03-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous Takes Own Life

Photo: Keenan/WireImage Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous has committed suicide, his publicist confirms to Rolling Stone. Best known for his acclaimed work with Sparklehorse, who released four albums of imaginative ambient psych-folk, Linkous also produced Daniel Johnston’s 2003 album Fear Yourself and collaborated with Danger Mouse on Dark Night of the Soul. His exact age is unknown, but he was in his forties. “It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dea

Published: 2010-03-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Music is the weapon that slays Sparklehorse's demons

Arts & EntertainmentIf there were a degree-of-difficulty scale for measuring music careers, Mark Linkous probably would lie at the opposite end of the spectrum...

Published: 2007-02-13 Provider: Seattle Times

Behind Danger Mouse’s “Dark Night of the Soul” With Linkous and Lynch

When Dark Night of the Soul, Danger Mouse’s collaboration with Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous and filmmaker David Lynch, came out, the limited-edition set famously included a CD-R due to a copyright disagreement between the producer (born Brian Burton) and EMI. Burton spoke out about the making of the project in a recent interview with the Smoking Section’s Austin Scaggs — read the full story here: • Danger Mouse Looks Through a Label, Darkly

Published: 2009-07-14 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Danger Mouse Looks Through A Label, Darkly

The final product isn't exactly what Danger Mouse envisioned, but the cutting-edge producer breathed a heavy sigh of relief with the release of Dark Night of the Soul, a multimedia package he created in tandem with songwriter Mark Linkous (the creative force behind Sparklehorse) consisting of a record and a large-form book of photos commissioned from filmmaker David Lynch. For the album, Danger Mouse and Linkous created moody backing tracks, then offered them to 10 vocalists who were charged to

Published: 2009-07-14 Provider: Rolling Stone

David Lynch Pens Lyrics for Rock Album “Fox Bat Strategy”

Photo: LaVeris/FilmMagic Blue Velvet director David Lynch has been making lots of music news in recent months. He contributed artwork and vocals to Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse’s Dark Night of the Soul project, enlisted Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr for a benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall and animated a Moby video. Now the director also has a rock album of his own coming out. While Lynch doesn’t actually perform on Fox Bat Strategy: A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi, he contributes the lyrics

Published: 2009-06-18 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

New Reviews: Jonas Brothers, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse

Photo: Kopaloff/FilmMagic Leading the charge of new releases this week are the Jonas Brothers, who have improved upon last year’s A Little Bit Longer with Lines, Vines and Trying Times, their kickiest and catchiest CD yet. As Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield writes in his three-star review, “They write their own tunes, showing off the tricks they learned from their Stevie Wonder and Neil Diamond albums, trying U2-style rock, country and Eighties hair metal.” The JoBros hit a weird moment on a colla

Published: 2009-06-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Danger Mouse’s Dark Night Of the Soul Album Threatened By Lawsuit

Photo: Lake/WireImage Dark Night of the Soul — a project headed up by Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and David Lynch that features contributions from the Shins’ James Mercer, Black Francis, the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, the Flaming Lips and Iggy Pop, as well as a 100+ book of Lynch’s photographs — is on sale now at DNotS.com. However, in a weird twist, instead of getting music with the set, buyers instead will receive a blank CD-R. “All copies will be clearly labeled: ‘For Legal Reasons, enclosed

Published: 2009-05-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous dies

By Missy Schwartz Family statement confirms the singer-songwriter, exact age unknown but believed to be in his 40s, took his own life

Published: 2010-03-07 Provider: Entertainment Weekly

Dark Night Of The Soul by Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse

Originally, the album was to be released with a book of photographs by director David Lynch and vocals by such artists as The Flaming Lips, Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys, Jason Lytle, the Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Frank Black, Iggy Pop, the Shins' James Mercer, Suzanne Vega, Vic Chestnut, The Cardigans' Nina Persson, and David Lynch. [Rock, Indie]

Published: 2009-06-28 Provider: Metacritic

Playlist: Gorillaz, Freelance Whales and a Tribute to Mark Linkous

Hear a track from Dark Night of the Soul, a collaboration between the late Sparklehorse leader, David Lynch and Danger Mouse. Also on the podcast: more music from The Ferocious Few, Flying Lotus and Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings.

Published: 2010-03-10 Provider: Wired

Sparklehorse singer kills himself

Mark Linkous, the singer-songwriter who released his music under the band name Sparklehorse, has died after shooting himself in the chest in Tennessee. He was 47.

Published: 2010-03-08 Provider: MSNBC