- Pitchfork

Photo by James Cadden This weekend, we learned the sad news that Sparklehorse frontman Mark Linkous had taken his own life. The New York Times reports that Linkous shot himself in the heart in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was 47. Over the course of his career, Linkous toured and collaborated with a lots of musicians, and he made admirers of many more. As the news of his death circulated, many of ...

- Isthmus

Composed of four Berklee College of Music graduates, Via Audio aren't short on talent. In fact, they've become fast favorites of Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla and Spoon drummer Jim Eno. Eno produced both 2007's Say Something and Animalore, the disc they're releasing March 9 during a cross-country tour.

- Spin

When he's not commandeering the stage as the boisterous bassist for SoCal punks Blink-182, Tweeting wisdom to more than 1.6 million followers, or handling album production duties for bands like Motion City Soundtrack and New Found Glory, you'd think Mark Hoppus would turn down the music. Not. Possible. In our continuing series, Hopp on Pop, Hoppus shares his favorite acts, culled from his ...