The post Rob Laakso, of Kurt Vile & The Violators, Dead at 44 appeared first on Consequence. Rob Laakso, a member of Kurt Vile’s band The Violators, has died at the age of 44 following a battle with ...

Kurt Vile has been performing covers of The Velvet Underground's "Run Run Run" since he was a teen growing up in the Philadelphia suburbs. In 2017, he got to play the song with Velvet Underground ...

Three siblings live together under the care of their constantly smoking, constantly angry older brother Andy (Derek Barr), terrified that their abusive father will be released from prison and come to ...

Kurt Vile is truly an icon in the professional music world. He does it all from producing to writing to actually performing, and his flowing brown locks and fun loving personality definitely give him ...

Last night, Kurt Vile & The Violators served the musical guests on Late Night With Seth Meyers. For the segment, they performed “Hey Like a Child” off of Vile’s latest album (watch my moves), which ...

In a time when drops are celebrated over lyrics, pop is high art, and Migos is compared to the Beatles, rock ‘n’ roll sits perched on the edge of its death bed complaining of achy bones. It often ...

In an early glimpse at a forthcoming Velvet Underground tribute album, indie rockers Kurt Vile and the Violators released their souped-up rendition of “Run Run Run,” the 1967 song Lou Reed penned on ...

Kurt Vile has shared a statement paying tribute to his late friend and bandmate Rob Laakso, who died last week at age 44 from cholangiocarcinoma—a rare form of bile duct cancer. Laakso was a longtime ...

An ironic pink heart dots the “I” in the troubled-teen tale “The Violators” — perhaps the sole playful touch in this stern, striking debut from British novelist-turned-helmer Helen Walsh. Treading ...

Rob Laakso, a guitarist with Kurt Vile & The Violators and the Swirlies, died on Thursday after battling an aggressive form of cancer called Cholangiocarcinoma. He was 44. The news was confirmed by ...

Longtime guitarist of Kurt Vile and the Violators and multi-instrumentalist, Rob Laakso, has passed away following a battle with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of bile duct cancer. He ...