It’s been a rough week for music fans already with the passing of Jay Reatard, but he was just joined by soul legend Teddy Pendergrass. The Philly-born singer came to fame as the voice of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in the 70s but went solo in ’77 and knocked out a string of hits…

For a guy with a pretty horrible stage name, Memphis-based musician Jay Reatard made some honestly great, affecting songs. Starting out in the garage-punk Reatards at the age of fifteen, the man born Jimmy Lee Lindsay Jr. had a remarkable growth as an artist…

Jimmy Sullivan, the drummer for punk-metal band Avenged Sevenfold, was found dead in his house in Huntington Beach, California on Monday. The 28 year old’s cause of death has been initially ascribed to natural causes, but the initial autopsy has come back inconclusive…

Ozzy and Slash on the same bill, could such a thing of rock epicness be true? Indeed it is, and the two giants of rock are bringing their tour across the US.