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Josh Fauver, the former Deerhunter member who served as bassist during the Georgia band’s ascension to indie rock stardom, has died at the age of 39. Deerhunter revealed on social media that Fauver had died; a representative for the band confirmed the death. No cause of death was announced. “Very …

As recently as 36 hours ago, the comments section for “Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza,” Mac Miller’s fratty breakthrough hit from 2010, was filled with people chastising the Pittsburgh native (“Wack Miller,” etc.) and his fans. The scolds pointed to a Lord Finesse song called “Hip 2 Da Game” — …

Conway Savage, longtime pianist with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for nearly 30 years, died Sunday at the age of 58. Savage, who joined the Bad Seeds after Cave’s 1990 album The Good Son, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2017, which forced him to miss the band’s …

Famed music documentarian Murray Lerner, who captured Bob Dylan going electric and Jimi Hendrix‘s legendary Isle of Wight performance, died Saturday from kidney failure, Variety reports. He was 90. Lerner’s son, Noah, said the filmmaker died at his home in Long Island City, New York after falling ill about three …