Mark E. Smith, the notoriously caustic frontman of post-punk icons the Fall, has died, according to a statement tweeted from a fan account and confirmed by…
A new statement from Mark E. Smith's sisters (Barbara, Suzanne, and Caroline) reveals The Fall leader's cause of death. Posted to the band's website, their note…
A. Savage of Parquet Courts has shared his take on the Fall's "Frightened" in tribute to Mark E. Smith, who died last month after battling terminal cancer. "Frightened" is the…
Jonny Greenwood recently sat down with British podcaster Adam Buxton to discuss the composer's music for Phantom Thread, his Oscar nomination, his friendship with Paul Thomas…
The Fall frontman and notorious troublemaker Mark E. Smith passed away at 60 on Wednesday. After the news broke, fellow musicians, friends, and other artists…
When the Fall were announced as headliners for Louisville's Cropped Out festival, it was a big deal in certain corners of music fandom. The long-running…
Last weekend, tireless alt-festival outlaws All Tomorrow's Parties held the inaugural ATP Iceland, a two-day fest at Ásbrú, a former NATO base in Keflavík. Bands…
It's the great contradiction of the Fall's 30-odd-year career that their defiant, genre-hopping post-punk racket has, with repetition, become almost predictable. Or at least predictably…
Steadily spewing cantankerous noise since the '70s punk uprising, these Brits epitomize ornery independence. Frontman Mark E. Smith, the only constant over the years, shifts…
