Mark Linkous had been working on a fifth Sparklehorse album when he died in 2010, and those songs are finally being released as new album ’Bird Machine,’ that will be out September 13 via ANTI-.

Mark Linkous was the creative force behind the band Sparklehorse. Songs he recorded in 2009 are finally being released this fall, propelled by work by his younger brother, Matt.

Sparklehorse fans had long since given up hope. They knew Mark Linkous, the haunted and brilliant leader of the Virginia-based indie-rock project, had been working on a new Sparklehorse record at ...

The estate of Sparklehorse, the indie rock project of the late singer-songwriter Mark Linkous, has unveiled a posthumous new album called Bird Machine. The LP arrives today, September 8th via ANTI ...

They knew Mark Linkous, the haunted and brilliant leader of the Virginia-based indie-rock project, had been working on a new Sparklehorse record at the time of his death in March 2010.

A posthumous Sparklehorse album has been announced, marking the first full-length collection of new music since songwriter Mark Linkous died by suicide in 2010. Bird Machine arrives September 8 ...

Johnston sings 12 of his own songs, playing piano and guitar as well on tracks recorded at David Lowery's Virginia studio; Linkous and an engineer give the songs bulk and expression with ...

Mark Linkous was a devotee of the work in progress. Under the banner of Sparklehorse and until his death by suicide in March 2010, the Virginia songwriter crafted a series of exquisitely fractured ...

Mark Linkous, founder of the acclaimed alternative rock band Sparklehorse, has died. The singer and multi-instrumentalist took his own life Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 47.

Linkous has compared Sparklehorse's new album, "It's a Wonderful Life," to Reed's "Berlin," and that's a lot farther from Nashville than most alt-country types have ever rambled.

The first time I met Mark Linkous, he folded a no-smoking sign in a New York hotel bar into an ashtray. He flashed a chip-toothed, conspiratorial smile. Between drags on his cigarettes, Linkous ...

Mark Linkous heard “Listening To The Higsons” when the song was still new, and it was one of his favorites for years. Linkous recorded his cover with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.