Kurt Vile & The Violators Guitarist Rob Laakso Dead at 44
Rob Laakso, guitarist for Kurt Vile & The Violators, has died from cancer at age 44.
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Rob Laakso, guitarist for Kurt Vile & The Violators, has died from cancer at age 44.
Kurt Vile’s new record Bottle It In will be released soon and as a promotion Vile guested on SiriusXM for a cover of Tom Petty’s “Learning To Fly."
“When I get a new guitar it feels weird. I almost want to throw it against the wall, just to make it look normal,” says the indie-rocker
Kurt Vile Signs to Verve Records Ahead of New Album A follow-up to 'Bottle It In' arrives in 2022 Photo: Chris Bubinas Published Apr 20, 2021 Next year, Kurt Vile will release a follow-up to 2018's Bottle It In, and he'll do so through a new label home. Today Vile announced he has signed with UMG's Verve Records ahead of making his major label debut in 2022. From 2009 through 2018, Vile released six full-length albums through Matador Records: 2009's Bottle It In. "I've admired the Verve logo on the back (and front!) of many a Velvet Underground album since my teens," Vile shared in a st...