Tom Verlaine

The Music News That Defined 2023

PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2023

As Hollywood ground to a halt due to actors' and writers' strikes, 2023 was a comparatively smooth time for the music industry. It was a ye...

Tom Verlaine's Collection of 50,000 Books to Be Sold at New York City Garage Sales

PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2023

At the beginning of the year, the music world was shaken by the death of Television mastermind Tom Verlaine. He left behind a storied legac...

Patti Smith Pens Moving Tribute to Tom Verlaine

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2023

Over the weekend, we lost the force behind Television that was Tom Verlaine — news broken to the world by Patti Smith's daughter, Jesse Par...

Television's Tom Verlaine Dies at 73

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2023

Tom Verlaine, the legendary bandleader of innovative New York proto-punk band Television, has died. He was 73. The news of Verlaine's deat...

Violent Femmes Announce New Album 'Hotel Last Resort'

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2019

Violent Femmes have announced the band are returning with a new album. Titled Hotel Last Resort, the record arrives on July 26 via [PIAS]....

Tom Verlaine

Songs and Other Things / Around

PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

Judged on its own merits alone, Tom Verlaine’s first solo release in a decade-and-a-half is an overly-long collection of mediocre, mostly u...