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Kurt Vile Shares Lengthy Heartfelt Tribute To Late Bandmate Rob Laakso

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Rob Laakso, a longtime core member of Kurt Vile’s band the Violators as well as shoegaze greats the Swirlies, died of cancer last week at age 44. Today Vile posted a lengthy tribute to Laakso on Instagram, spread across a caption and multiple comments, along with a photo of himself with Laakso after the band closed out Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival: “I look pretty tired and crispy but Rob is glowing,

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