Kurt Vile has been performing covers of The Velvet Underground's "Run Run Run" since he was a teen growing up in the Philadelphia suburbs. In 2017, he got to play the song with Velvet Underground ...

Alternative rocker and Americana artist Kurt Vile is rolling into Spokane with his band the Violators. The former lead guitarist of the War on Drugs left to establish his own solo career, which he has ...

In an early glimpse at a forthcoming Velvet Underground tribute album, indie rockers Kurt Vile and the Violators released their souped-up rendition of “Run Run Run,” the 1967 song Lou Reed penned on ...

Kurt Vile is truly an icon in the professional music world. He does it all from producing to writing to actually performing, and his flowing brown locks and fun loving personality definitely give him ...

In a time when drops are celebrated over lyrics, pop is high art, and Migos is compared to the Beatles, rock ‘n’ roll sits perched on the edge of its death bed complaining of achy bones. It often ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Philadelphia rock band Kurt Vile and the Violators will perform at George’s on Thursday, Nov. 16. The show is part of their 2026 tour supporting Vile’s upcoming album, ...

Rob Laakso, a guitarist with Kurt Vile & The Violators and the Swirlies, died on Thursday after battling an aggressive form of cancer called Cholangiocarcinoma. He was 44. The news was confirmed by ...

Longtime guitarist of Kurt Vile and the Violators and multi-instrumentalist, Rob Laakso, has passed away following a battle with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of bile duct cancer. He ...

Last night, Kurt Vile & The Violators served the musical guests on Late Night With Seth Meyers. For the segment, they performed “Hey Like a Child” off of Vile’s latest album (watch my moves), which ...

Rob with the Violators @ Osheaga 2019 (photo by Em Grey) Having played in bands since the late ’90s, Rob joined Swirlies in 1997 and also played in Diamond Nights and Amazing Baby in the ’00s before ...