Swell Maps frontman Nikki Sudden died Sunday after a show the night before at New York's Knitting Factory, Billboard.com has learned. He was 49. By Billboard Staff Swell Maps frontman Nikki Sudden ...

Thirty years ago, the Godfrey brothers entered their parents' garage with no expectations. They came out with two albums and a punk style all its own. Sometimes creativity thrives best when nobody's ...

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well—some inspired by a weekly theme and some not, but always songs worth hearing. This week, with Let’s Be Cops coming to theaters, ...

When Swell Maps co-founder Nikki Sudden became the second ex-Map to pass away in March of this year, you'd have been hard pressed to find even the slightest mention in any of the high street ...

Of all the bands to have emerged in the wake of punk, Swell Maps were always the odd ones out. As excited by Gong and Faust as Buzzcocks and Desperate Bicycles, they were as likely to break into eight ...

Recordings by Swell Maps for John Peel’s BBC Radio 1 show are to be made officially available for the first time in 40 years on a new release. Due out on vinyl, CD and in digital formats in September, ...

Sadly passing away this past March unexpectedly at the age of 49, Nikki Sudden was a legend in his own right that was still making relevant music up until his death. With a catalogue of nearly 30 ...

While turning to the late- 70s/early- 80s seems to be all the rage to inspire new bands these days, it s almost stupefying that no one seems to have namedropped Swell Maps as an influence, or even ...