Smiths man bigs up Radiohead
Ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has praised Radiohead's decision to let fans decide the worth of new album In Rainbows.»
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Q Awards: it's like DiS community bear-baiting
Q Awards: people win, no-one dies...»
A rush and a push and the roof is ours: thieves nick Salford Lads club
The restoration of Salford Lads' Club, the venue made iconic by The Smiths, has been dealt a cruel blow after thieves stole its new roof.»
Buskers of the world unite! Ex-Smith in charity record attempt
Andy Rourke, he that played guitar in The Smiths, is sending out a clarion call to all buskers as he looks to raise money for charity.»
Freebase in your face, The World
Bass-lugging sorts Andy Rourke (The Smiths), Mani (Primal Scream/Stone Roses) and Peter Hook (New Order, pictured) are to make sweet, sweet music together under the name of Freebase...»
Morrissey: "Why become part of The Smiths?"
Morrissey - the first of the gang to die, no less - has reiterated his absolute refusal to ever reunite The Smiths...»
Sisters, brothers... could you not have, y'know, demonstrated more taste?
Lyrics are great, eh? They provide the average listener with something to shout along to while stuck in a mile-long tailback on the M4, and enable record labels to make little CD booklets that read like bad senior-school poetry. Viewers of popular music channel VH1 have been voting for their favourite lyric lately, and the results are in...»
Hundred Reasons take cover
Britain's brightest rock hopes of yore, Hundred Reasons are back with a single full of covers released on some label nobody's heard of. And then they're going on a worldwide tour of the UK in itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny venues...»
Feel Depressed? Mozza Knows...
Feeling down? Want that perfect record to soundtrack your misery? Well, listeners of 6Music can help...»
Vinny Peculiar Signs The Smiths
North Western misfit troubadour Vinny Peculiar has signed up Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce as part of his backing band for live appearances later this year.»
Placebo Cover Up
Placebo are set to release a 2-disc version of their last album which includes all the covers the band have recorded to date. The special version of 'Sleeping With Ghosts' is set for release through Hut Recordings on September 22nd (a week after their next single 'Special Needs') and a»
The Smiths Take Their Time
After last year's 'Reel Around The Fountain' live footage release, a new documentary on The Smiths is to be shown featuring (some) footage not previously broadcast in the UK. The documentary/film titled 'These Things Take Time:»
Bonehead Is Back! Damn.
Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, former guitarist with the little-known Oasis, is back with a new band called 'Moondog One'. The band consists of a number of other Manchester 'musicians': Paul Arthurs (ex-Oasis) Guitar Johnny Evans (ex-Buffalo 66) Vocals Mike Joyce (ex-The Smith»
Rare Smiths Footage
To mark the end of their 25th birthday celebrations, Rough Trade are showing live footage of The Smiths.
'Reel Around The Fountain' features live footage from a gig at Sheffield Town Hall as well as scenes shot backstage at various venues throughout their 1984 tour.
The 52-minute feature wi»
Peter Wild (ed.), Paint a Vulgar Picture: Fiction inspired by The Smiths (Serpent’s Tail), June 9
Coming after similar collections inspired by The Fall and Sonic Youth, is the inevitable – but, for the contributors, possibly more daunting – collection inspired by The Smiths.»
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