Aversion Music (Free subscription) | yesterday
There's another Smiths greatest-hits album in the works; we'd say something about painting a vulgar picture, but that joke isn't funny anymore.
Idolator (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's time for another Smiths best-of comp; this time, it's a double-disc set that will be put out by Rhino Records. Let's put aside the "Paint A Vulgar Picture" jokes for a second and focus on the name of the compilation: Hang The DJ: The Very Best Of The Smiths . Is there no one left at Rhino who remembers the label's own series of modern-rock stalwarts with the same name? Or who's at least on-the-ball...
RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Queen Is Dead appears to have retained a status obscure enough to call it a “cult” record, despite it’s frequent appearance in the top end of most “best album ever” lists in music magazines. The year was 1986, and the Queen was alive, well and 60 years young. It seems incomprehensible that the visceral [...]
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Over at the increasingly essential music blog of The Guardian, Will Byers addresses the oft-forgotten player in the formation of a good rock band: the bassist. In his "School of ...
Billboard (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
The Smiths will be the subject of yet another compilation this fall in the form of "Hang the DJ: The Very Best of the Smiths." The set is due Oct. 7 via Rhino in both single- and double-disc versions.
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bill NighyStar Bill's one of the ladsNeal Keeling 28/ 8/2008FILM star Bill Nighy and local bookie Fred Done have followed Morrissey's example and made donations to Salford Lads' Club.The well-spoken BAFTA-winning actor, who played burnt-out rock star Billy Mack in Love Actually and Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, has made a `generous' contribution to the club's £1m appeal.Fred gave...
RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
If you’re experiencing déjà vu, don’t worry - you really have heard it all before. Covering other people’s material is a mainstay in indie music and after the popularity of our first posting of covers, it seems people really enjoy hearing them. When deciding on a cover, many artists choose to cover an artfully crafted [...]
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
All great bands, from the Four Tops to the Smiths, have this much in common: a memorable low end
A Plague of Angels (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
L.A.'s MIGHTY SIX NINETY first came to my attention in February of 2006 with the song "Have You Ever Asked Yourself." I loved the damn thing -- played it over and over and over -- never really tired of it. The fact that it sounded exactly like THE SMITHS didn't faze me in the least. It took a couple of years, but Mighty Six Ninety finally released a full-length album -- CHEERS TO THE BITTER END --...
Rupa Huq's home on the web (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
You’ll have seen the weekend hoo-ha about the arty Myra Hindley pic that led the Mirror to have the headline that the Open University’s most famous graduate had gatecrashed the Olympic festivities. Well the other half of the pair that the young Morrissey had such a morbid fascination for has now launched an extraordinary [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
in post I Control All “PACE & TONE” from JumpTheTurnstyle .
Ryan's Smashing Life (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Under Cover: "The Headmaster Ritual" Respectfully Done: RADIOHEAD does The SMITHS Headmaster Ritual Recorded Nov 9, 2007 Radiohead - The Headmaster Ritual mp3 Inspirational: The Smiths The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual mp3
Ghost of a flea (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Now is the time at the Flea when we dance....
Music Snobbery (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
This is the fourth in a series of guides to one of the greatest movies ever made and the inspiration behind this space, High Fidelity. Here's what's been written about previously in this blog Vol. I.: The Top 5 lists...
