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In the interest of of saving our ADHD friends from too much of a read, this snippet will hit quick at the importance of this record and the quality of The Smiths "Rank". "Rank" is a 1987 release. It didn't come about during the band's actual tenure, but posthumously as a contract requirement. I was [...] The post The Smiths - "Rank" appeared first on Your Music Is Awful.com .

Or "25 Nooks of Fun I'd Like People to Tickle Me In." Both titles, as well as the general concept, were suggested to me by my friend Adriaan, who was interested in reading the bright side of my recent post "I Hate When People Say That!: 25 Things I Hope I Never Hear Again." I like to think of myself as a fairly positive person, but considering how much more difficult this list was to compile, maybe I'm not so much of one. 1. "Yes" At the end of my professional bio, which [...]

It's Morrissey's 54th birthday on Wednesday, May 22, and to celebrate, The Smiths / Morrissey cover band Sweet and Tender Hooligans will headline the Fonda Theatre with Ghostwolf. If you would like to attend Morrissey's 54th Unhappy Birthday Celebration with...

This is a amazing set of covers by Built to Spill playing a secret show at this Cafe in San Jose California. I think bands who have a certain unique sound should entertain their roots and songs that inspired them because chances are the experience will be completely natural for them. Maybe not at first when you are looking for that sound but for fun. It's a way to help connect the fans to real music once again with the ultimate cover band who you know will make you feel it. Enjoy! Built [...]

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You can do anything with a bike... Even make music! The Barr Brothers photo by Jim Bennett It’s time again for Friday on My Mind , our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News. May is officially National Bike to Work Month. There have been events taking place all month that have been designed to help motivate people to get on their bikes. Bike to Work Day originated in 1956 and was started by [...]

If you're a regular-ish reader, you might remember that Flavorwire has featured the work of a pop culture and Smiths-obsessed Brazilian artist by the name of Butcher Billy a couple of times over the last few years. Well, he's back, and this time he's designed a series of faux comic-book covers featuring '80s post punk/new wave singers (including Morrissey, of course) as superheroes. They're amazing. Obviously. Image credit: Butcher Billy

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Con mio colpevole ritardo ho scoperto solo ora che ieri era il trentesimo anniversario dell'uscita di Hand In Glove , leggendario 45 giri di debutto degli Smiths. Recupero subito, e lasciatemi partecipare alle celebrazioni della ricorrenza parlando per una volta non della canzone o dell'importanza della band, ma soltanto del disco, un oggetto che nel 1983 poteva ancora contenere molte avventure. Vi ricopio qui un paio di pagine da "How Soon Is Now" di Richard King : The Smiths’ debut single ‘Hand in Glove’ would be dressed in [...]

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Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of The Smiths' first single, the enduringly excellent "Hand in Glove." The song failed to chart — but it was later covered, curiously enough, by British pop singer Sandie Shaw, whose version reached #27 in the UK charts and helped a great deal in introducing the general public to the band. The idea of female singers covering the Smiths and/or Morrissey is interesting, simply because their songs are so quintessentially male in their own effete way. And so, in a repeat of the thought exercise we carried out with Leonard Cohen [...]

In an attempt to save you (not to mention ourselves) from the general Monday-morning awfulness that tends to follow a lovely spring weekend, Flavorwire has compiled a playlist of indie/rock/generally guitar-based songs that are genuinely funny. These are 20 of the flat-out wittiest and most amusing songs we know - and we guarantee that at least one of them will make you chuckle. (Note: we're discounting actual comedy songs here, so no Lonely Island/Flight of the Conchords/etc.) Keep the hilarity going by adding to our list in the comments. [...]

This looks like fun... " The music of Morrissey, Johnny Marr and co. lives on with The Sons and Heirs, a NYC-based tribute band that brings the experience of seeing The Smiths live to the stage. Singer Ronnissey, guitarist Ravi Marr. bassist Christian Rourke and drummer Jonathan Joyce recreate the songs and stage performance of The Smiths with stunning authenticity and attention to detail, right down to the last gladioli left on stage when the band is through. " Raven and Crow Design Studio is hosting a Morrissey birthday celebration at The Bell House on [...]

HD Video by G. The Johnny Marr concert last week in Brooklyn was so epic, it's hard to even put it into words.  Just to see Johnny play the guitar was a treat, but also his new solo album "The Messenger" is great, he played a handful of Smiths songs, Andy Rourke of The Smiths guested on stage giving us probably the closest thing to a Smiths reunion that we'll ever see and also did a pair of songs by Electronic!  Wow!  The video you are about to see is "Getting Away With It," the first single by [...]

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Dum Dum Girls have the destinction of making me tolerate a Smiths song. I had no idea that "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" was the work of Morrissey and with Dee Dee singing, I can actually stomach it. Anyway, their video for last year's slow motion stomp "Coming Down" pairs the mournful song with a stark black & white clip featuring an scissor wielding audience. Take a look at the video's direct influence: Yoko Ono's 1965 performance entitled Cut Piece : Please [...]

Thoughts on Shows by Todd Harrington The Scene: The Paradise May 4, 2013 Boston, MA Johnny Marr brought the heat to a cool [...]

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HD Video by G. Under the category "songs I never thought I'd ever hear performed live," the song "London" by The Smiths was on that list.  But Johnny Marr, formerly of the band whipped it out during his really amazing show at Music Hall of Williamsburg last week.  You can see a review of the show (which featured the closest thing we'll probably ever see to a Smiths reunion) here .  You'll also note that even though he didn't sing on the studio version of the track, he kills it!  Check out "London" by just pressing play. [...]

Matt Spalding At the risk of being overly literal, it probably goes without saying that a band called Editors would hardly be averse to making changes. But the Birmingham band's decision to push synthesizers to the fore on their third album, 20092s In This Light And On This Evening , might have been a little more stylistic revision than they or their fans bargained for. It didn't fare nearly as well, commercially-speaking, as either of its predecessors - fans apparently preferred them when they were aping Joy Division rather than New [...]

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Johnny Marr y Andy Rourke se reúne en el escenario para tocar "How Soon Is Now?" El viernes por la noche en Brooklyn, Johnny Marr y Andy Rourke se reunieron en el escenario para interpretar una canción de The Smiths , " How Soon Is Now? ". Marr presentó a  Rourke  de una manera muy especial: "Cuando tenía 15 años y formé una de las primeras bandas con mi mejor amigo, que en ese momento era uno de los mejores música que [...]

Marr y Rourke en Brooklyn. El fin de semana, durante su concierto en el Music Hall de Williamsburg , Johnny Marr invitó a uno de sus mejores amigos al escenario: Andy Rourke , bajista de The Smiths . Cuando Marr hizo la introducción de Rourke, se refirió a él todo el tiempo como su "mejor amigo". El bajista británico subió a tocar "How Soon is Now?" de los Smiths . Cuando tenía 15 años formé una de mis primeras bandas con mi mejor amigo, [...]