
John Moore's New Year Message Of Hope ! On Christmas Day, without fail the Queen bestows her wisdom on her loyal subjects and reflects back on what an idiot her husband has been. At the VPME we have gone one better and this New Years message is brought to you by the epitome of sophisticated rock n roll nobility in the shape of the recently knighted Sir John Moore ( Black Box Recorder , The Expressway, The Jesus And Mary Chain , The John Moore Rock N Roll Trio, The Idler, The Guardian ) [...]
Following their dreams, Toronto band Shoot the Image, is aiming for success while leaving not only fans, but also family members in the dark.

Johnny Reb From: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Johnny Reb are a gang of reprobates (or maybe rebrobrates!) from Glasgow. They are relatively modest reprobates introducing themselves to the Devil via an email that simply said 'We're Johnny Reb & we're distinctly average'. Clearly a band in desperate need of the help of a PR company or maybe a self confidence counsellor. For a good twelve years these modest Glaswegian reprobates [...]

MUSIC NEWS - 2009 has been quite a year for Morrissey, he's toured nonstop, performing to sold-out audiences around the world and releasedphispninth studio album, Years of Refusal . p He recently oversaw thepupgrade and remastering ofpversions of his '90s works Southpaw Grammar and Maladjusted . Crowning what is undoubtedly his most productive year since his solo career began in 1988, SWORDS [...]

MUSIC NEWS - As you likely know, Morrissey's newest studio album, the much anticipated, " Years of Refusal " ( buy it ! ) is being released on February 17th via Attack/Lost Highway and is preceded by the single "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" (see our Today's Video Clip page) . The Deluxe edition of the album will feature a DVD with exclusive content including "Wrestle with Russell", a revealing 20 minute filmed interview with Russell Brand recorded at the comedian's home [...]

We finally have some news on the mysterious Southpaw Grammar reissue. It is not much, but BMG is now listing January 2009 as the release date. The above cover art has also been released. According to Morrissey fan site True To You , the release will also contain three unreleased tracks. Boz Boorer confirmed two of the tracks via an interview with Adam Ant's official site earlier this year. An excerpt from that interview is below - [...]