Brooklyn Vegan — Like a lot of guitarists, Steve Gunn cites Johnny Marr as an influence. He shows his love for Marr's first real band, The Smiths, by covering two early Smiths songs -- "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" and "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"... Conti... more info

Stereogum — Blondie have announced a new album, Pollinator, that will be out on 5/5. It's the follow-up to 2014's Ghosts Of Download, and features contributions from Sia, Dev Hynes, Charli XCX, Joan Jett, Nick Valensi, Johnny Marr, Adam Johnston, the Gregory Bro... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Blondie's new album also features Joan Jett, Johnny Marr, Sia, Charli XCX, Dave Sitek, Nick Valensi, and producer John Congleton. Continue reading… more info

Uncut — The album features collaborations with Johnny Marr, Dave Sitek and many more The album features collaborations with Johnny Marr, Dave Sitek and many more The post Hear the first track from Blondie’s new album, Pollinator appeared first on Uncu... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Electric Literature interviewed Mary Wisniewski about her Nelson Algren biography. Guitarist Johnny Marr discussed his autobiography Set the Boy Free with Salon. 24 "best books of 2016" lists were added to the master aggregation at Largehearted Boy S... more info

The Quietus — Morrissey's pro-Farage stance puts a dampener on any chance of a reunion of The Smiths, says Marr more info

BBC News - UK — Could The Smiths get back together? Johnny Marr tells BBC Newsnight he did discuss it with Morrissey. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Marr: The Smiths almost reunited in 2008 more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New Yorker shared an excerpt from Elena Ferrante's new book Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey. Johnny Marr has set U.S. book tour dates for his autobiography Set the Boy Free. Ebooks on sale for $1.99 today: An Atlas of Impossible... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Also check out a song by Marr's pre-Smiths band Freak Party. Continue reading… more info