Magnet Magazine — 50 years ago today, Buzzcocks made their live debut opening for the Sex Pistols and Slaughter And The Dogs at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall, with Morrissey, Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order), Mark E. Smith (Fall) and Mic... more info

Stereogum — When post-punk iconoclast Mark E. Smith passed away from lung and kidney cancer in 2018, the Fall had been working on a new album. Now, that album is finally coming out. It's called Post Script, and the lead single "30 Degrees" is here. The post Hear... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Mark E. Smith (Fall). The post nearly man. Photo for MAGNET by Brennan Cavanaugh. Read our classic Fall feature: The post Happy Birthday Mark E. Smith (The Fall) appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Mark E. Smith (Fall). The post nearly man. Photo for MAGNET by Brennan Cavanaugh. Read Garbage in MAGNET on being insulted by Smith The post Happy Birthday Mark E. Smith (The Fall) appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

The Quietus — A tribute to Mark E. Smith is to be erected in Greater Manchester more info

The Quietus — Mark E. Smith died following battle with lung and kidney cancer more info

Stereogum — Last month, Mark E. Smith, postpunk pioneer and longtime frontman of the Fall, passed away at the age of 60. At the time, no cause of death had been revealed. But as Pitchfork points out, Smith's sisters Barbara, Suzanne, and Caroline have now shared... more info

Stereogum — Jonny Greenwood recently sat down with British podcaster Adam Buxton to discuss the composer’smusic for Phantom Thread, his Oscar nomination, his friendship with Paul Thomas Anderson, and his love for the music of the late Mark E. Smith of The Fall... more info

Popdose — Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross:  Episode Fifty Fifty shades of Jon and Rob doing their thing and you loving it all…  Listen in as the boys go for it as they preview the Super Bowl; the announcement of Neil Diamond’s retirement; a loving... more info

Stereogum — It doesn't matter if you're a curious teenager with a Spotify account or a graying zealot sitting on decades worth of accumulated vinyl: Sooner or later, there will be a heretofore barely-surface-scraped cult band to be reckoned with, one whose enthu... more info