Guardian Music — Johnny Marr recalls the music, others the good times. But for all, there's no festival quite like GlastonburyJohnny Marr46, the SmithsWhen the Smiths played Glastonbury in 1984, we were slightly out of our element. Previously, we'd always played to m... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: German supermodel Heidi Klum (1973) Actor Oliver James (1980) Canadian songstress Alanis Morissette (1974) Comedic actor Mark Curry (1964) The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce ... more info

411 Mania — From Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Pantera and Led Zeppelin to Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, The Beatles, and The Smiths, 411Music staffers rank the top 5 favorite bands they'd go back in time to see. Check out the full article to see which bands made the list ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I had forgotten that till this came up on random play on the i-pod while I was lazing on the beach recently that the original vinyl version of the ninth single to be released by The Smiths was a different mix from that which was placed on the LP The... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Fermo said... Mezzoforte - Octopus (1980) Genre: Jazz fusion/funk http://electronicjazzproject.blogspot.com reservatory said... greg copeland - revenge will come - geffen (1982) peter kowald quintet - s/t - 'pmf' (1972) rock-a-mambo - african retro ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — It's now almost the end of May, and I'm just a matter of weeks away from celebrating my 47th Birthday. I take it I'll never now make it as a famous DJ and will need to content myself with just doodling away here in blogland endeavouring to make a fe... more info

Pitchfork — Rising Chicago garage-rock upstarts Smith Westerns have signed to blues-rock label Fat Possum. The Fat Possum website reports that they'll record a new album for the label this summer. The band also has a bunch of shows coming up. Tonight, they pla... more info

NME - Festivals — Well that was quick. Just a day after U2 pulled out, Gorillaz have been confirmed as Glastonbury headliners, taking Bono and co's place on the Friday night. It's probably just as well. The rumours were starting to get increasingly hysterical and ou... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-29 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival06-01 Paris, France - La Fleche d'or06-02 Leeds, England - Nation of Shop Keepers06-03 Glasgow, Scotland - Captains Rest06-04 Nottingham, England - Spanky Van Dykes06-05 Manchester, England - The Deaf ... more info

The Mirror — Here's comic Peter Kay reprising his role as ‘No Nonsense’ man John Smith once more as he attempts to flog his cherished 'antique' painting in the second of four new John Smith’s TV ads. more info