Here Comes The Flood — Progressive groove outfit U-Melt have announced a massive tour promoting their forthcoming album Perfect World. The release party is a hometown show at The Bowery Ballroom in New York: 02/12 Castaway’s, Ithaca, NY 02/13 Nietzsche’... more info

Guardian Music — Following Faber's brown-nosing public appeal for Morrissey's memoirs, I'm launching my own bid to get a star's book on the blog"If there's something you'd like to try, ask me I won't say no, how could I?" sang Morrissey in 1986, and Faber editor Lee ... more info

Guardian Music — Lee Brackstone says publishing singer's memoirs would be 'the fulfilment of my most pressing and persistent publishing dream'A Faber editor has written an open letter to Morrissey pleading with the singer to bring his "much-rumoured memoir to the Hou... more info

Abeano — We’ve been keeping our eye on the burgeoning greatness of London-based promoter Things To Make And Do. Ran from the paper-strewn bedroom of one Nick Miller, TTMAD is proving itself the leader of the New Musical Renaissance. Previous shows w... more info

ContactMusic — Publishing bosses have sent pop icon MORRISSEY an open letter, begging him to follow through on his plans to write an autobiography.The former Smiths frontman... more info

8/1 — MP3: The Smiths - This Charming Man Punctured bicycleon a hillside desolatewill Nature make a man of me yet?When in this charming carthis charming manWhy pamper life's complexitieswhen the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?I would go out toni... more info

Guardian Music — Never mind the Buzzcocks … or Stone Roses, or New Order: Manchester can stop trading on its former glories. Three new bands explain how they are reinventing the city's musicThere's an old adage in the trades (the music business, newspapers and ... more info

Dlisted — You know those goth rockabilly kids in junior high school who carried around Nightmare Before Christmas lunchboxes, painted fake tattoo on their bodies with Sharpies, regularly went to the nurse for their "cutting" problem, hung out at Disneyland on ... more info

Radio Exile — The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival announced the 2010 line-up this year and it isn’t too bad. Granted, anything short of a Smiths reunion is underwhelming to the apathetic masses, but overall, this youth-and-indie focused oasis in Indio l... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Marr, best-known for his work with The Smiths, has been collaborating with the group since the end of The Cribs' tour for their 2007 album, Men's Needs Women's Needs. But this will be the first time... more info