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Smiths Drummer Pays Tribute To Manchester Legend

6033 days ago

Undercover, Australia — Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has paid tribute to Manchester legend Johnny Roadhouse, founder and owner of Johnny Roadhouse Music; a musical instrument shop on Oxford Road, Manchester. more info

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Smiths man leads tributes to late Manchester music legend

6034 days ago

NME — Johnny Roadhouse passed away on Saturday (April 11) aged 88 more info

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Meet the music shops that refuse to die

6034 days ago

Guardian Music — With his ears cocooned in huge shell-like headphones, Ewald Dupan bobs his head to the beat while flicking through 12-inch vinyls in Rough Trade Records in east London. Having saved for months, the 24-year-old teacher is here for two days from Brusse... more info

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IT'S FRIDAY, I'M IN LOVE....WITH MORRISSEY (Part 18)

6037 days ago

The Vinyl Villain — C'mon, its Good Friday, so there really can only be one Morrissey single highlighted today:-mp3 : Morrissey - I Have Forgiven Jesus Released just before Xmas 2004, the song title clearly rattled the controllers at the BBC for they didn't allow it to... more info

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MTV's UK Web Site Resorts To Internet Trolling [Super-pointless Listmaking]

6037 days ago

Idolator — Sure, when a Web site makes a big stink about counting down a Greatest Whatever Of Ever List, there's bound to be some quibbling; these sorts of lists, of course, were pretty much designed to hold up weakly premised cable clip shows and stoke lots of... more info

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Morrissey "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" live at the Midland Theatere in Kansas City

6038 days ago

The Red Radio — Finally! Morrissey mixed up his Tour Of Refusal set list a bit and pulled out something slightly unexpected. Moz performed The Smiths classic Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others last night during his Kansas City stop. This may actually mark... more info

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Sonic Youth are caught under the influence

6040 days ago

Guardian Music — Every track on the New York noise rockers' new album, The Eternal, provides a nod towards artists they admire and a portal to an underground wonderworldIn the early 1980s NME featured a column called Portrait of the Artist as a Consumer. Every week a... more info

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Morrissey a pro, just not an entralling one

6041 days ago

Chicago Tribune — Morrissey returned to the scene of his first Chicago triumph Saturday, 24 years after his long-defunct band The Smiths first enthralled a capacity audience at the Aragon. more info

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IT'S FRIDAY, I'M IN LOVE....WITH MORRISSEY (Part 17)

6044 days ago

The Vinyl Villain — Take a look at the personnel playing on this single....Morrissey (voice)Kirsty MacColl (vocals)Craig Gannon (guitars)Neil Taylor (guitars)Andy Rourke (the bass)Mike Joyce (the drums)And with Stephen Street on production duty, it's practically a reuni... more info

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What should Barack Obama have put on the Queen's iPod?

6045 days ago

Guardian Music — God Save the Queen and Elizabeth My Dear are obviously out of the question, so what tracks are most suitable for the royal iPod?Apple can now officially proclaim the iPod fit for a Queen. President Obama and first lady Michelle paid a visit to Buckin... more info

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