Uncut — It's from their deluxe reissue of The Queen Is Dead It's from their deluxe reissue of The Queen Is Dead The post Listen to The Smiths previously unreleased demo for “I Know It’s Over” appeared first on Uncut. more info

Chorus.fm — The Smiths’ previously unreleased demo of “I Know It’s Over” can be streamed below via Pitchfork. more info

Stereogum — The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead is getting a deluxe reissue later this month. We've already heard a previously unreleased live cut from a show the band played in Boston in 1986, and today Pitchfork debuted an unheard demo of "I Know It's Over." Listen ... more info

Uncut — The Beatles, Beck, The Smiths and Woody Guthrie all feature in the new issue The Beatles, Beck, The Smiths and Woody Guthrie all feature in the new issue The post This month in Uncut appeared first on Uncut. more info

Chorus.fm — The Smiths have released the live version of “Rubber Ring/What She Said/Rubber Ring.” The track, which can be streamed below, comes from the live disc on the upcoming boxset for The Queen is Dead. more info

Stereogum — The Smiths are releasing a deluxe reissue of their seminal 1986 album The Queen Is Dead next month. The 3-CD box set will include a remastered version of the original LP, a second disc of demos and b-sides, and a third disc featuring the previously u... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Morrissey, lead singer of the Smiths, beloved cultural icon, the Pope of Mope, is a character built for a biopic, with his James Dean-inspired pompadour and earnestly morose lyrics born out of working-class ennui and teenage depression. Mark Gillâ�... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviewed author Catherine Lacey. The Quietus reconsidered the Smiths' last studio album, Strangeways Here We Come, released 30 years ago. n+1 shared an excerpt from Jarett Kobek's novel The Future Won't Be Long. Steve Earle shared ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The year of Live Aid, of course, and with it and We Are The World came the birth of the superstar, so much so that by September Michael Jackson could outbid Paul McCartney for the Beatles' publishing. Wham! went to China, Brothers In Arms popular... more info

Dlisted — While promoting Girls Trip during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live on Thursday night, Jada Pinkett Smith was asked about the “craziest rumor” she’s heard about her family. Now, you might think the craziest rumor about the Pinkett Smiths... more info