Consequence of Sound — All 72 songs that helped define a generation of misfits straight outta Manchester. more info

Uncut — April 22 is the date for your diary April 22 is the date for your diary The post Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Dennis Wilson, The The, The Smiths and more announce Record Store Day releases appeared first on Uncut. more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus: Prince, Lou Reed, Spoon, Danny Brown, and even the Space Jam soundtrack. more info

Stereogum — Record Store Day is looming once again, and today the organization has released the full list of 2017 exclusives. They include a Smiths 7" featuring two unreleased takes of old songs, some new David Bowie collections, a couple Prince singles, a first... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Lunch LadiesFrom: New Jersey, United StatesNew Jersey quartet Lunch Ladies (first featured on the blog earlier this month Fresh Sounds 5th February 2017) sound like they've triangulated The Smiths, The Sundays and the entire Sarah Records catalog... more info

Chorus.fm — The Smith Street Band will release their new album, More Scared of You Than You Are of Me, on April 7th. The album was produced by Jeff Rosenstock and they’ve unveiled the new video for “Birthdays.” more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The annual Panache/Jonathan Toubin V-Day benefit, Future Islands, The Shacks, Mary Lattimore, a Smiths & Morrissey Valentine's Party, and more lovely NYC-area show options. Continue reading… more info

Chorus.fm — Over the weekend Anthony and Jack from Bayside, Arun from Saves the Day, Damon from Hey Mercedes, and Tobe from Street Dogs all got together to perform a tribute set for The Smiths. Some videos from the performance can be found below via No Country F... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Like a lot of guitarists, Steve Gunn cites Johnny Marr as an influence. He shows his love for Marr's first real band, The Smiths, by covering two early Smiths songs -- "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" and "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"... Conti... more info

Stereogum — The thoughtful and expansive guitar wizard Steve Gunn clearly knows a ton about the history of folk music; it runs all through his music. But Gunn's most formative influence wasn't, say, John Fahey. It was the Smiths. In a new piece for the Aquarium ... more info