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The Devil Has The Best Tuna — HausuFrom: Portland, Oregan, United StatesIn the 80s shy boys (and it was always boys) lay in their bedrooms with their overcoats and shades dreaming of a supergroup formed by The Cure and the Smiths joining forces and taking over the world of music.... more info

Chorus.fm — Watch *Johnny Marr* (http://www.johnny.marr.co.uk) performing the classic track, "Bigmouth Strikes Again", by *The Smiths* (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_smiths) live on Later...with Jools Holland in the replies. more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Amanda Hakan Echo Park band NO will be on tour in Europe in June, playing shows in Sweden, Germany and The Netherlands. Recommended if you like Leonard Cohen and The Smiths. Live dates: 06/07 Jubilee (w/ The Drums, Black Lips, Fools Gold)... more info

Chorus.fm — You can stream *Small Brown Bike* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/small brown bike/)'s new 2xLP, Recollected, at The AV Club (http://www.theavclub.com/). The release compiles songs from split releases with bands such as Cursive, rare B-Sides, live ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR excerpts from Lionel Shriver's new novel Big Brother. Standard Designs offers prints of several Cure, Smiths, and Radiohead albums as book collections. Guernica interviews Claire Messud about her new novel, The Woman Upstairs. SPIN investigates h... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — I've been hate-watching Everybody Loves Raymond since before hate-watching was even a thing. Now I hear that the BBC has ordered a pilot for a British remake called The Smiths. And all I can ask is, why? Oh my goodness gracious, why, England? More Â... more info

411 Mania — From Metallica's Kill 'Em All and The Smith's self-titled album to Nas' Illmatic, Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die and more, the 411 staff counts down their top 5 debut albums of all time! more info

Consequence of Sound — We're half way there. more info

Consequence of Sound — Former Smiths guitarist offers up "How Soon Is Now?". more info