Aquarium Drunkard — If we’ve learned anything from the music of Joy Division and The Smiths, it’s that the good people of Manchester, England, can handle bleak, uncompromising music. They were certainly given a bracing shot of it on this autumn night in 1973, as Nei... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Ryan Sunderman, Kevin Unwin, Tom Romeo, Sean Hunter are fairweatherfriend, a shoegaze quartet from Tucson, AZ. Their debut single You And I b/w Fairweather Friend is their business card on biking red vinyl, two gentle songs that will appeal to fa... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian shares an infographic about The Smiths. Hazlitt interviews Love and Rockets cartoonist Jaime Hernandez. The Irish Times has writers, including Anne Enright and Geoff Dyer, discuss what they loathe about their own work. The West Australia... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Morrissey has scrapped the remainder of his North American tour as he battles poor health.The former The Smiths frontman was diagnosed with... more info

ContactMusic — Singer Morrissey has paid tribute to a devoted fan who died earlier this month (Mar13).The former The Smiths frontman was informed of Margaret Dale's... more info

ContactMusic — Singer Morrissey has pulled out of a planned festival performance in Mexico as he continues to battle pneumonia.The former The Smiths frontman was... more info

ContactMusic — Morrissey has been hospitalised with pneumonia in both lungs.The former Smiths frontman - who has suffered a string of health problems in recent... more info

ContactMusic — Singer Morrissey is in hospital suffering from pneumonia in both his lungs.The former The Smiths star has cancelled a string of dates on his current... more info

Topix — Johnny Marr has built up so much goodwill over the years - as the guitar genius who gave musical shape to the Smiths, as a sideman with everyone from Tom Jones to Talking Heads - that it feels a bit mean to give The Messenger a lukewarm review. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr was interviewed by the Reddit community. Chapter 16 interviews Terry Tempest Williams about her new memoir When Women Were Birds. Chapter 16: In When Women Were Birds you write about how important fairy tales were.... more info