LargeHeartedBoy — Rolling Stone interviews Johnny Marr about the Smiths breakup and remastering the band's catalog. Did working so closely with the recordings after all these years bring back strong memories of being in the Smiths? Well, sure, yeah. But I've got... more info

Guardian Music — Did your town have a band who never made it, but who you were sure should have done? Slough did I imagine most towns have that one band – that one band who might have made it, were it not for bad breaks, bad decisions, bad haircuts, bad whatever. I... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon has come top in a new poll of the 100 best albums of all time.Oasis’ (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? was second and Definitely Maybe is at number twenty.'(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' has sold over 14 m... more info

Guardian Music — (Helium)You can mark out the emotional territory occupied by Crybaby by listening to the song from which Danny Coughlan took the name for this terrific album. Cry Baby by Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters is one of those overwrought early-60s ballad... more info

Guardian Music — A group biography of independent labelsBack when I should have been studying for my O-levels, I, like a lot of earnest teenagers and bedroom bards in the 1980s, spent much of my free time writing and assembling badly photocopied fanzines. They had La... more info

Guardian Music — What does a rock critic really know about being in a band? Guardian reviewer and part-time drummer Dave Simpson found out the hard wayThe bombshell arrived on a Monday morning. "Dear all," began the lead guitarist's email. "I'm afraid I've come ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Leeds quintet The ABC Club earned some love from NME, a blessing in disguise for many promising bands. Their new EP White Lies sounds sad, sweet and dark, with falsetto vocals and guitar licks lifted from the Pulp and Blur songbooks. Whitby is the... more info

ContactMusic — The verdict of most critics on Mirror Mirror fair No poison apples but plenty of daggers We take it back -- there are a few bad apples Kyle Smiths review in the New York Post is utterly lethal and probably funnier than the movie itself judging from t... more info

Chorus.fm — Stream *Citizen (http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?l=45762)*'s cover of *The Smiths (http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?l=2335)*' "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" here (http://citizenmi.bandcamp.com/track/there-is-a... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The current issue of Q, features an article about "The Real Best Of".What would happen if you could pick your favourite artist’s best of?Well that’s exactly what we’ve done, check out our writer's Real Best Of selections for Oasis, Madonna, Nir... more info