Guardian Music — Yorkshire band to release In the Belly of the Brazen Bull in May – and you can listen to the track Chi-Town hereThe Cribs have announced a new album, their first since the departure of former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. In the Belly of the Brazen... more info

Guardian Music — The best cover of this Smiths classic dispenses with the vocal entirely. And don't you dare mention the John Lewis adEveryone loses their head around December, a fact highlighted by the frenzy around the 2011 John Lewis Christmas ad blitz. So, with a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The result of Jonquil's creative immersion is 11 infectious, tracks made for summer. The band has described the album as being more "accessible" than their previous work, citing influences that span decades. As fans themselves of artists like Fl... more info

ContactMusic — Singeractress Jada Pinkett Smith and husband Will Smiths marriage appears to have survived split rumours that dogged the couple last year - the actress has dedicated a new song to the Hollywood superstar for Valentines Day 14Feb12 The Matrix Reloaded... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Drowned in Sound interviews The Twilight Sad's frontman James Graham. Chromewaves featured the band's cover of The Smiths' "Half a Person." At the Guardian, writers choose their favorite love poems. Flavorwire lists 10 of the greatest kisses in liter... more info

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Metalsucks — An extremely welcome surprise in 2011 was Reports From The Threshold Of Death, a throbbing, gauzy dream-rock record from Boston’s Junius (read here). One shitty major magazine described Reports as the intersection of Neurosis and The Smiths, but a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Chicago band The Smith Westerns headlined the final date on their tour with Porcelain Raft and Bleached on Saturday 2/4 in Milwaukee, four days after the band hit Webster Hall on 1/31. Pictures from the NYC... more info

Guardian Music — Format, Pet Shop Boys' new B-sides collection, shows how clever artists can make pop gold from a single's flipsideThe one-word titles of Pet Shop Boys albums always repay a second look and so it proves with Format, the name of their second volume of ... more info

ContactMusic — Will Smiths son Jaden is set to high-kick his way back on to the big screen in a sequel to his The Karate Kid reboot The teen teamed up with Jackie Chan for the 2010 action movie which was an update of the classic 1984 hit starring Ralph MACchio... more info