Stereogum — The Cass Bird & Molly Schiot-directed video for the Raveonettes’ cover of the Stone Roses’ 1989 debut opener “I Wanna Be Adored” starts with and returns to a pair of clunky green Doc Marten boots — a personal detail of the younger half of t... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about being caught in the sniper's crosshairs. This time we want songs that feature a set up and a punchlineIt's OK, you can put the gun down now. Unscrew the telescopic sight. Put your garrotte wire back with the cheese. Last week'... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Curve comprised of Toni Halliday and multi-instrumentalist Dean Garcia, and formed in Manchester in 1991. At a time when the Madchester sound (Happy Mondays/Stone Roses/James etc) was very much in full flow, Curve were something a bit different. The... more info

NME - The Video Blog — The Ukrainian born Lana Mir, a New York based singer-songwriter, has covered the Stone Roses track 'I Wanna Be Adored' - take a look at the video below and let us know what you think. How does it do compared to the original? more info

Guardian Music — Former Smiths member leaves all-bass supergroup he founded with New Order's Peter Hook and the Stone Roses' ManiThe bad joke known as Freebass, the all-bass super-group, just got a little less funny, as former Smiths member Andy Rourke has left the b... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — As predicted last month here on How-Do, Manchester City FC has binned its former supporters' magazine - named City Mag - and emerged with a new, bigger, bolder and more expensive title for the new season. The name, as previously intimated, has been c... more info

Song, by Toad — There is an awful lot of Stone Roses, and even a spot of Inspiral Carpets in here, although the overall effect is still overwhelmingly noisy and garagey, rather than all that Madchester.  There is still, however, a hint of an answer to the hypotheti... more info

Altsounds — Sometimes things happen whilst few people are paying attention. So, whilst the arbiters of the cool and the new that inhabit London's media world were looking the other way, something was happening away from all but the most attentive gaze. It hap... more info

NME — Bassist introduces Liverpool band onstage in Salford more info

LargeHeartedBoy — In the Los Angeles Times, Kerry Madden, author of Harper Lee (Up Close), talks about writing the southern author's biography. Laurie Anderson talks to the Philadelphia Inquirer about her new album, Homeland. Former Stone Roses member John Squires tal... more info