BBC 6 Music — The Fall frontman on Colonel Gaddafi, the London riots and their new album more info

Totally Fuzzy — In January 2005, The Fall (described as "one of the most enigmatic, idiosyncratic and chaotic garage bands of the last 30 years") were the subject of a BBC Four TV documentary, The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E Smith. The Fall... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — This week’s issue of the magazine celebrates music’s Ultimate Cult Heroes, from Syd Barrett to Jay Reatard, Mark E. Smith and The Sonics. Here, in an extended extract from the mag, The Drums’ guitarist Jacob Graham talks us through his own cult... more info

Impose Magazine — Americans In France, Crawling (Odessa) The press release for this album cites Dick Dale, The Doors and Black Flag as jumping off points for the band's sound, and while I can't argue with a sales pitch like that, I will say there's also a bit of The... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Radio Free Wohlman said... Transmission 3711 It's a groovy dance party with swinging sounds from The Mamas & The Papas, The Small Faces with P.P. Arnold, The Mindbenders, Harlow Wilcox and The Oakies, The Fraternal Order Of The All, Southwest F.O.B.,... more info

ContactMusic — Beloved British indie rock veteran MARK E. SMITH once turned down the chance to be a contestant on reality show I'M A CELEBRITY... GET ME OUT OF HERE.The Fall frontman tells TheQuietus.com TV producers approached him and asked him if he'd be interest... more info

ContactMusic — Sneering THE FALL rocker MARK E. SMITH literally took aim at folk band MUMFORD & SONS during a recent music festival in Ireland - he launched a bottle at the stage during... more info

NME - Festivals — Guerrilla bake sales, a tug of war and The Fall - it could only be Field Day in London's, thankfully, sunny Victoria Park. Here are the ten things we learnt there. 1. Erland And The Carnival went on too early Erland And The Carnival took to the Fie... more info

Allmusic Blog — Some days the bitter, twisted rantings of Mark E. Smith are exactly what you need to get you past all the trivial and ridiculous travails of daily life. His exhortations help keep the knuckleheads, backwards thinkers, and lovestealers from getting in... more info

Pitchfork — Glastonbury is still quite possibly the best music festival in the world not only because it attracts the biggest of the big but because the biggest of the big often do things at Glastonbury that they probably won't do anywhere else. Like a surprise ... more info