Stereogum — The fact that the Fall’s Mark E. Smith doesn’t really enunciate his words a lot is now a matter of public record. Earlier today, a judge ruled that his lyrics were “hard to hear” on account of his mumble-mouth. The ruling was the result of a ... more info

ContactMusic — British indie rock icon Mark E. Smith has taken aim at his band The Fall's last album, revealing he hates all of the songs on the record.Ersatz Gb... more info

411 Mania — If a biopic ever happened... more info

ContactMusic — Grumpy The Fall star Mark E. Smith once demanded silence from Mumford & Sons when they started partying backstage at an Irish music festival.The folk... more info

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