The Vinyl Villain — AND ON THE SIXTH DAY, GOD CREATED MANCHESTERIf there's a city outside Scotland whose impact is recurrently felt on The Vinyl Villain, it must be Manchester with its Magazine, Morrissey, New Order...I lived there as a student in the late 80s and early... more info

The Culture Of Me — (photo by Nina Kolle) Angular indie pop from Manchester--home to some of the greatest rock acts of the last 35 years, including The Buzzcocks, The Fall, The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays and Stone Roses, and enjoying a... more info

ContactMusic — PATTI SMITH thanked officials at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers when she picked up a special award on Wednesday (21Apr10) - insisting their... more info

The Vinyl Villain — From February 20th, 2008MORE MUSIC IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGEBack in 1986, The Wedding Present were in a BBC studio about to record a Peel Sesson when guitarist Peter Solowka began playing a traditional Ukrainian melody and the others joined in. Out of su... more info

Guardian Music — LCD Soundsystem, On tourIf ever a group toyed with the idea of built-in obsolescence, it was LCD Soundsystem. Eight years ago, their great debut single, Losing My Edge, described the torments of a hipster who could see his hipness waning. Now having ... more info

The Red Radio — We consider ourselves pretty major Morrissey fanatics, yet we didn't realize that Mozzer's old pal Pete Burns (Dead or Alive) once joined The Smiths on stage back in April of 1985 at the Royal Albert Hall. Both Morrissey and Burns... more info

Guardian Music — Independent Record Store Day on April 17 celebrates these fast-disappearing bastions of alternative culture. Leading musicians say what their favourite record shops mean to themJohnny Marr ex-The Smiths When I was growing up in Manchester, all the r... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Only Good Song said... Don Nix - Going Down The Songs of Don Nix - 1999 With the participations of Bonnie Bramlett, John Mayall, Max Middleton, Steve Cropper, Leslie West, David Hood and others! @320 + booklet Thanks Fuzzy! http://www.onlygoodsong.bl... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Testing musicians' memories after a lifetime of abuse. This week: Johnny Marr Question 1 Who was The Smiths’ original bassist? “Dale Hibbert. He quit because we made him have his hair cut. I don’t know why because it was a pretty fancy hair... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — Testing musicians' memories after a lifetime of abuse. This week: Johnny Marr Question 1 Who was The Smiths’ original bassist? “Dale Hibbert. He quit because we made him have his hair cut. I don’t know why because it was a pretty fancy hair... more info