Mercury News, California — The modern-rock guitarist-vocalist showcases new solo album as well as Smiths catalog during San Francisco show. more info

Dlisted — On the right is Michelle Williams after Edward Scissorhands did her up and on the left is an emo guinea pig who would care about Michelle stealing its look, but it's too busy crying and dying on the inside. Like I even need to ask who won this H... more info

Starpulse — Outspoken British singer Morrissey has lashed out at late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who passed away on Monday at the age of 87. The former Smiths frontman condemned the Iron Lady i... more info

Chorus.fm — PureVolume (http://www.purevolume.com) recently spoked (http://www.purevolume.com/news/johnny-marr-interview-messenger-smiths-reunion) with *Johnny Marr (http://www.johnny-marr.com/)*. PV:Everyone keeps jabbering on about a Smiths reunion. But wouldn... more info

ContactMusic — A lost demo tape recorded by The Smiths in their manager's warehouse has been unearthed in the U.K. and leaked online.Former drummer Mike Joyce is... more info

Prefix — NME has reported that former Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has tweeted out a link to a YouTube video ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-to-a-rare-the-smiths-demo-recorded-back-in-/73204/ more info

Consequence of Sound — Rough demos of "Miserable Lie", "Reel Around the Fountain", "Hand in Glove", and more. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — If we’ve learned anything from the music of Joy Division and The Smiths, it’s that the good people of Manchester, England, can handle bleak, uncompromising music. They were certainly given a bracing shot of it on this autumn night in 1973, as Nei... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Ryan Sunderman, Kevin Unwin, Tom Romeo, Sean Hunter are fairweatherfriend, a shoegaze quartet from Tucson, AZ. Their debut single You And I b/w Fairweather Friend is their business card on biking red vinyl, two gentle songs that will appeal to fa... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian shares an infographic about The Smiths. Hazlitt interviews Love and Rockets cartoonist Jaime Hernandez. The Irish Times has writers, including Anne Enright and Geoff Dyer, discuss what they loathe about their own work. The West Australia... more info