Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy! Deirdre O'Callaghan The National has just announced the followup to 2010's critically acclaimed High Violet will be released this May via 4AD. The band (which, in case you were unaware, is the contemporary New Yo... more info

411 Mania — From the Rolling Stones leaving Bill Wyman in the cold and Johnny Marr telling Smiths fans to move on to Frank Ocean's new song, Pitbull beating Lindsay Lohan in court and more, 411's Sean Comer breaks down the Right, the wRong and the Ridiculous fro... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — This week's marquee releases feature musicians better known for their work with other bands, Atoms For Peace's AMOK (with Radiohead's Thom Yorke) and Johnny Marr's The Messenger, the first solo album from the former Smiths' guitarist. Among the week'... more info

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ContactMusic — Johnny Marr is creating his own ''archetype'' with debut solo album.The former Smiths guitarist admits he often disagreed with his former bandmate... more info

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ContactMusic — Morrissey’s sold out concert in Los Angeles on March 1st will be strictly vegetarian, according to a report.The former Smiths man is of course... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — If meat is murder, as Morrissey famously proclaimed during his tenure as the Smiths' frontman, then Staples Center will be homicide-free when the singer plays his sold-out headline gig on March 1. more info

ContactMusic — Noel Gallagher persuaded Johnny Marr to play on the ''s***est'' track he ever wrote. The former Oasis man used to hang around with The Smiths... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Flavorwire lists 10 contemporary novels influenced by Shakespeare. Johnny Marr explains the genesis of the Smiths' song "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" at Pitchfork. The Times of India interviews author Uzma Aslam Khan about the state of Pakistani l... more info