Morrissey’s secret folk album! (Well, not really, but…)
Okay, so it’s not real. But it’s sure good for a laugh.
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Random music news for Monday, June 4, 2018
It was on this day in 1989 that things all went very, very wrong for the protestors in Tiananmen Square
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Encore Presentation: Songs of Protest and Dissent
Sometimes people get so pissed off or so inspired by something that they just have to sing about it. This
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Weekly survey: What band did you get into too late?
Years ago when I was still in high school, an older girl name Sharon asked me to transfer some of
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Attention Smiths fans: A new 464-page graphic novel is coming
Smiths fans never, ever get enough of their favourite band. Come March 22, a new graphic novel on the band
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Weekly survey question: Which bands broke up at EXACTLY the right time?
All groups, whether they want to admit it or not, have a best-before date. Many of them struggle beyond that
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Random Music News for Thursday, January 25, 2018
On this day in 1995, we almost ended up in a nuclear war because of a series of mistakes and
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The good news? 60% of The Smiths are reuniting. The bad news? The other 40% isn’t involved.
At the end of it all, the Smiths were a five-piece unit: Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce and
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Random Music News for Friday, November 24, 2017
Is it “Happy Black Friday” or “Merry Black Friday?” I can never remember. And now, some music news for November
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How are The Smiths Doing in the Digital World? Let’s Go to the Video
Cameron Gordon of Completely Ignored has came up with the idea of Moodball, an analysis of how twelve Smiths songs
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Random Music News for Friday, September 8, 2017
As I write this, I’m somewhere between Toronto and Tapei, heading for a music conference in Singapore. I’ll report back.
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