Tag: the smiths


  • Festival Team-up Flashback: Rick Astley x Blossoms (Glastonbury Festival, 2023)

    Callum Joynes reflects on Rick Astley & Blossoms’ surprise ‘The Smiths’ team-up at Glastonbury 2023.

  • The Smiths: Art Over Artist?

    The age old question! How do we separate the art from the artist?

  • What Is ‘Indie’ Music?

    Records Executive Katie Evans muses over what we can really call ‘indie’ music today, nor even if indie music still exists in the way we once defined it.

  • Review: Morrissey – I Am Not a Dog on a Chain

    Writer Bailey Williams gives his honest opinion on Morrissey’s latest release.

  • Protest Songs Through the Years

    Music has always been a way of denouncing conflict – Maddie Lock looks at why this has been such a successful platform

  • Can you separate the art from the artist? The contradictions of being a Morrissey fan

    Do the things the Smiths singer has said detract from him as an artist? Alex Gourley explores.

  • Preview: Morrissey at the Brighton Centre

    Harry Fortuna previews Morrissey’s upcoming show on the south coast (03/03/2018).

  • Review: Morrissey – Low in High School

    The controversial Smith’s frontman is back with his eleventh solo album.

  • Rewind: The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead

    In anticipation of Morrissey’s new album, Harry Fortuna looks back at his “most accomplished work”.

  • Nostalgic News: The Perks of Being a Wallflower was released 5 years ago

    The film adaption of Stephen Chbosky’s coming-of-age novel celebrates five years of release today.

  • Nostalgic News: The Smiths released The Queen Is Dead 30 years ago today

    The Smiths released their classic album ‘The Queen is Dead’ 30 years ago today on 16th June 1986.

  • Nostalgic News: The Smiths released ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’ 30 years ago today

    ‘Oh Sweetness, Sweetness I was only joking…’ One of the Smiths’ most iconic tracks celebrates it’s 30th anniversary today.

  • Review: Johnny Marr at O2 Academy, Bournemouth (20/10/2014)

    Even as Marr approaches the tender age of fifty, this Mancunian overlord does not look like he is going to stop. Jamie Wall headed down to Bournemouth for a night of music, new and old.