News Nearly 1000 John Peel sessions have been uploaded online for free listening by Manning Patston When it comes to important broadcasters, it’s hard to forget the extensive work of the late John Peel. The iconic BBC broadcaster and DJ’s sessions…
News Johnny Marr is teaching Smiths classics with virtual guitar lessons by James Peppercorn Now is your chance to learn some of the greatest guitar licks from one of the greatest guitarists ever, because Johnny Marr has started giving…
Enmore Audio Features Madchester and the sounds of the Second Summer of Love by Max Mahood Even though electronic music and synthesisers were becoming more popular throughout the 1980s, there was still a healthy guitar-based strain of alternative-rock music on both…
Enmore Audio News Johnny Marr is taking requests and answering questions on Instagram by Josh Davies Johnny Marr, best known as the guitarist and co-songwriter for The Smiths, has taken to Instagram to answer questions and play some of his classic…
News Coachella creators announce new festival Cruel World… and Morrissey’s headlining by Manning Patston Goldenvoice have announced a new festival titled Cruel World and honestly, the lineup speaks for itself. Cruel World Festival will commence on the 2nd May,…
Features Do shit leaders inspire good songs? by Luke Saunders Music has a long history of being an artform utilised in activism. Protest songs have been sung upon the strumming of a chord ever since…
News Science Revealed: science says Tom Waits fans are ‘open’, The Smiths fans are ‘neurotic’ by Stanley Widdison A study that was done in 2015 by Stanford University and Cambridge University Psychometrics Centre has been dredged up in the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal,…
News Noel Gallagher wants to join The Smiths by Claudia Schmidt It’s tough work being a frontman. From time to time, some may find themselves longing for those happier, simpler times. Such is the case with…
News The Smiths’ tour rider from 1986 is absolutely incredible by Claudia Schmidt Have you ever found yourself plagued by the arbitrary yet necessary question: what did Morrissey request on his rider? Well, rest assured, we can give…
News Former recording studio of David Bowie, U2 and Radiohead on sale for £3.85m by Jessie Wilson Could you imagine owning the home where some of the most iconic names in music once recorded? For the low low price of £3.85m (approx….
News Billie Joe Armstrong has been confirmed for Morrissey’s new cover album by Rianna Manuel Back in December, famously controversial The Smiths frontman Morrissey announced that he would be releasing a cover album. Since then, the album has been surrounded with…
News “What a farce”: Johnny Marr slams ‘Classically Smiths’ implosion by Happy Johnny Marr, the former guitarist for The Smiths, has slammed his former bandmates, Mike Joyce and and Andy Rourke, for going ahead with a concert…
News So close yet so far: SZA and Johnny Marr were almost on the Splendour line-up by Liz Campbell Looks like former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and singer/songwriter SZA were contenders for the Splendour in the Grass 2018 line-up, but missed out in the…
