The Smiths (music group)

Coachella 2013 feels something like a British re-invasion

2013-04-15 06:00:00

Ten minutes into his band's performance Friday night at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, singer Damon Albarn of Blur realized he hadn't introduced himself. So after a hard-driving rendition of Blur's song "There's No Other Way," the...

Coachella 2013: Amid the maelstrom, simple advice from Blur

2013-04-13 10:15:00

On Saturday morning, the collected moments from the night before linger, glistening in the memory, refusing to be snuffed by a long, dusty walk back to the car, a shower, sleep or coffee. You’d think that the sheer volume of notes, beats, measures...

Album review: Johnny Marr delivers with 'The Messenger'

2013-03-01 15:54:00

Fans of the Smiths have more to occupy them this week than at any point in recent memory. Dominating the conversation in his usual fashion, the outspoken frontman Morrissey — who co-founded the hugely influential (and now defunct) English band...

Food fight: Jimmy Kimmel ribs Morrissey for 'dumb statements'

2013-02-27 15:45:00

Morrissey may be the man with a thorn in his side, but Jimmy Kimmel has a message for the tortured British singer: Come make your "dumb statements" on my show. Morrissey — former frontman for 1980s rockers the Smiths — canceled an...

The fabled Morrissey memoir: How soon is now?

2013-01-17 16:00:00

Beloved singer Morrissey has been teasing fans for close to two years with news that he's penned a 660-page memoir. The catch is, it doesn't seem to have a publisher -- or didn't, until an exchange at a concert this week. Is the Morrissey memoir...

Favorite TV Guest Stars of 2011

2011-12-30 16:36:16

'The Sun Came Out' video shows Neil Finn, Eddie Vedder and more

2012-03-31 16:36:52

Bert Jansch dies at 67; Scottish singer-guitarist influenced rock, folk greats

2011-10-06 00:00:00

Bert Jansch, a revered, enigmatic Scottish singer-guitarist whose effect on a host of prominent musicians eclipsed his own fame, has died. He was 67. Jansch died Wednesday at a hospital in London of lung cancer, a disease he first battled in 2009, his...

Live: Morrissey at the Shrine Auditorium

2011-11-27 21:36:12

Uncrowded House

2011-10-28 16:37:13

Scottish singer-guitarist Bert Jansch dies at 67

2011-10-05 16:35:30

The Knux return (finally) with new single, 'She's So Up.' Verdict?

2011-02-16 16:36:31

voted the vegetarian of record? First came the dust-up with Jimmy Kimmel over "Duck Dynasty," now Moz has harsh words for Beyonc� about her handbag line. As delightfully weird as that last sentence is to consider, just imagine if he were to channel that sniping into a new album.

2013-03-11 15:37:22

British rock singer Morrissey, the former frontman of the Smiths, takes his animal-rights activism seriously. Apparently a certain talk-show host doesn't.

2012-07-21 00:00:00

Digital: Spotify subscription, $9.99 for a month ($119.88 for a year), available at spotify.com European music streaming site Spotify arrived to much fanfare in America this year, and much of its praise is deserved.

2011-11-22 16:03:24