Posts Tagged ‘the smiths’

Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has announced his intention to release a new album with The Healers next year, after recently confirming his departure from The Cribs in order to concentrate on other projects.

As the media build up goes into overdrive this week ahead of Friday’s royal wedding, one man who has rather unsurprisingly said he won’t be tuning in is former Smiths frontman Morrissey.

Glastonbury have released full details of the 2011 line-up, with Morrissey, Paul Simon and Fleet Foxes among those joining previously announced headliners U2, Coldplay and Beyonce.

Former Oasis star Noel Gallagher has backed plans to open a new Manchester Music Hall Of Fame, saying the proposal will inspire a brand new generation of music fans in the city.

Carl Barat, best known as one half of the songwriting partnership responsible for the most influential band of the last decade, is not one to rest on his laurels. Last summer he finally succumbed to Pete Doherty‘s persuasive charms and reunited The Libertines to headline the Reading and Leeds festival. The gigs, which also included a warm up show at London’s Kentish Town Forum, did no harm to the band’s legacy and went down an absolute storm.

In today’s Soundbites, our weekly take on news, reviews, mp3s and tabloid gossip, Adele leads a Brit charge in the US, Liam Gallagher has found a musician he likes, and there’s a classic Smiths performance. This week’s free mp3 comes from Thomas Tantrum, Britney Spears is her own biggest fan, Spiritualized get ready for their return, and we look at Arctic Monkeys’ new track.

After vowing to put their feet up for an extended spell on the sidelines following their UK festival shows last summer, The Cribs have revealed they will turn their backs on daytime TV shortly for a ‘handful’ of summer gigs, and will then begin work on their fifth studio album.

Already the subject of much industry hype before they’d barely had time to build a website, you might forgive Slough-based rising stars Brother (Leonard Newell, Josh Ward, Samuel Jackson, Frank Colucci) for attempting to avoid the tag of the ‘next big thing’. Not a bit of it. “We’re going to embrace it and prove them right,” singer Lee Newell told Live4ever in a recent exclusive interview. It sets the tone for a chat which showcases all the confidence and passion of a band destined for big things.

In today’s Soundbites, our weekly take on news, reviews and tabloid gossip, Sir Paul McCartney dances like an elf, Morrissey seriously bigs up a new UK band and Chris Moyles could be ready to waddle away from Radio 1. We also take a look at Detroit Social Club’s new track, and there’s news from the recent ASCAP Awards.

Former Smiths frontman Morrissey has marked the re-release of his single ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday‘ by listing his thirteen favourite tracks ever on his official Facebook page.