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Johnny Marr of The Smiths to guest star in Portlandia

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By Kate Killet (CHARTattack) November 3, 2011 1:10 pm
For those who have yet to see the relatively new comedy series Portlandia, let me break it down for you: It's an excellent hipster-mocking sketch comedy show on IFC featuring former Saturday Night Live cast member Fred Armisen alongside Carrie Brownstein, whom you may recognize from her former band Sleater-Kinney and her current band Wild Flag. A...
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I Read The News Today... For April 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 27, 2011 2:29 pm
Seth from Dengue Fever explains what a Mastadong is. And no, it's not as dirty as it sounds (it actually isn't dirty at all): Tokyo Police Club keyboardist and funnyman Graham Wright will release his Shirts Vs. Skins debut solo album on June 28. Chilly Gonzales is going to release what he's calling the world's "first-ever all-orchestral...
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I Read The News Today... For April 11, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 11, 2011 4:34 pm
TheScore sports television network is releasing a compilation called TheScore Rocks on April 19. It'll feature all the jock rock jams you'd expect to hear at sports games, like tunes from Nickelback, Disturbed, Billy Talent, Shinedown and more. Limp Bizkit's Gold Cobra album has been pushed back to June 28. Can't they just push the release date...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 18, 2011 3:44 pm
Joel Plaskett, Sloan, Hey Rosetta!, Matt Mays and Hawksley Workman will perform during this year's Canada Games, which take place Feb. 14 to 18 in Halifax. Christina Martin and The Novaks will also play free outdoor shows.  —canadagames2011.ca Kanye West was trying to be funny when he accidentally started a Twitter fight with Britney Spears'...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 6, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 6, 2010 2:33 pm
Feist has spoken to The Guardian about her new documentary, and how excited she was to meet Kermit The Frog at the Grammy Awards. Danko Jones want their fans to send them clips and photos of the band playing "Active Volcanoes" live during their upcoming U.S. tour. They'll use the best ones in a new video for the tune. You can send your material to...
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I Read The News Today... Dec. 2, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 2, 2010 2:00 pm
Drake will host the 2011 Juno Awards, which will be held at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on March 27. Maybe this will make the event a little more interesting to you youngsters, seeing as your mom loved last year's awards because Michael Buble won everything.Calgary's Braids have recorded a session for Daytrotter. You can download an MP3 of them...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 15, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 15, 2010 3:03 pm
The Besnard Lakes, Misteur Valaire, Fred Fortin, Random Recipe, Poirier, We Are Wolves, Radio Radio, and Brains won GAMIQ Awards last night. Arkells, Karkwa, The Sadies, Radio Radio, Sarah Harmer, Aidan Knight, Silly Kissers, Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, The Pack A.D. and Hollerado have made this year's CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards short list....
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I Read The News Today... For July 26, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff July 26, 2010 11:05 am
Gorillaz became the first British band to play a show in Damascus, Syria this weekend, performing at an 11th century palace. —NME Jimmy Eat World will tour North America this fall in support of their new studio album, Invented. —jimmyeatworld.com Elvis Presley's autopsy tools are no longer being auctioned. Sorry, creeps; you...
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I Read The News Today... For July 15, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff July 15, 2010 12:10 pm
Amy Winehouse's album will reportedly be out by January at the latest. Hey, have you also heard I'm the Queen Of England?! —Metro Rush have released an iPhone and iPod Touch application. It'll cost you a mere $2.99 U.S. ($3.11 Canadian) —Blabbermouth We Were So Turned On, a David Bowie tribute album featuring A Place To...
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Johnny Marr's Stolen Guitar Returned 10 Years After

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 22, 2010 1:06 pm
Fear not, Library Voices, Stooges, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Ohbijou, Inward Eye and anyone else who's had gear stolen over the last while. Johnny Marr has just proved your equipment can be returned to you — even if it happens 10 years later. Marr's 1964 Gibson SG guitar was stolen after Marr played a show with Johnny Marr And The Healers in...
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Ian Brown, Johnny Marr Collaborating

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 29, 2009 12:28 pm
Fans of old school Brit-pop are about to poop in their Ben Sherman jeans. Former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown and ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr are working together to write music on the soundtrack to a television show. Brown told BBC News there's a chance ex-Stone Roses bassist Mani and former Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder could get...
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Finn/Wilco/Radiohead Album Due In August

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) June 24, 2009 9:48 am
Between last Christmas and New Year's, Neil Finn once again recruited members of Radiohead, Wilco and The Smiths/Modest Mouse guitarist Johnny Marr for Seven Worlds Collide II, and performed three intimate shows in New Zealand and recorded new material. The sessions at Finn's Roundhead Studios went so well that a double album of original material...
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Britney Loses Hair, Crib Loses Part Of Ear

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By CHARTattack Staff April 24, 2009 12:53 pm
Britney Spears had some of her hair — or at least fake extensions — ripped out on stage during one of the choreographed routines that are part of her Circus tour at a show in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday night. Here's the hair-raising (hair-removing would probably be more appropriate) stunt: The acrobatics that form part of...
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Modest Mouse Tour Without Johnny Marr

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 29, 2009 2:52 pm
Modest Mouse will tour the U.S. in February and March without guitarist Johnny Marr. Those of you who might think Marr has left the group can think again. He'll spend the spring touring with his other band (no, not The Smiths — dream on, you dolt), The Cribs, who'll release a new album sometime this year. Marr is still a member of Modest Mouse,...
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Eva Mendes And Morrissey Naked?

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 15, 2008 6:27 pm
Do you want to get naked with Morrissey? Actress Eva Mendes does. Mendes (2 Fast 2 Furious, Once Upon A Time In Mexico) is an animal rights activist and wants Morrissey to pose naked with her in a People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) advertisement. Mendes has already appeared nude in her own PETA anti-fur ad. "I really do...
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Smiths Will Not Reunite

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 24, 2008 3:42 pm
Despite rumours that emerged earlier on Friday that The Smiths would reunite for Coachella 2009, sources close to the band say that will not be the case. The U.K.'s The Sun tabloid ran a story stating that Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce would reunite for Coachella 2009. "It has looked...
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Johnny Plays A Mean Guitar

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Photographer: 
Hannah Guy
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N/A
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Toronto
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January 27, 2003

2007 Lollapalooza - Day Three

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Photographer: 
Noah Love
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Butler Field
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Chicago, IL
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August 5, 2007
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Modest Mouse Look To Stay Afloat With New Album

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By Antoinette Mercurio (CHARTattack) February 14, 2007 6:00 pm
Issaquah, Washington's Modest Mouse have set a release date for their forthcoming We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank album. The 14-track Epic record was supposed to have been released in late December, but was unexpectedly pushed back to March 20. The album will mark the recorded debut of former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr with the band....
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Loose Ends: Marr Joins Modest Mouse, Expanded Powter Album And Faithfull Has Cancer

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By CHARTattack Staff September 14, 2006 6:30 pm
Modest Mouse have teamed up with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr on their forthcoming Epic album, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, that's scheduled for a Dec. 19 release. Marr joined the band as a full-time member to record the follow-up to the group's 2004 breakthrough disc, Good News For People Who Love Bad News, at Sweet Tea...
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