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Morrissey: From Where He Came To Where He Went – With And Without The Smiths

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 11, 2009 1:55 pm
This double DVD set features two documentaries about The Smiths and Morrissey. The first, Morrissey — The Jewel In The Crown, examines Mozzer's solo career from his 1989 Viva Hate debut to 2004's You Are The Quarry. Unfortunately, as the film hasn't been authorized by Morrissey or his management, it's completely free of his music. The result...
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Inside The Smiths

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) January 29, 2008 3:13 pm
This cheap and not-so-cheerful DVD works best as a curiosity rather than a spectacle. Inside The Smiths is built around present-day interviews with Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, the rhythm section of the legendary Brit-pop outfit and the supposedly unsung heroes of the group as it stands. After watching this DVD, it's pretty easy to see why the pair...
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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 July 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 27, 2011 3:01 pm
Stereogum's released a compilation of artists doing songs from The Strokes' Is This It album to celebrate the LP's 10th anniversary. And you know what? It's a thousand times better than Spin's Nirvana Nevermind covers disc. Montreal's The New Cities are set to release a new album dubbed Kill The Lights on Sept. 13. Some of its songs were co-...
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Ten Great Anti-Monarchy Songs (To Capitalize On Royal Wedding Fever)

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By Michelle McGlynn (CHARTattack) April 28, 2011 2:21 pm
It doesn't really matter whether you're against the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton because you think it's a gross waste of resources, you're an anarchist, or because you're vehemently opposed to state-recognition of unions and monolithic institutions, because the future King Britain and his bride are getting hitched at London,...
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I Read The News Today... For March 1, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 1, 2011 3:54 pm
Toronto alt.country singer/songwriter Royal Wood was nominated for a Juno Award last month, and to celebrate he's announced a Canadian tour that'll take place this month, April and May. He's out in support of last year's The Waiting, and will find out if he wins the songwriter of the year Juno later this month. —royalwood.ca Regina indie rockers...
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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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Smiths, Morrissey Coming To Rock Band 3

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 10, 2010 11:33 am
Why pamper life's complexity when the leader runs smooth on your living room couch's seat? If you haven't got a stitch to wear, who cares? Why go out? The Smiths and Morrissey are coming to Rock Band 3, so you can just stay home and be cynical about about how you never had no one ever while slamming the hell out of a fake set of...
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Ex-Smiths Bassist Remixes Tokyo Police Club

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 21, 2010 3:20 pm
It would probably make any nerdy musician's day to be able to say, "Oh, yeah, well, Andy Rourke from The Smiths remixed one of my songs!" (Truthfully, it'd kind of be cooler to be able to say, "Morrissey remixed one of my tunes," but we'll leave this alone.) Tokyo Police Club can now boast that the former Smiths bassist has...
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Morrissey Won't Ask You, Ask You, Ask You Nicely To Leave His Show If You Insult Him

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 19, 2009 5:45 pm
Morrissey kicked a fan out of a show in Hamburg, Germany on Tuesday (Nov. 17) after the fan told him to "fuck off." According to NME.com, Morrissey made a joke about how "Hamburgers" (as in people from Hamburg) should be called "Hamburgists" instead of Hamburgers. (Y'know, the whole vegetarian thing.) An audience...
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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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Morrissey Upset With Andy Rourke Again

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 14, 2009 11:05 am
Morrissey is angry about something former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke told Toronto's Eye Weekly last week. Rourke, who was in Toronto to DJ the opening night Toronto International Film Festival event at the Drake Hotel, told the publication the stories that Morrissey kicked him out of The Smiths in 1986 by leaving a postcard under the windshield...
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Freebass Album Coming Soon

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 30, 2009 11:39 am
Freebass — the three-bass supergroup that consists of former New Order member Peter Hook, ex-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke and Primal Scream bassist Mani — have finished their debut album, which is now being mixed. Hook made a MySpace blog entry on July 21 in which he wrote about the album. He will sing two songs on the album, while Haven's Gary...
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Durst Hearts The Smiths

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 19, 2009 12:32 pm
Fred Durst grew up listening to music most people didn't and was bullied for it. So when he saw bullies were appropriating Limp Bizkit's message and turning into "fuel to torture other people," he had to re-evaluate being in a band. "I loved The Cure and Bauhaus and The Smiths," Durst recently told Rolling Stone magazine....
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Video: Islands - "I Won't Share You" (Smiths Cover)

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 17, 2009 12:36 pm
I just stumbled across this video of Islands covering The Smiths' "I Won't Share You," which originally appeared on 1989's Strangeways, Here We Come. Islands perform their acoustic version of the song in a bathroom, and you can see it below:
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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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Great Songs About Meat

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) November 14, 2008 3:56 pm
Artists have been singing about food since the dawn of time... and we're not just talking about "Weird Al" Yankovic. In a lot of ways, the relationship between musicians and food parallels the relationship between musicians and their fans. Both food and fans are essential for survival. Both smell kinda funny. Both are necessary evils...
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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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The Smiths Listening Party

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By CHARTattack Staff October 20, 2008 12:46 pm
The Smiths are releasing the double-disc greatest hits package The Sound of The Smiths: The Very Best Of The Smiths on Nov. 11 via Rhino Records. You can hear the following tracks from The Sound Of The Smiths: "Hand In Glove" "This Charming Man" "What Difference Does It Make?" (Peel Session version) "How Soon...
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