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The Smiths

Robert Smith - The Cure - 1980s

Five bands Robert Smith can’t stand

Comical and cutting.

Tom Taylor
Apr 27, 2026
Noel Gallagher - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 2015

The curious 1986 classic Noel Gallagher calls “one of the best openings to an album ever”

It is true that a great album doesn’t need a great opening song, but most great opening songs result in great albums. The first track…

Tom Taylor
Apr 22, 2026
Five solo Morrissey songs that could be on albums by The Smiths

Five solo Morrissey songs that could be on albums by The Smiths

Redeployed with a rockabilly gang, Moz still sometimes returned to his roots.

Andrew Clayman
Apr 17, 2026
The Smiths - Morrissey - Andy Rourke - Mike Joyce - Johnny Marr

When The Smiths became the voice of a generation

A moment in time.

Jack Whatley
Apr 11, 2026
The Smiths - 1984

‘The Night Has Opened My Eyes’: The classic play that inspired one of The Smiths’ darkest hits

A new low.

Callum MacHattie
Apr 9, 2026
The five best bands from Manchester that aren’t Oasis

The five best bands from Manchester that aren’t Oasis

Manchester vibes in the area.

Callum MacHattie
Mar 20, 2026
The Smiths - 1984

‘Handsome Devil’: The dark, provocative song The Smiths opened their career with

A bold statement.

Callum MacHattie
Mar 19, 2026
The Smiths - Morrissey - Andy Rourke - Mike Joyce - Johnny Marr

The Manchester music shop that gave Johnny Marr the sound of The Smiths

“A harder sound…”

Ben Forrest
Mar 17, 2026
Morrissey - The Smiths - Crying

A brief history of Morrissey cancelling shows

Illness, exhaustion and tragedy.

Sam Kemp
Mar 13, 2026
Morrissey - Stephen Patrick Morrissey - The Smiths - 1984

The secret messages Morrissey etched into The Smiths’ vinyl releases

“Our Souls, Our Souls, Our Souls”

Jack Whatley
Mar 9, 2026
10 albums so good artists never tried to top them

10 albums so good artists never tried to top them

Going out on a high.

Tom Phelan
Mar 7, 2026
10 albums that cursed the musicians who made them

10 albums that cursed the musicians who made them

Albatross around the neck.

Callum MacHattie
Mar 1, 2026

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