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The Smiths

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
Five sad songs you can only listen to once

Five sad songs you can only listen to once

“If you die, so do I”.

Kelly Murphy
Feb 28, 2026
Five bands who went out in a blaze of glory

Five bands that went out in a blaze of glory

Untenable.

Callum MacHattie
Feb 28, 2026
Noel Gallagher - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 2015

The Manchester band Noel Gallagher called “the most unique”

Innovators.

Joe Taysom
Feb 28, 2026
Matt Berninger - The Smiths - Split

Matt Berninger discusses the “simple” song that defines The Smiths: “It’s so sweet”

Sweet pessimism.

Callum MacHattie
Feb 28, 2026
The Smiths - 1984

The moment The Smiths worried that their “mildly embarassing” hit made them sound like Duran Duran

“I find the lyrics facile and mildly embarrassing”.

Maddi Fearn
Feb 24, 2026
Morrissey - Stephen Patrick Morrissey - The Smiths - 1984

Why did Morrissey ditch his first name?

An oddity even in the mononym community.

Andrew Clayman
Feb 23, 2026

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