“I prefer the demos”: The Smiths album Johnny Marr called flawed
“…I was too young to have enough experience…”
The Smiths
“I think we’re all becoming”: Lætitia Sadier on what separates Stereolab from their peers
Transformative idols of creation.
“I don’t care too much for being down-to-earth”: How did The Smiths write great riffs?
They were tight, propulsive and versatile
Bernard Sumner’s favourite song by The Smiths: “It knocked me for six”
“It kind of knocked me for six.”
‘Shoplifters Of The World Unite’: When socialism topped the charts
“Hand it over, hand it over, hand it over.”
“The things that I aspite to”: the song Johnny Marr wishes he had written
The ultimate rock ‘n’ roll song?