The Smiths
‘Please let me get what I want’: can artists stop politicians from using their songs?
The Trump-Smiths feud is the latest episode in a story that re-emerges every four years: the war between musicians and politicians over campaign music
Matthew Cantor in Los Angeles
30, Jan, 2024 @9:53 PM
Johnny Marr blasts Donald Trump for playing the Smiths song at rally
The Smiths guitarist and co-songwriter says ‘consider this shit shut right down right now’ after seeing footage of rally in South Dakota
Sian Cain
24, Jan, 2024 @2:27 AM
Musical mysteries: the unlikely album cover stars who became modern pop enigmas
As the old man on Led Zeppelin’s fourth album artwork is identified, we take a look at albums that are as famous for the faces on their sleeves as their music
Dorian Lynskey
12, Nov, 2023 @10:00 AM
‘Mind-boggling’: Johnny Marr on his 53 favourite guitars – and the one Noel Gallagher smashed
They were used to write Smiths classics like Still Ill and What Difference Does It Make? As the star publishes a coffee-table book telling the stories of his most adored guitars, he remembers the loan to Noel that made him give up booze
Andy Welch
16, Oct, 2023 @3:24 PM
Salty Brine: Bigmouth Strikes Again review – a self-made monster hit
The Smiths’ songs are transplanted on to the gothic horror of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – and it works
Brian Logan
05, Sep, 2023 @11:18 AM
Blossoms and Rick Astley at Glastonbury review – Smiths hits are the very opposite of miserable now
Covering the Smiths’ back catalogue in a secret Glasto set, Blossoms are admirably tight, while Astley banishes any sense of moral queasiness at listening to these beloved songs
Jenessa Williams
24, Jun, 2023 @7:25 PM
A light that never goes out: why the Smiths are eternally influential
In a second feature marking 40 years of the Smiths, fans including Andy Burnham and Connie Constance consider how and why the band have endured
Shaad D'Souza
01, Jun, 2023 @9:45 AM
‘An astounding rush of real-time creativity’: 40 years of the Smiths’ Peel Sessions
Not everyone finds it easy to listen to the Smiths now, but those early transmissions were utterly formative for this vital new band and their enraptured fans
Michael Hann
31, May, 2023 @10:57 AM
Andy Rourke obituary
Bassist with the Smiths whose distinctive melodic style was central to the band’s sound
Dave Simpson
19, May, 2023 @4:44 PM
Andy Rourke was the other melodic genius in the Smiths: spry, funky and masterful
Rourke’s propulsive basslines worked in perfect tandem with Johnny Marr’s guitar parts to create the Smiths’ singular sound
Alexis Petridis
19, May, 2023 @12:57 PM
Andy Rourke, bassist for the Smiths, dies aged 59
Musician described as ‘supremely gifted’ by bandmate Johnny Marr had suffered long illness with pancreatic cancer
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
19, May, 2023 @6:50 AM
‘I’m CBE, I’m poet laureate so I’m clearly not a republican am I?’: Simon Armitage
When Simon Armitage left his job as a probation worker to become a full-time poet his dad was horrified. Is the former young subversive turned royal appointee now part of the establishment?
Simon Hattenstone
08, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM
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