According to The Times Moz looked "unhealthy and uncomfortable" (and bloated) at Albert Hall on Tuesday when he retooled "How Soon Is Now" to include references to standing up and staged a Lazarus act that ended with a gong and... CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY RETURNS TO THE STAGE»
Posted on October 29, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: Dan Deacon | Morrissey | The Smiths
Morrissey's in stable condition after collapsing onstage Saturday at the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon while performing the set's opener, "This Charming Man." He's been released from the hospital, but tonight's Bournemouth Academy show has been postponed.... CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY RECOVERING AFTER ONSTAGE COLLAPSE»
Posted on October 26, 2009 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers | Morrissey
Coachella is already the most fashionable of the summer festivals by virtue of its proximity to Los Angeles, so this year the NYT ran with the glam, taking a bagful of high fashion garments and draping them on a bunch... CONTINUE READING INDIE ROCKERS PLAY DRESS-UP FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES»
Posted on July 17, 2009 (23 comments)
Tags: Ariel Pink | Beirut | Brandon Flowers | Coachella | Conor Oberst | Friendly Fires | Gang Gang Dance | Girl Talk | Ida Maria | Jenny Lewis | Lykke Li | Morrissey | No Age | Public Enemy | Robert Smith | Rye Rye | The Cure | The Killers | The Kills | Vivian Girls
What would happen if Morrissey's Years Of Refusal took a dubbier, March Of The Zapotec detour? Mexican DJ/producer Toy Selectah's good-times remix of "When I Last Spoke to Carol" comes complete with roosters at MySpace.... CONTINUE READING TOY SELECTAH REMIXES MORRISSEY»
Posted on June 4, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: Julian Casablancas | Morrissey | Toy Selectah
After rescheduling several concerts, Moz says he's now "as close to good health as I'm likely to get" and reveals an 18-track b-sides collection Swords is coming in October. Also that's not him blogging on Twitter and Facebook. Duh. Full... CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY ANNOUNCES B-SIDES COMP, DENOUNCES TWITTER»
Posted on June 1, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Bloc Party | Leeds | Morrissey
Morrissey was complaining about the smell of roasting dead things at Coachella. He ought to also be complaining about the deadbeat audience in the video for the newest (but also sort of oldest) Years Of Refusal track "Something Is Squeezing... CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY VIDEO - "SOMETHING IS SQUEEZING MY SKULL"»
Posted on April 24, 2009 in Video (10 comments)
Tags: Morrissey | Smith Westerns
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy Our trek into Indio went so smoothly this year that we've both become paranoid about something going incredibly wrong at any moment, but so far we've made it through without broken bones or spirits.... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA 2009: MOZ, MACCA, COHEN LEAD FRIDAY'S NOSTALGIA PARADE»
Posted on April 18, 2009 in Concert, Photo (29 comments)
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers | Beirut | Coachella | Conor Oberst | Crystal Castles | Dan Melchoir | Franz Ferdinand | Genghis Tron | Ghostland Observatory | Girl Talk | Leonard Cohen | M. Ward | Mike Patton | Morrissey | N.A.S.A. | Paul McCartney | Rahzel | Silversun Pickups | Steve Aoki | The Beatles | The Black Keys | The Hold Steady | The Presets | We Are Scientists | White Lies | Wings
Twitter users were outraged last week when the service shut down @CWalken, a popular but totally fake celebrity account. Indeed it's way too easy to be duped by fake profiles. (So easy!) Not that folks care -- Tina Fey disowned... CONTINUE READING WE GOT THE TWEET: THE IMPOSTERS»
Posted on April 1, 2009 in We Got The Tweet (23 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Ben Gibbard | Courtney Love | Dave Grohl | Morrissey | Perry Farrell | Robyn Hitchcock | Tom Waits
This week Morrissey has been in town to inspire hugs and histrionics from crowds in small rooms with awesome sound (Bowery Ballroom last Saturday), stately rooms with awesome sound (Carnegie Hall this Thursday), and Webster Hall tomorrow night. In the... CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY BRINGS "BLACK CLOUD" TO JIMMY FALLON»
Posted on March 24, 2009 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Jimmy Fallon | Morrissey | Peter Bjorn And John | Sufjan Stevens
Diehard fans will claim he never went away, but to those of us who didn't weep or throw flowers when we saw him live, it seems like Mr. Morrissey is in the midst of a renaissance. "Shame Is The Name"... CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY (FEAT. CHRISSIE HYNDE) - "SHAME IS THE NAME"»
Posted on February 13, 2009 (13 comments)
Tags: Bridezilla | Chrissie Hynde | Morrissey | Siren Festival | The Pretenders
When Moz's highly repeatable Years Of Refusal dropped everybody was like "this is a rock record, listen to his band rocking!" And then some months later the "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" single was announced and everyone was like... CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY DOES "SOMETHING IS SQUEEZING MY SKULL" FOR JIMMY KIMMEL»
Posted on February 6, 2009 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Jimmy Kimmel | Morrissey | Wavves
The inner sleeve of the "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" single features a photo of Moz and band wearing nothing except 7" records on their dicks. This is notable because OMG, and also because dude does not get enough... CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY GETS NAKED, CHATS WITH RUSSELL BRAND»
Posted on January 30, 2009 (32 comments)
Tags: Morrissey | Russell Brand | Torche
One of the best songs off Years Of Refusal gets a super simple video with Moz and band performing in an empty white room. It's not what we pictured when we first heard the song 100 years ago, but it... CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY VIDEO - "I'M THROWING MY ARMS AROUND PARIS"»
Posted on January 12, 2009 in Video (10 comments)
Tags: Leeds | Morrissey | Radiohead
Morrissey's ninth solo album is one of those collections that leaked in fits and starts via live performances and singles and the like that by the time we took it in from "Something Is Squeezing My Skull" through "I'm OK... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: MORRISSEY - YEARS OF REFUSAL»
Posted on January 7, 2009 in Premature Evaluation (21 comments)
Tags: Leeds | Morrissey | The Living End
Based on fan-captured YouTubes of Moz's newest songs, our expectations for Years Of Refusal have been high. When we posted about the Jacksonville live debut of this first single in July of 2007, even the queasy camerawork couldn't keep us... CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY - "I'M THROWING MY ARMS AROUND PARIS"»
Posted on December 29, 2008 (22 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand | Morrissey
There a few more days of pretending to look busy at work ahead, but as far as our iTunes are concerned 2009 can't get here soon enough. We're done with the lists. It's time for the new. We pored over... CONTINUE READING THE 20 ALBUMS WE'RE MOST EXCITED TO HEAR IN 2009 »
Posted on December 19, 2008 in Video (257 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty | Beirut | Black Lips | Blikk Fang | Dan Deacon | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear | Kings Of Convenience | Lightning Bolt | Lily Allen | M. Ward | Mastodon | MGMT | Morrissey | of Montreal | The Dead Weather | The Decemberists | U2 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
We channeled high-school poetry class when analyzing Morrissey's Years Of Refusal album art, but even with his weighty caterpillar tattoo and all that the child-is-the-father-to-the-man business, the man didn't actually have a US label ready for the Jerry Finn-produced collection... CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY ANNOUNCES US LABEL, 2009 US TOUR DATES»
Posted on December 18, 2008 in Tour Dates (12 comments)
Tags: Morrissey | The Dead Weather | The Smiths
It's been a longtime coming for Morrissey's followup to 2006's Ringleader Of The Tormentors. Or it just seems like we've been hearing about it and songs from it for quite a while. The final 12-song tracklist hasn't been entirely confirmed.... CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY'S YEARS OF REFUSAL ALBUM ART»
Posted on December 2, 2008 in Album Art (13 comments)
Tags: Morrissey | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
He's been implying as much for a really long time, so this song has been a career in the making. "All You Need Is Me," which we first heard via Craig Ferguson, gets a video pitting Moz in a tropical... CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY VIDEO - "ALL YOU NEED IS ME" (AND NEW ALBUM TITLE)»
Posted on May 30, 2008 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Morrissey
At Coachella we spotted a couple Moz tattoos. People probably got that ink based on Steven Patrick's older work. The McCain disser, decked in an American Idol tee and jacket, doesn't sound as great as he once did during this... CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY TO CRAIG FERGUSON: "ALL YOU NEED IS ME"»
Posted on April 29, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Craig Ferguson | Morrissey
Russell Brand is a famous personality across the pond, now on America's radar thanks to Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (Lindsay at Videogum finally found screengrabs of Jason Segel's penis, you're welcome.) At 32, Brand already has quite a Wiki: he kicked... CONTINUE READING RUSSELL BRAND HAS A MUSIC VIDEO, MORRISSEY'S E-MAIL»
Posted on April 24, 2008 (9 comments)
Tags: Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Infant Sorrow | Jason Segal | Morrissey | Russell Brand
To your right, Exhibit A. This advert (click on 'Advert') for Moz's forthcoming Greatest Hits presents Exhibit B through U people are crazy. Viva la rock tat. Sweet tracklist.
Posted on February 1, 2008 in VIDEO (2 comments)
Today the Times Online published the tale of Andrew Winters's short-lived stint as assistant road manager for Moz, and it serves as the definitive guide on how to curry Morrissey's favor in such a situation -- its lesson distilled to... CONTINUE READING YOU'D PROBABLY GET FIRED AS MORRISSEY'S ROADIE IN UNDER TWO DAYS, TOO»
Posted on January 25, 2008 (8 comments)
Tags: Lily Allen | Morrissey | The Wrens
This past Friday night, Moz took the stage at La Laiterie in Strasbourg, France, sans Je Suis Morrissey tee, but armed with good tidings and evidence of work being underway on the next studio effort. We've been charting "That's How... CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY LIVE VIDEO - "MAMA LAY SOFTLY ON THE RIVERBED" / "SOMETHING IS SQUEEZING MY SKULL"»
Posted on January 21, 2008 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: Morrissey
Funny, just last night one of us was listening to the Smiths in a bar when someone asked if Morrissey still unbuttoned his shirt during his lives shows. The answer ... "Of course." And here's the James Dean-approved live video... CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY VIDEO - "THAT'S HOW PEOPLE GROW UP"»
Posted on January 17, 2008 in Video (1 comments)
Tags: Morrissey
Get Flash to see our mp3 player. Here are our mp3s:
Cold Cave - Life Magazine (»)
Pants Yell! - Cold Hands (»)
Bill Quick - Take Me Away (»)
Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel (Wallpaper's Mariah Mashup) (»)
Air - Sing Sang Sung (Black Moth Super Rainbow Remix) (»)
Avi Buffalo - What's In It For (»)
Vampire Weekend - Horchata (»)
Small Black - Kings Of Animals (»)
Max Tundra - Which Song (Passion Pit Remix) (»)
Cold Cave - Theme From Tomorrowland (»)
Tegan And Sara - Hell (»)
Jeff The Brotherhood - Bone Jam (»)
Mount Eerie - Wind's Dark Poem (»)
Tigercity - Fake Gold (»)
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (»)
Drink Up Buttercup - Even Think (Andrew W.K. Remix) (»)
Florence And The Machine - You've Got The Love (The xx Remix) (»)
Cold Cave - The Laurels of Erotomania (»)
Jookabox - Phantom Don't Go (»)
Jookabox - You Cried Me (»)
