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the smiths


Very sad news today as it is reported Andy Rourke, bass player for The Smiths, has died at the young age of 59, from pancreatic cancer. Rourke’s muscular style of bass playing was an integral part of The Smith’s sound – rhythmic yet expressive and capable of powering through the Johnny Marr jingle jangle sounds …

Morrissey kicked off his Irish/UK tour with a date at Killarney’s INEC Arena, oddly opting for only one Irish date by not including a Dublin one. So as it was only one date and in Killarney this meant many attending the show had to travel and travel they did from all corners of Ireland and …

The winner of the best guitarist in the universe and nicest chap alive (by me anyway), Johnny Marr, has just announced the release of a new EP entitled ‘Fever Dreams Pt 1’ and unveiled a luminescent video for first single off the EP, the jangling, hyperactive ‘Spirit Power & Soul’. The legendary songwriter and guitarist …

Melbourne band RVG (Romy Vager Group), in their second album ‘Feral’, have somehow managed to coalesce all that is great in the Australian indie scene – past and present – to produce what is in my opinion one of the best global releases in recent years. Hyperbole? Have a listen. You can detect all that …

In Australia, the term ‘Gold Class’ is synonymous with an upmarket cinema brand where you can recline in a smaller theatre and be fed morsels as you watch the movie. An apt name indeed for a band emanating out of Melbourne Australia that is offering something that is far above the mundane. The single, ‘Get …

Just in case you were wondering about tonight’s headline act, as soon as the lights went down, the crowd left you in no doubt that a legend was about to take centre stage… “Johnny. Johnny. Johnny fucking Marr! – Johnny. Johnny. Johnny fucking Marr! ”   The protagonist takes the stage and ploughs straight into …