Times-review on Luke Haines’ new book on music ‘freaks’: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1afa1145-ae91-4d44-8824-e4addce5f89e?shareToken=e599acd9d2bc948f4150b58e6c43509b
Excerpt:
Lou Reed, Marc Bolan and sad old Morrissey feature in this hymn to the misfits of music
He also tackles a...
PESTANA PALACE
February 27, 2024
The 'new' Morrissey interview and accompanying photographs at Pestana Palace are a hoax. Morrissey has not been to Portugal for many years, and does not give interviews unless at gun-point.
https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey
The interview...
The Smiths’ popularity keeps growing and growing. For the first time they have reached 15 million monthly listeners on Spotify ánd made their top 500 artists which deserves a special mention on Spotify’s platform.
The new Uncut ranks the 500 greatest albums of the 80s. All five Smiths albums make the top 100, with two of them making the top 10.
Typically, Morrissey is ignored…
https://www.uncut.co.uk/publications/introducing-the-500-greatest-albums-of-the-1980s-ranked-144716/
Full top-10:
1. Kate Bush –...
https://www.nme.com/news/music/johnny-marr-announces-compilation-album-spirit-power-the-best-of-johnny-marr-and-shares-new-single-somewhere-3500875
The ‘Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr’ tracklisting is:
‘Armatopia’
‘New Town Velocity’
‘Easy Money’
‘Spirit Power & Soul’
‘Hi Hello’...
A Tribe Called Quest
Cyndi Lauper
George Michael
Iron Maiden
Joy Division/New Order
Kate Bush
Missy Elliott
Rage Against the Machine
Sheryl Crow
Soundgarden
The Spinners
Warren Zevon
The White Stripes
Willie Nelson
A diverse list of names. Good to see Joy Division and New Order on the list for...
New on Netflix this week is this Spanish documentary from 2019, that follows Luis Le Nuit, a DJ and diehard Morrissey fan, exploring his personal evolution and the indie music scene in Barcelona.
Featuring Manuel Ríos of fanzine Morrissey, Drive Me Home and Mikel Erentxun who famously covered...
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-weeknd-scores-second-uk-number-1-album-with-after-hours__29226/
His 15th Top 10 hit, his 7th top-3 hit!
Viva Hate: 1
Bona Drag: 9
Kill Uncle: 8
Your Arsenal: 4
Vauxhall and I: 1
Southpaw Grammar: 4
Maladjusted: 8
You Are the Quarry: 2
Ringleader of...
1 The Weeknd - After Hours (11.5k) *
2 Morrissey - I Am Not a Dog On a Chain (5.8k) *
3 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (4.1k)
4 David Bowie - Is It Any Wonder? (3.4k) *
5 The Slow Readers Club - The Joy of the Return (3.2k) *
Looks like another top-3 finish is possible...
I think my least favourite Morrissey album.
I never clicked with songs like Black Cloud, Birthday, Sorry or OK.
The singles were pretty good, but two of them were already a year old when the album was released.
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