The Smiths Archives

Oddball audio for cinematic assassins

The famed bassist has died at age 59

Don’t believe the hype.

UK legends releasing demo versions of classic tracks on 7-inch single.

Essential gifts for the music lover in your life.

Six-disc set to chronicle the history of independent music in Manchester from 1977-1993.

PETA and The Smiths have teamed up for a new flash game called “This Beautiful…

Morrissey is rallying fans to get The Queen Is Dead‘s title track back on the…

Strangetweets here we come.

Some subtle but important changes to this classic album.

Nine Inch Nails, The Smiths, N.W.A. on nominee list.

Lou Reed, Bill Withers and Green Day also nominated.

On the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut, we take a look at the songs that saved our lives.

When a good thing goes unexpectedly bad.

Embedded audio, historical mementos and other cool stuff.

Smiths’ licensing parent company threatening to take down blog.

Treble takes its readers to school.

10 albums that hide their gold in the second half.

The best and brightest from a fairly nebulous genre.

No, really, this one’s different!