Last night Arcade Fire covered Echo And The Bunnymen at London’s Earls Court. Tonight they played another show at the venue, and debuted another cover — the Smiths b-side “London” — with Will Butler on lead vocals. (Arcade Fire previously covered “Still Ill” back in ’07.) To...

If I had to pick a “favorite song of all time,” there’s a pretty good chance I’d go with “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out,” from the Smiths’ 1986 LP, The Queen Is Dead. So it was with some trepidation that I approached this cover of that song, performed by Miley Cyrus las...

Next week, Abrams Books will release Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein’s Mad World: An Oral History Of New Wave Artists And Songs That Defined The 1980s. The book features interviews with 35 artists from the era, including Duran Duran, New Order, the Smiths, and Depeche Mode. We’ve got an excerpt from the book for you [...]

Producer and engineer says, "I'm not sure that it is a situation that can be resolved"    

Johnny Marr speaks about the early days of the band in this week's NME - out today (February 19)