For at least the past 20 years, real lyric heads have known that the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle and the the Hold Steady’s Craig Finn are two of the best writers — arguably the two best writers — operating in the indie rock sphere. Darnielle and Finn have plenty more in common, too. They’re bo...

When Irish thrashers Gama Bomb decided to cover The Pogues' classic If I Should Fall From Grace With God they reached out to Spider Stacey to see if he'd like to get involved. And he did

The singer was hospitalised with encephalitis last monthThe post The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan gives New Year’s health update appeared first on NME.

MacGowan's wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, told fans not to get "too worried" about the hospitalisation, and assured them that "he'll be fine" The post Shane MacGowan of The Pogues admitted to hospital appeared first on NME.

"'Fairytale of New York' is quite possibly the best Christmas song ever, and so we are honored to have a Pogue on tin whistle and vocals," So So Glos frontman Alex Levine saysThe post Spider Stacy of the Pogues joins the So So Glos on new Christmas song appeared first on NME.