Johnny Marr News and Photos

Kendal Calling announce 80 new additions to line-up

Fri, May 24 2013 2:25pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

Award winning music festival Kendal Calling has already been dropping huge names for its three day lineup.

Rare footage of The Smiths unearthed after 25 years - watch

Thu, May 23 2013 6:17pm - Source: NME

Footage of a rare gig Morrissey performed with The Smiths after he left the band to go solo has emerged online.

Miles Kane's Jack Daniel's JD Roots homecoming show in Liverpool ends in stage invasion

Fri, May 17 2013 4:41pm - Source: NME

Miles Kane played most of new album 'Don't Forget Who You Are' at a tiny Jack Daniel's JD Roots show in Liverpool as part of NME's campaign to find Britain's Best Small Venue in association with Jack Daniel's JD Roots.

Johnny Marr: 'Underground culture was co-opted by politicians listening to decent pop bands'

Wed, May 15 2013 3:57pm - Source: NME

Johnny Marr has hit out at members of Parliament for "co-opting" underground culture by "listening to fucking decent pop bands".

The Smiths: best or worst band of the last 30 years?

Sun, May 12 2013 7:36am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

"I remember the first time I heard a song by The Smiths. I didn't understand it. Not that there was anything obscure or experimental about it; it was a three-minute pop song, with verses and choruses in the expected places and an indelible vocal melody.

Johnny Marr

Mon, May 06 2013 4:25pm - Source: Under The Radar Magazine

Johnny Marr is one of the few living players who might be referred to as a "guitar hero" with a genuine nod of reverence.

Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke Reunite in NY

Mon, May 06 2013 2:11pm - Source: Rolling Stone

One night before concluding his solo headlining tour of the United States, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr surprised his crowd at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn by inviting his former bandmate Andy Rourke onstage.

Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke reunite at Brooklyn gig to cover 'How Soon Is Now?' - watch

Sat, May 04 2013 6:03pm - Source: NME

Johnny Marr reunited with his former bandmate Andy Rourke to cover The Smiths' 'How Soon Is Now?' at a show in Brooklyn last night (May 3) - click at the top of the page to watch.

Vampire Weekend, Troxy, review

Fri, May 03 2013 4:01pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

When politicians hitch their names to bands it tends to end in embarrassment for all concerned.

The 50 Best festivals

Fri, May 03 2013 3:28pm - Source: The Independent - Music

Expect to find everything from classical to rock in 181 venues across Brighton and Hove and up to the South Downs.

Johnny Marr on His Solo Debut, Smiths Reunion Rumors

Fri, May 03 2013 12:27pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Johnny Marr was just 23 when the Smiths broke up, but it took him until he was nearly 50 to finally cut a solo record.

The Friday Morning Listen: The Smiths – Meat Is Murder (1985)

Fri, May 03 2013 11:28am - Source: Something Else!

Why the hell am I listening to The Smiths?

Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze

Thu, May 02 2013 9:23am - Source: Uncut.co.uk

Kurt Vile is a man who routinely elevates idleness to an artform.

Temples – Westgarth Social Club, Middlesbrough 24/04/13

Tue, April 30 2013 2:22pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Sometimes sparks can fly in the most improbable of places.

Rock it Out! Blog: “A Conversation With Johnny Marr”

Mon, April 29 2013 3:14pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

It's a very special episode of Rock it Out!

Johnny Marr at The Phoenix in Toronto

Mon, April 29 2013 12:43pm - Source: Chromewaves

Frank Yang For the better part of the past 20 years, I've kept with me a copy of the January, 1990 issue of Guitar Player , the cover of which features a too-cool black-and-white photo of Johnny Marr under the title of "Anti-Guitar Hero".

Revolution 9

Sun, April 28 2013 9:17pm - Source: Plain or Pan?

When I first picked up the plank of wood I had the cheek to call a guitar, I hadn't yet mastered changing from a D to an A and back again before I realised something was missing.

Coachella Day 1 Recap: Johnny Marr, Local Natives, Beach House, Purity Ring, and More

Mon, April 22 2013 6:07pm - Source: Under The Radar Magazine

The eleventh installment of Coachella began on a high note.

Beady Eye, Johnny Marr For FIB Benicassim

Mon, April 22 2013 11:14am - Source: ClashMusic.com

Beady Eye and Johnny Marr are amongst the latest additions to the line up for FIB Benicassim.

At The Drive-In - Acrobatic Tenement / Relationship of Command (Reissues)

Fri, April 19 2013 1:53pm - Source: The Quietus

Any term that's been applied to both Rites of Spring and My Chemical Romance is clearly one over which there's little agreement.

MGMT tease 'Alien Days' cassette – watch

Thu, April 18 2013 9:11am - Source: NME

MGMT have released a new video teasing their cassette single 'Alien Days' – scroll down to watch it.

Miles Kane reveals the small venue which inspired Last Shadow Puppets song

Tue, April 16 2013 2:07pm - Source: NME

Miles Kane has spoken about his favourite small venue, Liverpool's Heebie Jeebies.

Former Smiths Rocker Blasts Margaret Thatcher

Mon, April 15 2013 10:09pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

The following article is provided by Rolling Stone.

Phoenix Bring Out R. Kelly for Coachella Headlining Set

Mon, April 15 2013 3:11pm - Source: Rolling Stone

About three-quarters of the way through the band's joyous, two-years-in-the-making headlining set, R. Kelly – the Chicago R&B star who shares little if anything in common with the French rockers – belted one of his best known lyrics from offstage, shocking virtually everyone: "My mind's telling me no! But my body . . . my body's telling me yes!"

Johnny Marr: 'Margaret Thatcher didn't make Britain great'

Mon, April 15 2013 10:34am - Source: NME

Johnny Marr has spoken out about Margaret Thatcher.

James McCartney: 'When I Was 23 I Got Disillusioned By Music'

Sun, April 14 2013 10:06pm - Source: Rolling Stone

James McCartney is a man of many family traditions.

Johnny Marr Speaks Out About Margaret Thatcher

Sat, April 13 2013 11:42pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Like many of his fellow British musicians, Johnny Marr has very strong opinions on recently deceased British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Coachella 2013 Friday: Blur, Modest Mouse, Grinderman, & More

Sat, April 13 2013 8:36pm - Source: Stereogum

"It's the homeland!" one of the girls on the hotel shuttle yelped as we neared the festival.

Coachella 2013: Stone Roses, How to Destroy Angels Storm the Desert

Sat, April 13 2013 7:21pm - Source: Rolling Stone

The biggest rumor preceding this year's edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was that Daft Punk would be making a secret appearance – which in fact turned out to be (sort of) true.

Kendal Calling Festival Announces Over 85 New Artists!

Fri, April 12 2013 1:28pm - Source: Stereoboard

Kendal Calling is proud to announce legendary and controversial American Hip-Hop group Public Enemy will be touching down in the fields for a rare UK festival appearance.

Festival line-up update: Electric Daisy Carnival London, In The Woods, Lounge On The Farm and more

Fri, April 12 2013 11:54am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

In a brave (if risky) move given the dicey festival climate, bosses at boutique-y alt bash In The Woods have opted to keep their 2013 listings a secret till the day of the event.

Sandie Shaw: 'I want it to be a really nice goodbye'

Thu, April 11 2013 6:48am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Famous at 17, there seems a kind of effortlessness and fearlessness to Shaw's original pop incarnation, symbolised by her barefoot cool.

Bon Iver side project streams debut album online – listen

Mon, April 08 2013 7:19pm - Source: NME

The debut album by Bon Iver 's latest side-project, The Shouting Matches, is streaming online from today (April 8).

LISTEN: Stream Electronic Reissue

Tue, April 02 2013 4:05pm - Source: The Quietus

On April 8, Electronic, the collaborative duo of Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner begun in 1989, are reissuing their self-titled debut album, originally released on Factory Records in 1991, as a double-disc special edition (artwork above) via EMI — stream it exclusively here: The duo got together following Marr's departure from The Smiths and, with Sumner taking a break from New Order, they began creating music in the vein of the emerging nineties electronic scene, with the results of their work first emerging as 'Getting Away With It', their 1989 single, borne out of working with the Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. In new sleeve notes written by James Nice, Marr says: "We were two musicians who wanted to get away from the suffocating politics of the band. At the same time it was OK for duos and DJs and non-groups to make records, and that really appealed to Bernard and me. We saw ourselves more in the tradition of David Byrne and Brian Eno, with a lot of technotronics and FX, and Kraftwerk was a very important touchstone for Bernard. So the times were perfect because it was all right to make records with machines, and not have to be four guys stood up against a wall." As well as the original album, remastered by studio engineer Frank Arkwright, the special edition features a number of previously unreleased tracks, alongside Stephen Hague's 7" version of 'Disappointed', an instrumental version of 'Getting Away With It' and 'Turning Point', the B-side to 'Second Nature'.

Handyman: Billy Bragg

Thu, March 28 2013 5:25pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Billy Bragg was up early this morning, and he won't get to bed until late tonight.

Former Kraftwerk Member Karl Bartos Returns With 'Off the Record'

Tue, March 26 2013 5:36pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Credit Karl Bartos' neighbor with prodding the former Kraftwerk member into releasing his first solo album in a decade.

Drowned In Manchester #14

Mon, March 18 2013 8:24pm - Source: Drowned In Sound

As I look out to the view beyond my window whilst writing this, the sun is filtering through the sharp, clear air and bathing the city in a comforting light as evening settles in.

Simon Price on pop: Smiths' reborn rocker Johnny Marr is on the side of the angels

Sat, March 16 2013 7:46pm - Source: The Independent - Music

That dichotomy, however, comes with certain problems.

Johnny Marr - Concorde 2, Brighton - 14th March 2013 (Live Review)

Fri, March 15 2013 3:56pm - Source: Stereoboard

This award simply underlines the joy he has brought to countless scores of followers, all of whom have been captivated by the trademark Rickenbacker jingle-jangle tones which litter his phenomenal career with indie legends The Smiths and so many other acts including Modest Mouse, Electronic, The Cribs and Matt Johnsons The The. The first ever solo album by probably the most talented and adored indie-rock guitarist of all-time, 'The Messenger', hit stores on February 25th to mixed reviews (check out Stereoboard's review here ), many critics highlighting weaknesses rather than strengths, so it would be interesting to see how live performances would shape up.

25 Years On: Morrissey's Viva Hate Revisited

Fri, March 15 2013 2:44pm - Source: The Quietus

As a teenager my walk to school would take me past the childhood home of the lead singer of my favourite band at the time, The Smiths.

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