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The Cribs put new life in Marr's rock career

11.02.09
Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr took a risk by becoming a member of noisy upstarts The Cribs but it has paid off.... more

Off the record

12.12.08
Miserabilist singer Morrissey is more interested in his latest album than speculation about a reunion with Johnny Marr. So is it any good?.... more

Off the record

13.06.08
Indie record labels keep the new ideas coming and rightly deserve their own 4 July celebrations, says David Smyth. ... more

Morrissey to headline at Wireless Festival

26.03.08
Morrissey has been named as a headline act at the 02 Wireless Festival.... more

Stars form 'superband' to help homeless charity

30.01.08
A "superband" made up of some of the indie music scene's biggest names is set to perform in aid of homelessness charity Crisis.... more

Magnetic Morrissey

22.01.08
Twirling his microphone lead back and forth like a matador's cape, Morrissey showed why Britain needs stars with his level of magnetism.... more

Morrissey denounces NME over racism row

04.12.07
Morrissey is expected to hit back over claims he is racist as the row over his views on immigration continues to simmer.... more

Off the record

30.11.07
David Smyth looks at Morrissey's racism row with the magazine NME and how it shows that politics and pop are an awkward mix.... more

'Idol' Kylie honoured at Q Awards

08.10.07
Kylie Minogue was honoured as a music idol at the Q Awards. The star showed off a new Marilyn Monroe-esque hair do and a figure-hugging black frock at the ceremony.... more

DVDs of the week

17.07.07
Jude Law in Breaking And Entering, screen icon James Mason and the inside story on The Smiths all feature in this week's top DVDs.... more

Marr's Modest moment

25.05.07
Sir Elton John and Hillary Clinton, Johnny Marr's reinvigoration, and a new pop release from Moloko's Roisin Murphy are on David Smyth's agenda.... more

Mouse and Marr make magical melodies

24.05.07
Chris Elwell-Sutton applauds Modest Mouse for their inventiveness - but shame about the lead singer's voice. On the plus side, recruiting Johnny Marr was a good move.... more

CDs of the week

30.03.07
Macy Gray's fourth album, Tennessee's Kings of Leon, a jazz pianist from Ghent and Mali's top ngoni player all release albums this week.... more

Off the record: David Smyth

09.03.07
Breakthrough band Enter Shikari, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr's latest album and scratching DVDs as if they are vinyl all make it into David Smyth's column this week.... more

Morrissey ruled out of Eurovision

23.02.07
Former Smiths frontman Morrissey will no longer have any involvement in this year's Eurovision Song Contest despite talks with the BBC about him writing the UK's entry.... more

He's not so miserable now

11.12.06
Morrissey is not the most natural choice for an arena filler yet he dominated Wembley, emerging on stage looking as elegant as ever and cracking his microphone lead like a whip. ... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 weekend gigs

08.12.06
Electropop sextet CSS play their biggest London show, there's an impressive line-up for Xfm's Winter Wonderland and Morrissey continues his resurgence at Wembley.... more

Solo effort could be a master Stroke

01.12.06
Albert Hammond Jr bucks the trend of guitarists releasing appalling solo work. In fact, his first show in London was far better than anything the Strokes have done recently.... more

Critic's choice: Weekend clubs

10.11.06
LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy curates Magic & Medicine, Movers & Shakers gets a bit glam and there's an old school flavour at Tilteddisco.... more

Dolls call in their dues

23.10.06
Few can begrudge the New York Dolls the chance finally to profit from their influence three decades on. And not being the original line-up hasn't damaged their integrity either.... more

Faithless reward the faithful thousands

21.08.06
Morrissey was only a qualified success as he closed the 10th V Festival despite belting out a few classics from The Smiths. The night really belonged to Faithless, says Chris Elwell-Sutton.... more

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