Morrissey quashes Smiths reunion – again

AUG 23. As if the music industry hasn’t got the message, no amount of money, not even the $75 million on the table this time round will coerce Morrissey into reforming The Smiths.
Ahead of Moz’s Autumn tour in the States, his publicist confirmed the artist refused the substantial sum offered to tour under the Smiths’ [...]

Shallowest music blog post of the year

And it’s not from us. Instead, swing over to the Guardian’s music blog, where reminiscing thirtysomethings are discussing the return of The Cure:
“Robert Smith is one of those Artists who should have died young, He would be feted today in the same way as Jimmy, Jim and Kurt. Instead He’s a middle aged Fat man in [...]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Is Is EP

1. Rockers To Swallow 
2. Down Boy 
3. Kiss Kiss 
4. Isis 
5. 10 x 10   
NB: if buying on iTunes, get the £1.99 version, not the £3.98 – it’s exactly the same. Unsure why Apple had to be so blatant about the rip-off.
To the music. The one line review would read: this is Fever To Tell meets Show [...]