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This week Josh & Trent dive into music from The Smiths.
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This week Josh & Trent dive into music from The Smiths.
Darrin has a chat with one of his drumming idols…Mike Joyce from the legendary UK band THE SMITHS
Do you know The Smiths? If not, you will after the latest First Person podcast. From “Girl Afraid” to “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” we get deep into the English rock band’s catalogue.
It’s an evening with The Smiths tonight on First Person.
Starting in 1982, The Smiths have influenced countless bands that followed. Let Josh take you on a journey and the legacy that followed the band’s humble beginnings by Steven Patrick Morrissey and John Maher.
Angst-ridden Mancunian rock quartet The Smiths have beaten off competition from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to be declared music bible NME’s most important rock group of the last 50 years. The band, renowned for its fatalistic lyrics and fronted by the misery-wallowing Morrisey, have not troubled the pop charts for more than a decade, but NME – the fanzine formerly known as New Musical Express – ranked them as more important than Elvis, the Sex Pistols and Madonna. Bands were assessed on the number of front covers, letters and features they generated as well as end-of-year polls. Beatle… Read more »
Darrin talked to his old Goldfinger touring friend Paul Shull…now host of the Smithsonian Channel’s hit TV show The Weapon Hunter.
Four Year Strong has officially dropped a pop-punk cover of Stone Temple Pilots‘ beloved track “Vasoline.” The cover is set to appear on Pabst Blue Ribbon and Pure Noise Records‘ compilation cover album, Dead Formats: Vol. 3. The record is officially set for release on October 18. You can pre-order your copy here. Alongside Four Year Strong‘s release, Pure Noise Records also revealed Spanish Love Songs‘ “Don’t Change” INXS cover and Grumpster‘s reimagining of Lit‘s “My Own Worst Enemy.” Previous cover releases set to appear on Dead Formats: Vol. 3 include ‘68’s rework of Beastie Boys‘ “Intergalactic,” Bloom‘s cover of… Read more »
There aren’t many bands contending with The Killers for the widest breadth of sonic profile. Since the day that cage door opened, they’ve strayed worlds away from their grit-and-glam ethos of post-punk revival. The trek’s seen them over the washboard roads of heartland rock, through flashbangs of synth-driven pop, and the wildflower fields on the softer side of folk. And still, now 20 years removed from their Hot Fuss debut, they continue to fire off their early staples with the same love-scorned ferocity that had first lit the fuse. In celebration of the bi-decadal anniversary today, June 7, we reached… Read more »
Geek Girl Riot is more theatrical than ever with Riotous conversations about Queen Charlotte, Aladdin the Musical with stars Adi Roy and Marcus M. Martin, and Schmigadoon! season 2.
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from State Champs, Stand Atlantic, Yungblud, and more.
