Real Accountability

Sept. 4, 2007 Postmarks

Insist on Accountability!

Aug. 17, 2007 Postmarks

Mice & Rifles

Record Review

"...drawl. And although closing All Kites Up with the Smiths' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" seems..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

'Hysterical' Is a Connotatively Loaded Word

June 17, 2007 Postmarks

There Is Only One Economic Theory, and McDonald Knows It

June 4, 2007 Postmarks

Morrissey

"...is still dead, although longtime fans of the former Smiths frontman presumably embraced the irony inherent in Morrissey's frequent..."

June 1, 2007 Music Review by Marc Savlov

The New Rage

Voxtrot finally conquers the LP

"...landed an Austin fan base. Obvious influences like the Smiths and Belle & Sebastian matched the youthful exuberance of..."

May 18, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Patti, Mary, and Miriam

Girl talk with Patti, Mary, and Miriam.

May 7, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Big Hair, Bigger Hearts

Earnest Eighties bands get a second chance on XM Radio.

"...more lovelorn and dour miserable bastards in the Cure, Smiths, and Echo & the Bunnymen. Over the years, critical..."

May 2, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

Modest Mouse

"...songs reflects a mutual respect between Brock and former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, the bandleader's squiggly guitar lines and..."

April 27, 2007 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Our Continuance Depends on It

March 9, 2007 Postmarks

Echo Chamber

Horse + Donkey collides with Echo & the Bunnymen's Heaven up Here

"...JZ: I did. And before that it was the Smiths. And after that it was just a three-month love..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Lemurs

"...acts John Hughes slipped into his movies alongside the Smiths or Thompson Twins; all it's missing is Molly Ringwald..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Dynah

Record review

"...chameleons than the Chameleons, channeling the Cure and the Smiths for a slick shoegaze simulacrum that was at times..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Review by Austin Powell

TCB

Ever health-conscious, TCB talks allergies with Claritin pitchman Bruce Robison, delves into the Music Genome Project, and observes the highest holiday of the most sacred herb

April 21, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Nine Black Alps

"...their nice new trainers, the soggy heartache of the Smiths and the gobby chavmastery of whatever Shaun Ryder's been..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Spotlight: Jana Hunter

Jana Hunter's unstaring DIY

"...listening to Neil Diamond, ABBA, and, most importantly, the Smiths: "I've always been drawn to kind of melancholy stuff."..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

TCB

SXSW music news

"...night I dreamt that somebody loved me." – The Smiths, Strangeways, Here We Come, 1987 You Have Killed Me..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Morrissey

SXSW showcase reviews

"...his fan base will always love him for the Smiths, he will forever stand alone as the Moz. "Last..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Voxtrot

Voxtrot's utopian pop, ready for the Elysian Fields

"...and corridors" led to a shared love of the Smiths and New Order...."

March 3, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Crack Music

2005's music haiku

"...Can't Make It Here." Fortunately, a few veteran tune smiths still squeak out a living here, deep in the..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story

Gift guide

"...eternal "Teenage Kicks," disc three is an Anglophile's delight: Smiths, Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, Morrissey's gloriously glum "Everyday..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...These Smiths-obsessed Texans know how to turn morose into melody. With..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

ACL Music Festival Interviews

"...mention the less pharmaceutically active Buzzcocks, Joy Division, and Smiths – to the world. According to Goodwin, it's not..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Bloc Party

"...decades' worth of influences, from the Stones to the Smiths, and concocted a bruising set of songs that conjure..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Voxtrot

Record review

"...minutes of glorious jangle. The afore-quoted title track and Smiths-laden "The Start of Something" are only warnings of the..."

July 29, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

At the Drive-In

"...by the band: a collection of favorites, covers (the Smiths' "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" and Pink Floyd's..."

July 15, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Billiards Matt Berninger's shadowy tenor is pure Joy Division, Smiths, Psych Furs, but stepping up into their new Beggars..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

New Model Army

Anarchy in the UK

"...enough lovelorn confessionals to make even the most jaded Smiths fan forget about the Mozzer, if only for a..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Blame Canada

A sampling of musical poutines

"...on its most recent, No Cities Left, combining the Smiths with Serge Gainsbourg, courtesy of the golden pipes of..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

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