The Smiths

Provocation has always been a sharp tool in Morrissey’s arsenal. In his earliest days with The Smiths, the singer…

Morrissey has never made it easy on people who prefer to separate art from artist, but that was often part of his…

In what’s either a chilling demonstration of the predictive power of data mining or a totally obvious conclusion you…

On August 4, 1958, Billboard put Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” atop a brand-new chart it dubbed the Hot 100.…

A complete Smiths reunion remains as unlikely as a bipartisan healthcare deal in the U.S., so the news that a…

Given Morrissey’s recent comments on the sexual assault allegations against Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein, it’s…

Three staffers, three unabashed recommendations.

Twitter is a writerly platform, and as such can sometimes provide a bit too much transparency into the way our…

In the grand scheme of pop culture, Morrissey and The Smiths are undoubtedly influential, but still questionably…

Next to sex and death, there’s no more compelling subject for songwriters than the thing that happens in between…

A Smiths reunion grows less likely with each passing day and split from the European Union, but fans can take heart…

Johnny Marr’s autobiography Set The Boy Free opens in the summer of 1968, with a 4-year-old Marr staring at a little…

Last week, Johnny Marr revealed in an excerpt from his upcoming memoir that a Smiths reunion was in the works as…

The Smiths reunion that’s been haunting the minds of sad, dreamy teens for decades almost happened eight years ago.…

Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.

S.: Jenn Champion—who recently changed her longtime stage name from Jenn Ghetto, citing the potential offensiveness…

It’s no secret that Chris Gethard is a huge fan of The Smiths. After all, he’s got Smiths lyrics tattooed on his…

If you find yourself thinking about the end of the world as often as we do, you may want a soundtrack to go along…

In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Now that we’re a few weeks…

This week’s question is from Senior Editor Marah Eakin: