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The Smiths Not Like Any Other Love - The Culture Show

“It’s 30 years since Manchester four-piece The Smiths changed the face of British pop with their debut single ‘Hand In Glove’. In this half-hour Culture Show special, fellow Mancunian and lifelong fan Tim Samuels sets out to find out why The Smiths have such a special place in the hearts of a generation of Brits” […]

REVIEW ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FOR GIGSLUTZ – Powerful melodies, allusions to The Smiths, pop culture references, a touch of glam, wistful acoustic guitars, memorable and eloquent verses, brilliant jingles, humor combined with darkness and introspective moments a la Viva Hate, Bona Drag, or Vauxhall and I […]

★ ★ ★ ★ If you think that David Bowie, next to Marc Bolan, The New York Dolls and Roxy Music pioneered glam rock and androgyny in music, well, it´s true, but you´re certainly not giving credit to Jobriath, this graceful and unlucky man…

In the aftermath of Morrissey´s most difficult year in a 2013 full of illnesses, cancellations, and the lack of a record label (a constant in his career), it seems that Manchester´s melancholic poet´s back in shape […]

This is definitely the darkest album from The Smiths with Morrissey at his most depressing compared only to future songs like “Asleep”, “Heaven Knows I´m Miserable Know” and “Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me”.