Johnny Marr gives us ‘The Right Thing Right’
Best known (at least or the moment) as a strummer of strings in The Smiths, Modest Mouse and The Cribs, Johnny Marr is effectively stoking the fires of his guitar-hero legacy with imminent debut, The Messenger. His second single from the record (due due February 26th) is entitled, The Right Thing Right, and it serves...
Johnny Marr unveils ‘The Messenger’
Earlier this month, we gasped when it was reported that Johnny Marr had announced his first proper solo LP, The Messenger, for release in February 2013. Today, we muffle tiny squeals of delight as he surprises us with a video for the title track. It’s artsy (but not too artsy) in a tasteful black and...
Johnny Marr announces solo LP, ‘The Messenger’
Did you hear that? We sure did. It was the collective *gasp* of Johnny Marr fans the world over as concrete news of his first-ever, proper solo album breaks across the intraweeb. According to his official website, Johnny has recorded The Messenger and scheduled it for a February 25th release date via Warner Bros. Recorded...
The Cribs new pop-up ‘Glitters Like Gold’ video
Directors Andy Knowles and Stephen Agnew have integrated fun, ‘pop-up’ features into The Cribs new video for Glitters Like Gold, giving it a visual, seven-degrees-of-video-separation kind of vibe. Simply click on the ‘band fact’ pop-ups that appear throughout the video and more videos (featuring the band members and/or activities mentioned) magically pop-up for your viewing...
Stream The Cribs’ homecoming show
Tomorrow night (May 16th), The Cribs will return to Wakefield for a long overdue homecoming show in support of their brand new In the Belly of the Brazen Bull LP. Fans from across the world can ‘virtually’ attend this anticipated show via a live stream courtesy Jack Daniel’s and JDRoots. The band will take the stage...
The Cribs: And then there were three
The Cribs are three brothers from Wakefield, West Yorkshire who formed in 2002 for “something to do.” With a keen ability to merge punk riffs with pop hooks, Ryan, Gary and Ross Jarman signed quickly to Wichita Recordings and by 2004, released their self-titled debut to instant acclaim. Then came two more: 2005’s The New Fellas and...
The Cribs release ‘In the Belly of the Brazen Bull’
UK punk rockers The Cribs release their fifth studio album, In The Belly of the Brazen Bull on their home soil today. The album will be released to North American fans next Tuesday, May 15. The off-again-on-again trio, comprising Jarman bothers Ryan, Gary and Ross, have indicated that the LP – their first since legendary...
Pre-release stream of The Cribs new album
This band of British brothers may now be sans Johnny Marr, but there’s certainly no shortage of big names gracing the liner notes of In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull: part of the LP was recorded with Flaming Lip/Mercury Rev producer Dave Fridmann and another with Mr. (needs-no-introduction) Steve Albini. In The Belly Of...
Come on hear The Cribs new single
Following up Chi-Town and preceding forthcoming fifth album, In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull, UK trio The Cribs premiere new single, Come On, Be A No-One. Recorded between London’s Abbey Road, Chicago and New York’s Tarbox Road studio, the band’s newest offering will drop April 15 on Wichita Recordings. The Cribs will perform Come...