June 5, 2018October 12, 2018 Watch Johnny Marr Perform A New Song From His Upcoming Album By Riot Fest / New Music / The Smiths, Johnny Marr, call the comet Johnny Marr is ramping up a new album, Call the Comet. The Smiths guitarist's third solo LP is scheduled for release on June 15 via New… Read more
April 6, 2018August 3, 2018 Johnny Marr Announces New Album, ‘Call the Comet,’ and Releases New Song By Riot Fest / New Music / The Wonder Years, The Smiths, hopeless records Johnny Marr's new album Call the Comet is scheduled for release on June 15, and now you can listen to the first single, "The Tracers,”… Read more
April 3, 2018April 2, 2018 Not-So-Pyschometrics: Science has Explained A Bunch of Crap We Already Knew, Scientifically By Dustin Krcatovich / Archive, Random / science, The Smiths, Beatles In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, there's a lot of talk in the news about psychometrics: those info clusters that, when combined, allow… Read more
February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 There is a Not-So-Light Graphic Novel About The Smiths That Soon Comes Out By Riot Fest / Music News / morrissey, The Smiths, Johnny Marr Don't panic, Smiths fans. Soon you'll have a fun new way to learn about your favorite band! Read more
July 20, 2017 The Smiths Announce Deluxe Reissue of ‘The Queen Is Dead,’ Release Studio Outtake By Riot Fest / Archive, Music, News / morrissey, reissues, The Smiths We're thrilled to share the news that The Queen Is Dead, the seminal album by The Smiths, is being reissued in a super deluxe manner… Read more
October 7, 2016 Peanuts + The Smiths = This Charming Charlie By Riot Fest / Chicago, Denver, News / morrissey, The Smiths, peanuts Oakland-based artist Lauren LoPrete has created a wonderful mashup of Morrissey/Smiths sullen lyrics and the childhood antics of Charlie Brown and friends. Her tumblr, "This Charming… Read more
August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 Meat is Murder The Video Game By Riot Fest / Chicago, News / morrissey, The Smiths, PETA Morrissey and PETA have teamed up to bring us a video game version of "Meat Is Murder". From the press release: The Smiths’ 1985 classic “Meat… Read more