The Smiths

As society and the music industry recovered fully in 2022, it proved to be a very fruitful year. With a plethora of new albums, concerts and announcements on the horizon, 2023 looks to be as busy. In fact, without making wild suggestions,…

"My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.” - Ronald Reagan It always happens, art reflects anxiety. At this time of upheaval,…

Morrissey is a divisive figure but, love him or loathe him, there’s no denying the creative blast of work he and Johnny Marr were responsible for with The Smiths. The importance of the group's workhorse effort can be outlined simply.…

NO ENCORE's resident Captain Fiddle Daithi returns to the show to recap an adventurous road trip on the Wild Atlantic Way before the boys get down to business as usual, and unusual as the case may be... ACT ONE: Road trips, metal…

The world is a bleak place according to Morrissey. He makes a hobby out of projecting his views into the public realm, thus leading him to be perhaps music’s chief provocateur. And in this fashion, seeing his music as a separate entity from…

England is Mine chooses to chronicle a period in the early, pre-Smiths, years of Morrissey's life. 1970's Manchester provides the backdrop to the time in a young artist's life that is often called 'formative'. The decision to include…