Johnny Marr Contributes To Radio 2 The Record Producers Stephen Street

Johnny has contributed to Richard Allinson and Steve Levine’s profile of the work of Stephen Street - whose production credits include The Smiths, Blur and New Order. The show is pick of the week in Radio Times and is broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Monday 3 May 2010. 10pm - 11pm. There is an extended version on 6music on Sunday May 9th. You can listen to the Radio2 show Here

Review of The Cribs new 7" "So Hot Now"

Review of The Cribs new 7" "So Hot Now" at poptart

The Cribs announce exclusive Brighton club show

The Cribs play a Festival warm-up/fanclub show May 13th at Brighton Corn Exchange
This show is a secret/unannounced addition to The Great Escape, May 13th-15th
Just 500 tickets available, exclusively from this link below going to The Cribs Mailing list, Twitter & MySpace friends.
Tickets available here

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Wichita Birthday Garage Show

Johnny & The Cribs to play at the London Garage as part of @wichitarecs 10th 
birthday celebrations on Wednesday July 14th. The lineup is The Cribs, Sky Larkin, Lovvers. Tickets

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Confirm Glastonbury

Johnny and The Cribs have confirmed they are playing  Glastonbury Festival, they play the Other Stage on Saturday June 26th. The full lineup for the Other Stage is :- Pet Shop Boys  Editors  The Cribs  The National  Kate Nash  Imogen Heap Coheed and Cambria  Reef  Two Door Cinema Club 

Johnny Marr & The Cribs / Thermals Split 7" Single For Record Store Day

The Kill Rock Stars label releases an extremely rare Cribs/ Thermals split 7" single today, Record Store Day.  Both bands will contribute brand new songs: The Cribs' "So Hot Now" and The Thermals' "Separate". The split's limited to 2000 copies. 

Johnny Marr & The Cribs Coachella Flights Cancelled

Due to the ash from the Icelandic earthquake all flights to the USA were cancelled yesterday, meaning  Johnny & The Cribs will miss playing at  Coachella. Read Ryan’s blog here. Ryan's blog 

Johnny Marr “Landlords Stole My Records Off The Street"

Johnny’s blog for Record Store Day.
To me a record shop isn't a "specialist" shop , or a thrift store either, it's just a kind of shop, a very important kind of shop. 
Record shops were meeting places where you learn't about music, clothes, style and clubs.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE

Johnny Marr voted Top Guitarist Of All Time by Virgin

Read The Full Story Here

Johnny Marr on the trailer for Stooges Raw Power DVD

See Johnny on the trailer for the new Stooges Raw Power DVD here :

Stooges

Modest Mouse announce UK summer shows

Modest Mouse have announced four UK shows for this summer. 

27 Aug 2010 - Leeds Festival

28 Aug 2010 - Reading Festival

31 Aug 2010 - O2 Academy, Newcastle

01 Sep 2010 - O2 Academy, Liverpool

Johnny Marr, Why playing the guitar means everything

Playing the guitar means always having something cool to do. It means having ambitions to be a rock star, escaping your life, or just learning to play your favourite songs. It means having fun - because you really don't need to be able to read music or have lessons to do it pretty well - and it means buying a strap and making sure it's the correct length so it looks right and feels comfortable. But mainly so it looks right.  Playing the guitar means forming a band with your mates and having your own thing, and it means struggle, on your own with sore fingers for two weeks, or with your band in little pubs, clubs and vans around the country until something happens or you give up. Playing the guitar means meeting new people and making new friends, it means staying up late, and showing off, and it means being able to express yourself, often at very high volume. Playing the guitar means fixating on a particular model or make you dream about getting but can't afford. It means dressing up, and impressing some girls and impressing some boys. It means having a laugh, or disagreements over bits of songs or the direction of the group or the cover of the record, and it means feeling so happy about a riff or a song that you want the world to hear it that minute.  Playing the guitar means never being alone with nothing to do. It means strumming for fun, or going further and further into amazing territory and a lifetime of discovery and discipline, or just taking up a hobby that gives you a bit pleasure and a sense of achievement. Playing the guitar means everything. Know what I mean?

Why playing the guitar means everything