Subject: Morrissey (Singer)

• "Latinos Like Morrissey" Cliche Alert!

  Ugh. And from our sister paper up the 5/101 Freeway. In David Ehrenstein's otherwise-fine story about Brits living in El Lay: British pop star Morrissey encountered a similar phenomenon during his own nine-year L.A. residency, when "tribute" bands began springing up in the Latino community (as documented by William E. Jones in his 2004 film Is It Really So Strange?), having discovered in the lower-class British dandy a kindred spirit. Morrissey's ultraemotional singing style, coupled with his l

  November 22, 2006

• Moz & Marr Turn Down $75,000,000 for Smiths Reunion

  The latest from the Morrissey camp: A press release released just today announces Moz's final 30 stops on his latest successful tour promoting his number one UK album, Ringleader of the Tormentors—playing 168 shows in just over 21 months come November. These shows will be the last Morrissey will do "for the foreseeable future." But that wasn't really the interesting part of the release. This was: Finally, in an effort to stop the speculation and kill off the rumor mongers who seem to use the

  August 23, 2007

• The Police, Daft Punk, and DethKlok Among The Top National Concerts of '07

  Village Voice Media presents the Top Concerts of 2007 featuring: Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Interpol, Mavado, Rage Against the Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, Jah Cure, Arcade Fire, the Good, the Bad and the Queen, and other not as famous bands! (Compiled from national Village Voice Media staff by Web Music Editor David Downs) Click the photo (or this!) for some slides.

  January 2, 2008

• Some Names Are Better Than Others

  There's no denying it: Bands have a huge boner for naming themselves after Smiths songs. Tonight, LA's Sweet and Tender Hooligans are playing at the Grove of Anaheim (opening up the second of Tiger Army's five night stand). They get their name, natch, from "Sweet and Tender Hooligan," but it's not just their moniker they got from Morrissey, Marr and Co. - they're a Smiths cover band, and their lead singer makes an admirable attempt at an unenviable task; replicating Moz's distinct vocal style.

  October 24, 2008

• Sweet and Tender Hooligans Coming Back to OC

  Just a couple short days after appearing at the House of Blues in Anaheim (and in the pages of OC Weekly's freshly minted music column, Sound Guy, penned by a certain totally awesome dude), LA-based Smiths cover band Sweet and Tender Hooligans were announced as returning to our county on March 28 at Detroit Bar. "Go get 'em cause this is gonna sell out quick," says the venue, which I guess is...possible.It's certainly not a bad time to capitalize on Moztalgia, given that Morrissey's latest solo

  January 12, 2009

• Rumored/Confirmed Coachella Artists Start to Trickle In

  LAist has about 20 artists they say are "confirmed" for Coachella (coming up soon! April 17-19!), and many more that are "rumored"--and given that just about every act of note is "rumored" for Coachella at this point in the year, a classification that's about as meaningful as last night's Golden Globes (though any night when Tracy Morgan and Bruce Springsteen both get to give acceptance speeches is pretty awesome).Here's who they say are confirmed:

  January 12, 2009

• Coachella Lineup to Be Announced Tomorrow - Or IS It?!

  It's been a weird year as far as announcing acts for Coachella go, mainly since they haven't yet.It's usually around this time, but a few days earlier--last year it was announced on Jan. 21. Word came earlier today that it was going to be announced on KROQ at 7:20 a.m. tomorrow (because, y'know, KROQ plays so many of your typical Coachella performers), and as I steeled myself to be up that early (or just not go to bed) and find out with the rest of the world, this comes through on the station's

  January 26, 2009

• [Summer Guide] Different Brushstrokes This Summer at OC's Art Venues

  June 4, 2009

• Way Too Early Coachella Must-Sees

  I wanted to be the first person in the blogosphere to comment on what bands you should see at Coachella. So here goes. The Aggrolites -- LA's best white boy reggae/soul/funk band. They wear cool clothes and know how to throw a dance party. Thievery Corporation -- Maybe you know them, maybe you don't. The only time I went to Coachella (hello 2003), I saw these guys and they were great. Killer dance/groove stuff. Or maybe that was the weed talking. Superchunk -- They're still around? Bob Mou

  January 30, 2009

• [CD Review] Morrissey, 'Years of Refusal' (Lost Highway)

  February 19, 2009

• Album Review: Morrissey, 'Years of Refusal'

  Happy Morrissey day, everyone! I review the album in this week's Weekly, but here it is a few days early. You Are the Quarry, Ringleader of the Tormentors and Years of Refusal are the Mozzer's Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft and Modern Times. Believe it!The Smiths broke up in 1987, but people are still clinging onto hope that they'll eventually reunite. The rumor comes up every year as the announcement of a Coachella lineup looms, and every year, it turns out to be bunk. Routinely, you'll encou

  February 17, 2009

• [Coachella 2009] Everything New Is Old Again--and Vice Versa

  April 9, 2009

• [Sound Guy] The Best Tribute Bands to Never Exist

  January 8, 2009

• Mas Y Mas

  November 13, 2008

• Plug In

  October 16, 2008

• ¡Ask a Mexican!®

  January 24, 2008

• Flower of the Desert

  May 1, 2003

• A Good Gelding

  June 29, 2000

• The Boys With the Morrissey in Their Side

  August 7, 2003

• Trendzilla

  Wayfaring the right way

  March 22, 2007

• Coachella: Where We'll Be. Maybe.

  Oh gosh. It's almost here. Coachella. Three mind-melting days in the desert. Since the set times are up and all, let's look at what we're expecting to hit for suresies. Though of course, reality (fatigue, giant crowds, changing your mind, passing out from dehydration) may always get in the way.Here's Friday!

  April 16, 2009

• Rad Local Shows for Those Staying in Town This Weekend

  Don't feel like sweating your balls off? Or dropping 269 bizones to get the opportunity to sweat your balls off? Weird, but you've still got options around OC if you're not heading out to Coachella.

  April 16, 2009

• Chill Billies

  August 17, 2006

• Commie Girl

  May 11, 2006

• Hits!

  May 4, 2006

• Fullerton

  October 20, 2005

• !A Todos Bailar el Cover!

  April 28, 2005

• Gooooooaaaalll!

  March 31, 2005

• Black Hole Records

  November 25, 2004

• Live Reviews

  September 2, 2004

• Live Previews

  July 29, 2004

• Ass Crack Peep Show!

  January 9, 2003

• Letters

  October 10, 2002

• Letters

  October 3, 2002

• Interpol

  September 26, 2002

• Their Charming Man

  September 19, 2002

• Aaron Barrett

  November 8, 2001

• George Fryer

  October 5, 2000

• To Do This Weekend 4/17-4/19

  Long Beach Grand Prix- All Weekend!Watch downtown Long Beach transform into a race track with drifting, indy cars, and celebrity races.Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA; 562-436-3636Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, All Weekend!Featuring performances by Paul McCartney, Morrissey, The Black Keys, M. Ward, Conor Oberst and more!Empire Polo Field, 81-800 Ave. 51, Indio, CA; http://coachella.comFor more things to do this weekend--how could

  April 17, 2009

• Live(ish) from Coachella: Paul McCartney Plays Nearly his Entire 50-year Catalogue

  Hey, so sorry for not being very update-y last night: my iPhone's Internet apparently decided that we were no longer on speaking terms, and I didn't have any time to make it over to the LUXURIOUS PRESS TENT! because I was too busy seeing shows, man. So allow me to make up for lost time here.Paul McCartney closed down last night, of course. Oh boy did he. He played for two and a half hours (maybe closer to 2:40?), which I think is actually pretty typical for his recent solo shows, but an eternity

  April 18, 2009

• Live(ish) from Coachella: Morrissey Just Says No to Burning Animal Flesh

  So, I love Morrissey. I've seen him four times now, and each instance ranks among the happier moments of my life (yes, I know how lame that makes me sound, what of it?). But last night at Coachella apparently wasn't one of his happier moments.I always tell Morrissey detractors who decry him as just being mopey and gloomy that he's not at all like that, that even his most "woe is me" type songs are pretty tongue-in-cheek, and his current band is tight and rocks in a way that the Smiths never did.

  April 18, 2009

• Live(ish) from Coachella: Final Friday Thoughts!

  About to head out to take on another day. Whee! Beth Stirnaman is here in OC Weekly Central (Motel 6 in Palm Springs) uploading pics, so soon you'll have some stuff to look at instead of just these awesome plain text posts. Heard Mentality blogger Nate Jackson is here, too. Say hi, Nate!Before shoving off for Coachella: Part Deux, let's put Monday to bed with some thoughts:- Franz Ferdinand nailed it. Nice little one-hour set drawing on all three of their albums. "Do You Want To," "Take Me Out,"

  April 18, 2009

• [Locals Only] Chasing Paper With Faded Paper Figures

  May 7, 2009

• Talk Talk: Justin Kennedy of Army Navy (Part 1)

  Travis SchneiderReally, it's almost embarrassing how much I like LA-based pop band Army Navy. After seeing them open up for the Shys last October at Detroit Bar, I pushed their self-titled record (released on their own label, Fever Zone Records) on anyone that would listen. Songs like "Slight of Hand" and "Saints" are simply way too much fun not to be shared.I'm pretty giddy that they're coming back into town this week--Thursday, June 25 at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana, in a show sponsored by U

  June 24, 2009

• Geeking It Up with Billy Kernkamp

  Classic concentration.​Costa Mesa-based singer/songwriter Billy Kernkamp is playing four shows at the Gypsy Lounge in Lake Forest this month, a Thursday night residency that kicked off last week. So what better way to prepare for this historical musical event than shopping for comic books and G.I. Joe figures?

  August 13, 2009

• Incoming: Matt Costa at Detroit, Morrissey at the Fox Pomona

  ​It may be late Friday afternoon, but there's still some stuff to talk about. Like a couple of big new shows coming our way.

  September 18, 2009

• [Sound Guy] The Yost and the Fox Pomona Are All Dressed Up But Without a Lot of Shows

  October 8, 2009

• Tickets for LA Morrissey Show on Sale Saturday, Pomona Close Behind?

  Still so dreamy!​"I know it's gonna happen someday."It's been nearly a month since Morrissey tour dates throughout Southern California started popping up on fansites like Morrissey Solo, and official announcement of almost all of them (eventually) followed. There's Morrissey at the Fantasy Springs Resort Hotel & Casino on December 5, Morrissey at the "Majestic Ventura Theater" on December 11, and just announced yesterday evening, Morrissey at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City on De

  October 13, 2009

• On-Sale Saturday: Morrissey, Dokken, More

  ​OK, we can stop complaining about the Morrissey show at the Fox Theater in Pomona on December 7 not going on sale yet.

  October 16, 2009

• Slow Fall at the Fox Theater?

  Andrew Youssef​Since reopening this past May with a show from Gogol Bordello, the Fox Theater in downtown Pomona has continually impressed by netting top-flight shows: Wilco, the Flaming Lips, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Band of Horses, Girl Talk, Ween, Cake, Marilyn Manson. After tonight's Paramore (pictured on August 1 opening up for No Doubt at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine) show, though, they've got...not a lot.

  September 29, 2009