Johnny Marr: ‘When I play Smiths songs I experience this huge wave of elation’
On the eve of his new double album, the acclaimed songwriter takes questions from musicians, politicians and readers
August 2017
The Cribs: 24/7 Rock Star Shit review – irresistible raw energy
The Cribs: 24-7 Rock Star Shit review – still the same cynics
June 2015
Hello, Cribs – could you sculpt Lionel Richie’s head, please?
The Cribs sculpt Lionel Richie's head – video
May 2015
Me and you
Cribs twins Gary and Ryan Jarman on their intertwined lives
Listen up
Watch the Cribs video for Different Angle
March 2015
Album streams
The Cribs – For All My Sisters: exclusive album stream
The Cribs at SXSW: 'Bedroom weirdos' settle into their sixth album
February 2015
The Cribs review – like setting off a firework in a tin can
The Jarman brothers messily assault their punkish indie oeuvre with a rush that feels positively Proustian in its recall of the mid-noughties, writes Malcolm Jack
January 2015
The Cribs announce sixth studio album, For All My Sisters
The trio’s latest, out on 23 March, is produced by The Cars’ Ric Ocasek, and they mark their return with the release of fuzzy rock track An Ivory Hand
September 2013
Bingley Music Live – review
Acts who do well here tend to be those who get hands up in the air – and Tinchy Stryder, Katy B and Primal Scream do very well indeed, writes Dave Simpson
August 2013
The Cribs aim to release two new albums in 2014
Music blog
I went to Abbey Road to look at a hashtag
February 2013
30 minutes with …
The Cribs' Ryan Jarman: 'This is the only job I can do ... McDonald's wouldn't employ me'
Johnny Marr: The Messenger – review
January 2013
Johnny Marr on the Smiths, Morrissey and putting politics back in pop
With the release of his first solo album The Messenger, the former Smiths guitarist talks to Dave Simpson about finally embracing his old sound, David Cameron and why he and Morrissey don't talk any more
November 2012
Best albums of 2012
Best albums of 2012: 40-21
It's the moment you've all been waiting for – the start of our countdown through the pick of albums released this year
August 2012
Music blog
Reading festival 2012 gets an A* in Having It
Graham Coxon cranked it up, and Kasabian set their phasers to fun, as Reading syndrome set in en masse. Perhaps the Cure's punishing set had something to do with that, says Mark Beaumont
May 2012
How I wrote ...
The Cribs: Glitters Like Gold live session - video
Wakefield's finest the Cribs visit the Guardian studios to perform an exclusive live version of their new single Glitters Like Gold
