Subject: The Smiths (Musical Group)

• Oh, L'Amour

  Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt is loving every minute of a new three-disc set.

  September 30, 1999

• Top 10 Reissues of 2008

  Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes From an Itali

  December 23, 2008

• Johnny Marr and the Healers

  Boomslang(Artist Direct)

  May 1, 2003

• Tavern 13

  How to get chicks, in one easy lesson.

  July 10, 2008

• Modest Mouse

  We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
  Epic

  April 5, 2007

• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

  Who will be inducted next? Gaze into our crystal ball.

  January 25, 2007

• Yes, Dears

  Being in a band can be a family affair. Ask these Canadians.

  November 30, 2006

• Westword Music Showcase 2006

  Be there or be square!

  June 15, 2006

• New World Order

  Peter Hook has found a new way to move the masses -- as a DJ.

  January 19, 2006

• Everyone's a DJ

  DJ D-Stroyer kills the dance floor with a set of mostly local music.

  December 1, 2005

• Scratching the Surface

  Andy Rourke

  June 2, 2005

• The Wedding Present

  Tuesday, May 10, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

  May 5, 2005

• Team Sleep

  Team Sleep (Maverick)

  May 5, 2005

• Morrissey

  Live at Earls Court (Attack)

  April 7, 2005

• Black Smiths

  Black Smiths (Self-released)

  March 3, 2005

• Smith and Lessons

  Two decades later, Morrissey is still influencing a ton of bands that sound nothing like him.

  June 3, 2004

• Rain Men

  Don't let the downpour fool you. Aveo's clever pop is far from overcast.

  June 3, 2004

• Aveo

  Battery (Barsuk)

  April 8, 2004

• Club Scout

  Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce

  March 18, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  May 1, 2003

• Yorn Again

  After an auspicious debut, Pete Yorn releases music for a new Day.

  April 24, 2003

• Still Pissed Off After All These Years

  The The's Matt Johnson refuses to go quietly into the night.

  May 4, 2000

• Playlist

  September 4, 1997

• PLAYLIST

  December 6, 1995

• LETTERS

  July 26, 1995

• PLAYLIST

  April 20, 1994