Gary Jarman News Today

This week on the podcast, we dig into the coming-of-age years of the mid-’00s Myspace icon.

The Men's Needs rockers have announced a standalone show at The Olympia in Liverpool where they will play their first two albums in full. Find out how you can be there,

The Cribs have announced a one-off show in Liverpool, celebrating 20 years of their debut album. Find ticket details here.

Courting and The Jarman brothers on making an ambitious hyper-pop-inspired 'New Last Name', and avoiding a feud – and comparisons to – The 1975

Visit Live4ever to watch the video for We Look Good Together (Big Words), the latest from Courtingand produced Sabrina The Teenage DJ.

Courting have shared their latest single 'Throw' as well as announced their new album 'New Last Name' which was co-produced by The Cribs. 

It'll be released by Courting on January 26th next year.

What defines a true guitar god? Guitar heroes are ten-a-penny these days, largely down to the notion that any random axe-slinger ought to be deified simply because their band is popular. But bona fide guitar gods? The kind of musician who is both thrillingly original and has unquestionably influenced the musical eras that followed? In recent decades, none have much more fully formed than Johnny Marr.

Advertisement “He flew us to Los Angeles and made a huge pitch – it was global takeover stuff. And he wanted Ryan to teach him ‘Another Number’ on guitar, so we have a covert video of that! He said to us: ‘If you sign to MySpace, I’ll make it so that everybody who signs up is automatically friends with Tom and The Cribs’.” But despite Tom’s offer, the band weren’t entirely keen on being automatic friends with every single member of MySpace. Ryan Jarman said: “We thought:...