Happy Mondays

This week in Indie Basement: J. Mascis, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Kirin J Callinan, Plantoid, Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, The Paranoid Style, and more.

Listen to new songs by Anna Calvi, Nadine Shah, David Nance, Drill, Frances Chang, Apparition, Domain, Lee Scratch Perry/Shaun Ryder, and more…

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums by Black Grape, Swervedriver offshoot Bolts of Melody, The Asteroid No.4, PACKS, and Hot Garbage.

‘King Perry’ also features Fifi Rong, Happy Mondays’ Shaun Ryder, Marta, and Rose Waite.

Featuring: Blur, OSEES, Ty Segall, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Girl Ray, Parquet Courts’ A. Savage, and more of the month’s best stuff.

This very entertaining documentary on the iconic Manchester independent label makes a nice companion to 24 Hour Party People.

Mantra of the Cosmos, aka the supergroup of Shaun Ryder and Bez of Happy Mondays/Black Grape, Andy Bell of Ride and Oasis, and drummer Zak Starkey (The Who), are back with their second single that also features former Fall guitarist Brix Smith

This week in the Basement: reviews new records by The Clientele, Aphex Twin, Bush Tetras, Dot Allison, Co-Pilot (Jim Noir / Soundcarriers) and DJ Koze, plus Madchester box set ‘Come Together.’

Black Grape, the long-running UK band led by Shuan Ryder (Happy Mondays) and rapper Kermit, have announced their fourth album, ‘Orange Head,’ which will be out November 3

Mantra of the Cosmos, the new supergroup featuring Happy Mondays’ Shaun Ryder & Bez, Ride’s Andy Bell, and drummer Zak Starkey (The Who, Oasis), have shared their debut single…