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Bill’s Indie Basement (1/18): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week: Steve Gunn's great new LP, plus two Australian bands that feature members of Twerps, plus Flat Worms and a new wide-ranging Manchester compilation.
Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays
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film review: ‘Dennis & Lois’ is a warm, inspiring story of love, fandom, and rock n’ roll
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Black Grape released their first album in 20 years, ‘Pop Voodo’ (listen)
Shaun Ryder and Kermit return with their first new album in two decades, produced by Youth.
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legendary NYC superfans Dennis & Lois the subject of a new documentary (watch a clip)
The Ramones were their first obsession but it was not their last. They have seen over 10,000 shows together, Happy Mondays wrote a song about them on their classics Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches LP, and they're still going strong.
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Iggy Pop, New Order, Happy Mondays, Steve Coogan and more pay tribute to Factory Records’ Tony Wilson in new video
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Shaun Ryder released new solo single (stream it); Black Grape going on UK reunion tour
Happy Mondays / Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder announced earlier this year that he had "something in the pipeline." Turns out he's got a few things in there...
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a guide to Record Store Day 2015 releases
and Bill Pearis
Record Store Day 2015 is this Saturday (4/18) and there's an almost overwhelming amount of special/exclusive product being released for...
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Shaun Ryder hints at Black Grape anniversary shows and “something in the pipeline” ++ watch his UFO series on Netflix
It's been eight years since Happy Mondays' Unkle Disfunctional and 12 since the amazing mess that was Shaun Ryder's 2003 solo album, Amateur Night in the Big Top...
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100 Most Influential Artists, according to NME
"There was a certain amount of science to it. An entire week of work experience students left the office thinking that cutting-edge music journalism in 2014 mostly involves calculating which bands have been mentioned most in NME in the past two years, then hunting out references to the bands that influenced those acts online and finally adding up the number of times each influence came up...
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Bez of Happy Mondays is running for office
The 49-year-old maraca-shaking Madchester legend told the Manchester Evening News of his plans to run as an MP in his hometown of Salford, declaring his priorities were to 'stir things up' and bring about the redistribution of wealth, tackling cancer and dementia, and ending all war...