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4615 days ago
Guardian MusicLil B, LondonMuch has been made about how Lil B has used social networking to establish himself, but this somehow contrives to concentrate unduly on the frame, all the while ignoring the amazing picture within it. What makes B interesting is the fact... more info

The Quangos (No 1,257)

4624 days ago
Guardian MusicA trip to the landfill reveals another indie band content to turn over the Stones of the past and see what Beatles scurry beneathHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Josh Goddard (vocals, guitar), Phil Nixon (lead guitar), Drew Palmer (bass), Duncan Cric... more info

Madchester remembered: 'There was amazing creative energy in Manchester at the time'

4628 days ago
Guardian MusicShaun Ryder, Peter Hook, Tim Burgess and other key figures in the Madchester scene share their memories of the sounds, the clothes and atmospherePETER HOOK Co-founder of Joy Division and New OrderWithout Ian Curtis there would have been no Haçienda ... more info

How Madchester put the E into enterprise zone…

4628 days ago
Guardian MusicIn the late 80s, acid house and ecstasy put Manchester at the heart of the pop universe and helped in the rebirth of a great cityIn 1988 I moved to London to work at Smash Hits magazine, and one of the first things I had to do was create a map of Man... more info

Write for us about: the best music autobiographies

4639 days ago
Guardian MusicWhich is the most compelling musical memoir? Let us know …"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture," said Frank Zappa (or Elvis Costello, Laurie Anderson or someone else entirely depending on who you listen to). But is that a fair as... more info

The Live Music Hour 2012-04-08 Leftfield, Orbital and Happy Mondays

4641 days ago
Core News“As part of 6 Music Celebrates Dance Culture, Chris Hawkins presents Leftfield recorded at Glastonbury 2000 plus BBC sessions from Orbital and The Happy Mondays.” The Live Music Hour 2012-04-08 Leftfield, Orbital and Happy Mondays [Mediafire] Tra... more info

Damon Albarn: Gorillaz, heroin and the last days of Blur

4642 days ago
Guardian MusicDo Blur have a future? Are Gorillaz gone for good? Is his feud with Noel Gallagher really over? The heroin issue… Damon Albarn answers some tricky questionsYou get a good view from the top floor of Damon Albarn's west London studio: the uneven sp... more info

How Soon Is Now? by Richard King - review

4645 days ago
Guardian MusicA group biography of independent labelsBack when I should have been studying for my O-levels, I, like a lot of earnest teenagers and bedroom bards in the 1980s, spent much of my free time writing and assembling badly photocopied fanzines. They had La... more info

Cameron asks Shaun Ryder to advise on class and help to detox Tories

4648 days ago
Guardian MusicAfter a week of gaffes, No 10 calls in the Happy Mondays singer who helps to launch a T-shirt campaign to banish 'pastygate'• In pictures: Ryder's celebritiy friends help launch the 'We're All Eating This Together' T-shirt campaignIn a move that wi... more info

Happy Mondays - Paul Ryder Had Two Nervous Breakdowns After Band Split

4651 days ago
ContactMusicBritish rocker Paul Ryder suffered two nervous breakdowns after his band Happy Mondays split The bassist formed the cult group with his brother frontman Shaun in the early 1980s but was left shell-shocked when the band fell apart in 1993 due to his b... more info

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