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Live Gallery: Happy Mondays bring the Madchester party to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre 05.05.2026

There are few bands as inseparable from a time and place as Happy Mondays are from Manchester at the turn of the 1990s. Tonight at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, though, the…

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Premiere: Columbia unveil a delicious portion of anthemic indie rock with new single ‘Glory People’, and announce debut album

We are very pleased to premiere the new single from Cardiff quartet Columbia, who unashamedly embrace a late nineties baggy madchester ethos in their glorious new anthemic track ‘Glory People’.…

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Album Review: Eskobar rejuvenate and refresh the past with swaggering new album Chapter 2

Nordic groove masters, Eskobar, are a band that isn’t afraid to wear their influences on their sleeve – their debt to the Madchester era, The Stone Roses, Britpop and all…

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Track: Eskobar – Nobody Higher – No One Above

It’s remarkable enough to release six singles over the space of as many months, but to deliver such quality both in terms of music and visuals is astounding. Sweden’s Eskobar…

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Track: Eskobar – Hey Sister

I’ve mentioned before that there are limited stories to tell just as there are a finite set of musical notes to play. It’s not the story, it’s the way it’s…

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Soundtrack of our lives: Graham Massey, 808 STATE + Tour dates.

1988 -89. All eyes and ears were on the North West of England. The Madchester scene was at it’s peak, at the centre of it all The Haçienda nightclub, where indie…

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Live Review: Inspiral Carpets – Leadmill, Sheffield 6.12.14

The haircuts were considerably shorter, and maybe the clobber was a few sizes bigger than ‘back in the day’, but with the amount of Adidas trainees, Italian sportswear and sun…

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Interview: Rowetta from The Happy Mondays

The Happy Mondays are well and truly back. Playing live and rumors of a new album, we caught up with the queen of Madchester, Rowetta to see just whats going…

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