BLACK GRAPE’s ORANGE HEAD: a bizarre, bold return for SHAUN RYDER’s other project
Black Grape were always the better band than Happy Mondays, and new album Orange Head tosses out enough weird hooks to warrant the entry price.
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PRIMAL SCREAM turn Cardiff Castle into uplifting 90s nostalgia fest
Three days of muggy heat and glum clouds finally broke and framed the Cardiff Castle grounds against a candy-pink sunset for Primal Scream.
Witness the birth, boom and bust of Britpop in Adams & Pooler’s literary chronicle
The decade that brought us the last truly great chart battle and some of the most iconic songs to ever grace a gig is both brilliantly analysed and celebrated in Britpop: Decades.
HAPPY MONDAYS | LIVE REVIEW
HAPPY MONDAYS | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Fri 17 Nov Celebrating their ‘30th Anniversary 24 hour Party People Tour Greatest Hits’ – just slips off …
HAPPY MONDAYS: BEZ | INTERVIEW
The world’s most famous maracas player talks to Ben Newman about the values of nostalgia raving, life in a reunited Happy Mondays and raving it up. “If anyone told me …
HAPPY MONDAYS | LIVE REVIEW
HAPPY MONDAYS | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Sun 29 Nov “Son, I’m 30 / I only went with your mother cos she’s dirty”. That’s the …
10 THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK | MON 23 NOV-SUN 29 NOV
Find out what’s on in South Wales this week As we start the week, we’re two days shy of the month countdown until Christmas (we know, we can’t believe it …
SHAUN RYDER | INTERVIEW
SHAUN RYDER | INTERVIEW Frontman of Happy Mondays and a born raconteur, Shaun Ryder spoke with Paul Jenkins about space travel, drugs, and rock’n’roll, while giving him a lesson in …