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Liam Gallagher and John Squire: Not quite a match made in Britpop Heaven

Liam Gallagher and John Squire: Not quite a match made in Britpop Heaven

After the much anticipated collaboration between Oasis’ Liam Gallagher and John Squire, of Stone Roses fame, the LP ‘Liam Gallagher and John Squire’ ultimately falls flat
The Social Club live in Manchester: The student band returns to Lions Den for another crack at bringing back Britpop

The Social Club live in Manchester: The student band returns to Lions Den for another crack at bringing back Britpop

Down-to-earth, unpretentious, and deliriously upbeat, Manchester’s most melodic student band proves once again that they’re ones to watch
Blur – The Ballad Of Darren: the band Damon Albarn couldn’t leave behind

Blur – The Ballad Of Darren: the band Damon Albarn couldn’t leave behind

Britpop titans Blur reunite for a fascinating ninth record on the back of their history-making shows at Wembley Stadium.
DMA’s Live: Spills and thrills

DMA’s Live: Spills and thrills

Australian indie-rockers DMA’s bring their boisterous Britpop-lite repertoire to Manchester’s 02 Apollo
Live Review: Iceage’s dynamic performance at ‘The Pink Room’, YES

Live Review: Iceage’s dynamic performance at ‘The Pink Room’, YES

The Danish band perform their lively punk rock tracks, rousing the crowd at Manchester’s iconic YES bar
Live review: Suede at Albert Hall Manchester

Live review: Suede at Albert Hall Manchester

The legendary Suede bring the chaos to the Albert Hall as part of their UK tour promoting excellent 2022 LP Autofiction
Gig Review: The Social Club at The Lions Den, 17/02/23

Gig Review: The Social Club at The Lions Den, 17/02/23

The Social Club bring their passionate Britpop influence and innovation to The Lions Den
In Conversation with Dodgy’s Nigel Clark: all things Britpop, Billie Eilish, and why Britain just isn’t being ‘Good Enough’ to its musicians

In Conversation with Dodgy’s Nigel Clark: all things Britpop, Billie Eilish, and why Britain just isn’t being ‘Good Enough’ to its musicians

The Mancunion sat down with Nigel Clark, lead singer of Dodgy, to talk about their upcoming mini-tour
The Waeve: In conversation with Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall

The Waeve: In conversation with Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall

Blur guitarist extraordinaire Graham Coxon and singer-songwriter Rose Elinor Dougall sit down to discuss their new exciting project The Waeve
Primal Scream shine on at sold out Screamadelica show

Primal Scream shine on at sold out Screamadelica show

Sarah Taylor heads to Castlefield Bowl to see Glasgow psych-rock band Primal Scream play their seminal Screamadelica album in full with a special Stone Roses guest.
Album Review: Liam Gallagher – C’mon You Know

Album Review: Liam Gallagher – C’mon You Know

Matthew Kliszcz reviews C’mon You Know, the new album from Liam Gallagher that’s beaten the Harry Styles record to number one.l
British Pop Culture archives set to open at UoM

British Pop Culture archives set to open at UoM

British Popular Culture archives are set to open in Manchester, run by the John Rylands library
Damon Albarn works his magic at Manchester International Festival

Damon Albarn works his magic at Manchester International Festival

The musical polymath Damon Albarn needs no introduction. The Britpop legend, master producer, world music connoisseur, and co-founder of the most successful virtual band of all time is never one to shy away from experimentation. For two consecutive July evenings (12th & 13th July), Albarn takes attendees of Manchester International Festival on a musical voyage […]
Record Reappraisal: Blur – Blur

Record Reappraisal: Blur – Blur

1997 was a weird year for music – stuck between the near-end of britpop and a new musical dawn, Blur decided to experiment
Record Reappraisal: Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Record Reappraisal: Definitely Maybe by Oasis

Contributor Josh Sandy revisits one of Manchester’s greatest rock and roll stars Oasis as 25 years ago, they released their iconic debut Definitely Maybe
Live Review: DMA’S

Live Review: DMA’S

Three Sydney lads brought the Britpop revival home – and what a homecoming

Live Review: Liam Gallagher

Did what it said on the tin… unadulterated brilliance, as you were

Interview: DMA’S

‘Liam Gallagher came to our gig…he’s into it’ DMA’S’ Johnny chats about stepping things up for the second album

Album Review: Liam Gallagher – As You Were

Gallagher masters experimental genres, saturated with 90s swagger and dazzling Liam-ness

New Mancunian music is taking inspiration from the past

Deputy Music Editor Yasmin Duggal runs through the top 5 Manchester bands you SHOULD be listening to, but might not know it yet