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Spirits have so far spent 2009 releasing their self-titled debut album and playing shows with Pixies , Happy Mondays and The Psychedelic Furs.

Seeing all six members of Fucked Up wander around Lee's Palace should have been a hint that the yet-to-play Polaris Pricks weren't an actual outfit.

To say that Islands Nick Thorburn is a musical chameleon is an understatement. After leading spazz-pop trio the Unicorns on a crazy two year run, producing one of my favorite albums of the decade, 2003's Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? , Thorburn shut down the project.

A curious pairing of moldy oldies touched down in Toronto this Wednesday night, forging a bridge between new wave and Madchester, and having a lot of fun in doing so.

That the Happy Mondays still exist in any form a ' let alone as a functioning band a ' is a minor miracle.

Members of Happy Mondays are, from left, Gary "Gaz" Whelan, Shaun Ryder and Mark "Bez" Berry.

Cinephiles will know Monday's co-headliners from Pretty In Pink and 24 Hour Party People respectively, but it's the record geeks who'll be freaking out as Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays transform the Newport into 1980s Great Britain.

WHITE THE Happy Mondays are thought of as drug-addled buffoons from the Madchester era, the group's music was a ground-breaking mix of slashing guitar riffs, stolen soul grooves and bacchanal-fueled lyrics.

WHILE NEW WAVE pioneers The Psychedelic Furs are now down to the Butler brothers, the essence of the band hasn't been lost.

Look for the crowd to jump to their feet tonight when the post-punk British new wavers break into Pretty in Pink .

The NorVa hosts a variety of types of music in the next week. Here's the lineup: Perpetual Groove will play at 9 tonight.

Monday night, the wife and I ventured across the bridge to see one of my wife's favorite bands from the '80's: The Psychedelic Furs .

The review: Richard Butler sat on the stage at Revolution Live, looking down at the crowd, extending and shaking hands.

Dan Deacon plays at Eyedrum on Oct. 2. From monsters of metal to retro resurrections, the unofficial beginning of the Halloween season includes a variety of musical acts.

Psychedelic Furs, The Happy Mondays House of Blues September 25, 2009 Better than: attending the Taylor Swift show at AAC--even though rumor was Kanye was going to show up and take Swift's microphone away, again... The Psychedelic Furs a In front of a surprisingly large crowd, two icons of '80s and '90s alternative rock flexed their elderly muscles ...

Let me apologize in advance if this week's installment of Good Friday reads a little short: I've been having trouble concentrating since lunch, when Jesse Hughey and I stopped by The Grill at Reno's and indulged in a pair of Dimebag's Blacktooth Whiskey Burgers .

Psychedelic Furs are to play their 1981 breakthrough album 'Talk Talk Talk' in full on an upcoming UK tour.

Diamonds has established himself as a leading pop savant. His work will probably be viewed next to other eccentrics like Sufjan Stevens and Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal.

Sunday night, September 20, I hopped into the DeLorean and headed back to the '80s for new wave staples Happy Mondays and the Psychedelic Furs at the House of Blues.

It'd be a real shame if after all these years all the Psychedelic Furs are remembered for was the theme song for a John Hughes movie.