There are some hurdles to overcome when putting together a Britpop playlist, the main one being that Britpop bands hate being called Britpop bands and will probably get the right hump that they’ve ...
All pop culture movements have a defining moment when the magic disappears and the zeitgeist evaporates. The hippy dream of the Sixties ended when concertgoer Meredith Hunter was killed by a Hell’s ...
"This is the sound of someone losing the plot/ Making out that they're OK when they're not/ You're going to like it, but not a lot/ And the chorus goes like this," Cocker sings at the end of the first ...
True, the glowingly reviewed new Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets has bowed humbly out of NYC-area theaters — though it is, ahem, available for rent or sale via iTunes — but in any case ...
“‘Britpop?’ It’s just a shitty-sounding word,” Jarvis Cocker told Pitchfork this month. “I don’t like the nationalistic idea of it; it wasn't a flag-waving music. It was really distasteful when it got ...
Tonight, we’re gonna party like it’s 1995. Oasis have smashed box office records. Pulp have a new album out. Suede just announced one, too. Supergrass, Sleeper, Cast, Ocean Colour Scene – even Kula ...
At Royal Clayton's, a British pub on the bottom level of the Toy Factory Lofts, Adam Unknown leans into a microphone as he tickles piano keys. At times, it seems as though the clang of silverware ...
Even those who didn’t spend the 1990s wearing fringe haircuts and desert boots know Oasis and Blur. Like any dominant music scene, Britpop had bands that were bigger than the movement and others who ...
Oh Britain. It’s been a rough ride lately, hasn’t it? Brexit isn’t really working out, COVID-19 hit you hard, you’re stuck with a Prime Minister with a bad haircut half the country hates (we can ...
Robbie Williams is finally set to release the album he always wanted to make after he quit Take That. The 'Rock DJ' hitmaker has announced his new record, 'Britpop'; named after the era in which he ...
“‘Britpop?’ It’s just a shitty-sounding word,” Jarvis Cocker told Pitchfork this month. “I don’t like the nationalistic idea of it; it wasn't a flag-waving music. It was really distasteful when it got ...