The 1975’s Latest Is a ‘Funny’, Confounding New Missive
The 1975 want to be funny in a foreign language, but on their fifth go-round, their ambitions are tempered in plain English.
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The Verve’s Britpop Classic ‘Urban Hymns’ at 25
The Verve launched Urban Hymns 25 years ago as “Bitter Sweet Symphony” became a song for the ages and the record became one of Britpop’s genuine masterpieces
Britpop’s Unheralded Masterpiece: Ben Ashley and Kyle Mullarky Discuss the Shore’s ‘Light Years’
The Shore’s Light Years boasts a seductive intimacy typically reserved for baroque pop, while still flexing its arena-rock Britpop swagger. Too bad nobody ever heard it.
The 10 Best Songs of Blur’s “Life Trilogy”
This list makes clear that the music Blur recorded during the “Life” period is more diverse and daring than Britpop’s cartoon narrative would imply.
Supergrass’ Britpop Classic ‘In It for the Money’ Gets a Remastered Expanded Edition
Supergrass’ In It for the Money has gone down in rock history as a Britpop classic, and it sounds fresh and gleaming to this day.
Before ‘The Man Who’ Travis Just Wanted to Rock
Just before CDs were about to get louder and louder still, Travis showed us just how softly they could record on a few of Good Feeling‘s best tracks.
Presenting Travis in Conversation with Steve Lillywhite (premiere)
Travis recently engaged in a video interview with producer Steve Lillywhite to discuss their rocking 1997 debut album ‘Good Feeling’.
The 10 Best Suede Songs
Join us as we celebrate the 10 best Suede songs and their mastery of one of Britain’s great modern artistic traditions: the pop single.
Travis Sound Exactly Like Travis on ’10 Songs’
For their ninth album, 10 Songs, Scotland's Travis go back to basics.
Yachtclub101 Mix Synthpop and Cats on “Leave Me Alone” (premiere)
Yachtclub101's "Leave Me Alone" sparkles with glorious pop melodies, bubbly synths, infectious dance beats, sing-along choruses, and cats.
Martin Green’s Junkshop Yields the Gritty, Weird Story of Britpop Wannabes
Featuring a litany of otherwise-forgotten budget bin purchases, Martin Green's two-disc overview of coulda-been Britpop contenders knows little of genre confines, making for a fun historical detour if nothing else.
The Charlatans’ ‘Between 10th and 11th’ Gets a Deluxe Edition
Not even a "deluxe" version of Between 10th and 11th from the Charlatans can quite set the record straight about the maligned-but-brilliant 1992 sophomore album.