Author: Ian King

Britpop 

Yer Twisting My Melon, Man! Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches at 30

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 1990, Black Grape, Bummed, Elektra, God's Cop, Happy Mondays, Kinky Afro, Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches, Shaun Ryder, Step On

On their essential third album, the Happy Mondays set the scene for Madchester’s never-ending rave going into the 90s

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Alternative Rock 

This Here Giraffe: The Flaming Lips’ Clouds Taste Metallic at 25

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 1995, Bee Thousand, Clouds Taste Metallic, Electr-O-Pura, Guided By Voices, The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin, Yo La Tengo

A quarter century later, does the band’s 1995 classic still stand as the “Pet Sounds for the 90s”?

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Britpop 

I’m Hoping I Don’t Freeze Here: The Hour of Bewilderbeast at 20

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Damon Gough, Doves, Elliott Smith, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, Travis

How the first Badly Drawn Boy album set the scene for 21st Century Post Britpop

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Indie Rock 

Mighty Mouse: The Moon & Antarctica at 20

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, Built To Spill, Epic Records, Eric Judy, Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse, Pavement, Seattle, The Moon & Antarctica, Up Records

Why the third Modest Mouse LP remains the band’s quintessential creative statement

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Indie Rock Pop 

Death Cab For Cutie: “Indie Rock Is Dead”

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, 764-Hero, Barsuk Records, Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Sean Nelson

The band’s classic We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes at 20

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