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Hollow Little Reign: In It For The Money at 25

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Danny Goffey, In It For The Money, Mick Quinn, Richard III, Supergrass

If I Should Coco was a bright display of a young Supergrass dizzy with possibility, those possibilities were even more fully realized on their sophomore masterpiece

Britpop Indie Rock North Americana

WATCH: Curse of Lono Got a Ticket to Ride

April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Curse of Lono, Felix Bechtolsheimer, People In Cars, Submarine Cat Records 2022

Check out one of the best bands in England perform their latest single at London’s Karma Studios

Britpop Rock

Visionary Dreamer: Dave Davies Turns 75

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Dave Davies, Death of a Clown, Living On A Thin Line, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Jim Sullivan revisits his years in conversation with the Kinks guitar great

Britpop Pop

As Years Go By: Marianne Faithfull at 75

December 29, 2021April 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 75th birthday, As Tears Go By, Barry Reynolds, Broken English, CMJ New Music Seminar, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan reflects on his decades in conversation with the dark queen of English pop

Britpop Power Pop Rock

Take An Inch, Take A Yard: 50 Years of Badfinger’s Straight Up

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1971, Baby Blue, Badfinger, Geoff Emerick, George Harrison, Joey Molland, Mal Evans, Paul McCartney, Pete Ham, Stan Polley, Straight Up, The Beatles

How Apple Records’ other big band made an album that still resonates five decades later

Britpop

Colin Blunstone: One Year Leads To Another

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Susan Enterline 1 Comment Colin Blunstone, England, Joe Wong, Nite Creatures, Odyssey and Oracle, One Year, Rod Argent, She’s Not There, Sundazed 2021, Sundazed Music, That Same Year, The Zombies

The Zombies frontman’s debut solo album celebrates its 50th birthday with an exclusive U.S. performance and an expanded reissue

Britpop Pop Progressive Rock Rock

Despite the Passing of Drummer Graeme Edge, His Legacy Lingers

November 12, 2021November 17, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 6 Comments 1967, Deram Records, Graeme Edge, John Lodge, Justin Hayward, RIP, The Days of Future Passed, The Moody Blues

We remember the longest-surviving member of the Moody Blues with his own words

Britpop Indie Rock Punk

FILM: Matinee IDLES

August 26, 2021March 29, 2022 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 2021, AF Gang, Bristol, Don't Go Gentle: A Film About IDLES, England, IDLES, Joe Talbot, Mark Bowen, MVD Visual, Punk, UK

An exciting new film celebrates the career of one of England’s wildest bands

Alternative Rock Britpop

Nineteen Forever: Ash’s 1977 at 25

June 9, 2021March 9, 2022 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1977, 25th Anniversary, Ash, Blur, Britpop, Northern Ireland, Oasis, Star Wars, Supergrass, Tom Wheeler

Looking back at the auspicious debut from the (former) teen babes of Northern Ireland

Britpop Pop Rock

NEWS: The Zombies Announce World Tour for One Night Only

May 22, 2021May 22, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Abbey Road Studios, Colin Blunstone, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rod Argent, The Zombies, Time Of The Season

The legendary British Invasion band to play full streaming concert at Abbey Road Studios, prep material for new album

Britpop Indie Rock

The Apartments Revisit A Mid-90’s Classic

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 1995, A Life Full of Farewells, Brisbane, Talitres, The Apartments, The Go-Betweens

Peter Milton Walsh of the renowned Australian pop group reflects on A Life Full Of Farewells

Britpop

The Uncanny Auteurs

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Ian King 0 Comments 1996, 25th Anniversary, After Murder Park, album, Blur, Britpop, CMJ, Damon Albarn, Luke Haines, Melody Maker, The Auteurs

Looking back on 25 years of an underrated Britpop classic

Art Pop Britpop Hip Hop Pop

Useless, But Not For Long: Gorillaz at 20

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 2-D, 2001. Damon Albarn, Clint Eastwood, Dan The Automator, Gorillaz, Jamie Hewlett, Miho Hatori, Murdac Niccals, Noodle, Russel Hobbs

Little did we know how bright the future was coming on for the groundbreaking collaboration between Blur’s Damon Albarn and Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett when Gorillaz was released on March 26, 2001