My friends. When the chips are down. When times are troubled. When sickness and sadness lay me flat. When I need a helping hand. There are a handful of people that I know will be there. Ready with an arm around my shoulder, a friendly voice on the phone, a kind word, a smile, a [...]
And now, the end is near. We face the final curtain of the fifty albums that Pitchfork determined were the best of the Britpop era. So far there have been several wonderful albums...with many of them too in the wrong place as well as several albums that, no matter how you want to define [...]
This is the modern age. Turmoil. Confusion. Division. Chaos reigns. What a time to decide to return to the front line of pop(ular) culture. This is not a time for the weak of will or faint of heart. This is the time for stout hearts and iron wills. How fortunate then that Sleeper are the [...]
This month James have been on tour across the UK playing a series of extraordinary gigs in support of their extraordinary album..."Living in Extraordinary Times". These gigs have seen the band support themselves with an acoustic set before they return to play a more traditional live show. That has provided people with the chance to [...]
Jonas Brothers. Have you listened to "Sucker" yet? Probably not. If you are a reader of this site you are probably too cool for the pop school. Oh, I hope that isn't true. There are few things worse than boys (and it usually is boys) who think that "real" music either (a) exists or (b) [...]
I was 12. The sun was shining. That means it must have been around July of 1985. It was a Saturday. I have arrived in Dundee along with dozens of other young Mormon kids aged between 12 and 18 for a youth convention. A day of activities, service projects and then, at the end of [...]
Up until this point in the Pitchfork list of the 50 best Britpop albums there have been occasional mis-steps and mistakes that we can probably put down to something being lost in translation. For the most part the albums selected which were Britpop albums have been good choices and have been in, or around, the [...]
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