Responsible for one of the defining albums of Britpop and, arguably, one of the greatest debut albums by a British band ever, Elastica hold a special place in the hearts of those who were there at the time or who simply understand that few things are as thrilling as a band with an ear for [...]
There is something I have lost. I have lost something. Something is lost. I am something and I am lost. I don't know what it is but I know its no longer here, there, or anywhere. I'm simply stumbling through. Half a person. I feel alone. Not just now when I'm in a room on [...]
Just think about this for a second. There is a place where you can listen to post-punk, pop 'n' roll, soul boy and survivor Edwyn Collins discuss his life and work as well as hear him perform a song or two. There is a place where you can hear Dr Beate Peter (Lapsed Clubber Project), [...]
Slip inside the eye of my mind. You know what you might find. A better place. Usually that better place is sometime in nineties Britain. The sun is often out. There are girls who like boys and boys who like girls. Everyone wants to live like common people. There was a new generation from satellite [...]
"I disassociated myself from that very early on, as soon as I saw what I saw as becoming this kind of laddish, jingoistic, cartoon happening, which became Britpop, I very quickly distanced Suede from that...I saw what was happening with Britpop and, for me, it felt quite distasteful. It felt nationalistic, it felt like there [...]
London. Home of the brash, outrageous and free. Today it is bathed in the golden glow of an Indian summer. The sun is high. People's spirits are higher. Short sleeves. Bright smiles. The intoxicating whiff of mild inebriation. I am in Kentish Town. I'm with an old friend from back when we were...younger. Times have [...]
This is the sound of youth. Frantic. Frenetic. Furious. Frenzied. Fast. Flirtatious. Fabulous. I know. You are just like me and your youth was rarely, if ever, any of those things...at least not for any extended period of time. In truth my own adolescence was a messy blend of acne, angst, anxiety and self-loathing. These [...]
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