Could there possibly be a more uplifting ode to carefree youth? The majestic non-album single was without a doubt their...
This week, the first four albums by Britpop era legends Cast have been reissued as deluxe editions, each one complete...
Like a lot of people who got into indie music via Britpop, ‘Alright’ was the first Supergrass track I ever...
Although they’d been around as long as all the other Britpop bands, it wasn’t until 1996 that I heard Shed...
Another Britpop band who I discovered through a tape that was given away with an issue of Smash Hits. I’ve...
Although I first discovered this lot in 1993 when they set the Brit Awards of that year alight, it wasn’t...
Today’s Great Britpop Song comes from Elastica. At first I only knew this group as “that band whose singer is...
Although they are best known for the sunny smash hits ‘Good Enough’ and ‘Staying Out For The Summer’, there are...
Did anyone see Danny Baker’s Rockin’ Decades the other night (Feb 12) on BBC Four? The third and final part...
As 1995 turned into 1996, Oasis became unavoidable. You could not escape from their music, and they were everywhere. Because...
Over the last few days I have featured Blur, Oasis and Suede, the first three Britpop bands I became aware...
In hindsight, it’s easy to see why Gene stood out amongst all the other British guitar bands that emerged in...
My first glimpse of The Bluetones was in 1996 when the video for their amazing ‘Slight Return’ was played on...
I wish I could say that I’d heard of The Boo Radleys before they had a huge hit with this...
Marion were a group who I discovered via the ‘True Brit’ compilation that I spent a lot of 1996 listening...
