Articles tagged "blur"

Sound Affects

15 Years Later: Blur’s ‘Parklife’

by Jennifer Cooke

[3.Nov.09] :. Parklife is like a dream date -- it's smart, it's funny, it rocks, it's tender, it gets your blood pumping, and when it's over, you can't wait to do it all over again.

Sound Affects

Music Review

Blur: Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur

by Timothy Gabriele

[29.Jul.09] :. Sure, Blur were at times all over the map, but this two-disc set actually accentuates the incongruities of their occasional diversity by odd selection choices, bizarre sequencing, and about as much focus as a shuffle button.

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Mixed Media

Blur - “Popscene” / “Song 2” (live) (video)

by Sarah Zupko

[16.Jun.09] :. As most of you know, Blur is reuniting and they dropped by Rough Trade Records yesterday in London to play two songs. The sound quality is pretty awful on the fan video, but you can clearly get a...

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Blur - Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur Video Collection (new album / videos)

by PopMatters Staff

[5.Jun.09] :. Blur Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur (EMI) Release date: 28 July 2009 SONG LIST CD 1 1. Beetlebum 2. Girls & Boys 3. For Tomorrow 4. Coffee & TV 5. Out of...

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Music Review

Graham Coxon: The Spinning Top

by Alan Ranta

[4.Jun.09] :. It's a thing of beauty to see one of the best guitarists in recorded history reach his creative peak after so many years of effort and doubt.

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Blur - “13” Video Collection (video)

by Sarah Zupko

[18.Mar.09] :. Ten years ago this week, Blur released 13, an album like 1997’s Blur that moved them resolutely away from the Britpop that made them stars in the UK. Below are the album’s three singles...

Mixed Media

Monkey: Journey to the West

by Marc A. Price

[1.Oct.08] :. A musical, circus stage show based on a 16th century Chinese novel about a monkey who dreamed of being a god? Damon Albarn must have something to do with it. But stripped of the fancy visuals, the music is left wanting.

Bit of a Blur by Alex James

by Evan Sawdey

[29.Aug.08] :. Blur was one of the biggest bands of the 1990s, a fact that everyone in the world was keenly aware of unless you lived in the United States.

The Long Road to Hoo Ha: An Interview with Supergrass

by Pablo Amor

[21.Apr.08] :. Only one band survived the highs and lows of the Britpop era. We talked about this endurance, a sixth album, and other lifespan issues with Danny Goffey, the one and only drummer for... yes, Supergrass.

Various Artists: The Brit Box

by Michael Keefe

[20.Nov.07] :. Tracing the evolution of UK alt-pop from just after new wave died, through the Britpop explosion, and ending right before Coldplay emerged, this four-disc box set is both an excellent survey and a very well sequenced mix.

Blur: Starshaped [DVD]

by Liam Colle

[29.Jun.05] :. Nostalgia for the '90s rears its ugly neon head? Say it ain't so Damon.

Blur: Think Tank

by Devon Powers

[9.May.03] :. It’s finally happened: Blur have become one of those bands. They’ve all the trappings of a juicy biography or gripping Behind the Music: the bruises of high-profile...

Blur: Parklife

by Jason Damas

[24.Oct.02] :. It’s really easy to analyze new releases from every Tom, Dick, and Harry out there. It’s damn hard to write a review of the album that made you want to do it in the first place. Of...