Features
Friday, December 24 2010
The 60 Best Songs of 2010
Sixty slices of musical greatness highlighted by one of the most delightful expletive-ridden hits in pop music history.
Thursday, December 17 2009
The Best Live Albums of 2009
This has been a year teeming with one of the most robust outputs of live recordings in recent memory.
Reviews
Wednesday, July 29 2009
Blur: Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur
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.
Wednesday, June 29 2005
Blur: Starshaped [DVD]
Nostalgia for the '90s rears its ugly neon head? Say it ain't so Damon.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Blur: 13
Proving they have the goods of a truly exceptional band, Blur has done what the greats have done before them -- evolved.
Blogs
Thursday, April 22 2010
Blur - "There's No Other Way"
Throughout the course of its storied career, Blur more often than not seemed to be playing a role. While the Britpop group’s incarnations as faux-Cockney…
Tuesday, April 20 2010
A Cold Day in Springtime... Damon Albarn Is My Hero
In a weekend where Gorillaz closed out Coachella and Blur released its first single in a decade, one man swoons over the force at the center of it all.
Thursday, March 18 2010
Evolution of Damon Albarn (videos)
"Fifteen years ago, people were having actual arguments about who was better: Damon Albarn or Noel Gallagher? Good times." That quote is from a Pitchfork…
Friday, January 15 2010
Blur - No Distance Left to Run (new DVD / trailer)
The Blur documentary No Distance Left to Run had its London premiere last night in Leicester Square. British fans can catch the film in theatres…
Tuesday, November 3 2009
15 Years Later: Blur's 'Parklife'
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.
