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Combining Hurt With Some Fun Works for Ash on 'Islands'

Now that Ash are back to making albums, they made one where all the songs truly count.

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Spacehog's Royston Langdon Returns As Leeds and Asks "What Became of the People" (premiere + interview)

Spacehog's Royston Langdon returns with a new guise and observations on isolation and the role of the artist with his new track "What Became of the People".

Jedd Beaudoin

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Manchester's Lucas Immortalizes "Anne Marie" With New Video, Single (premiere)

With nods from Cage the Elephant and Jimmy Page, Lucas' time in the sun is just around the corner as "Anne Marie" proves.

Jedd Beaudoin

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Did DMA's Have to Grow Up So Fast?

On their second album, For Now, Britpop revivalists from Down Under DMA's grow up too soon.

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Dear Boy Reveal "Love Interest" (video premiere)

Los Angeles band with a predilection for English sounds, Dear Boy, gets visual ahead of a tour with Rogue Wave.

Jedd Beaudoin

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Should Morrissey and Richard Ashcroft Just Give It Up, Already?

The biggest problem with being a faded genius is that nothing he or she ever produces again can be analyzed, critiqued, or appreciated in a vacuum. It all comes in the wake of their prior transcendental music.

Music

Britpop Popped: An Interview with Ex-Mansun Frontman Paul Draper

Paul Draper discusses a variety of topics from his early years in Liverpool to the acrimonious split of Mansun to his visit to the unofficial capital of all things extraterrestrial.

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The Jacks Offer Up a Slice of Assured Rock 'n' Roll on "Hello My Friend" (premiere)

The Jacks' "Hello My Friend" is Britpop with added Californian sunshine.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: Who Built the Moon?

Noel Gallagher's third solo release after Oasis is a marked shift from previous outings, delivering a desire for experimentation that demonstrates his continued relevance as musician, songwriter, and performer.

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Paul Weller, The Style Council, The Jam: Weller's Always on a Roll

Too prolific an artist to pin down, still, it's not hard to wish that this book about each and every one of Paul Weller's solo albums could have been more engaging.

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Uncool Britannia: Radiohead's 'The Bends' vs. Britpop in a Battle for the Soul of Britain

The successors to Radiohead and The Bends are a generation who liked how the film started, but lost the script halfway through.

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Echobelly: Everyone’s Got One / On

Debut and follow-up albums from Echobelly re-released in expanded editions with b-sides, radio sessions and live material.

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Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (Deluxe Edition)

Oasis' Morning Glory still holds up, which can be attributed to the fact that albums with this level of cultural clout and collective popularity tend to help define the sounds of their era.

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Basement: Further Sky EP

You might not be getting very much bang for your buck here, but the kindest thing you can say about this disc is that there's not a bad track in the bunch.

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The Crookes: Soapbox

Sheffield lads continue their run of exceptional, hook-laden indie pop with their latest release.

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Now that Ash are back to making albums, they made one where all the songs truly count.

Spacehog's Royston Langdon returns with a new guise and observations on isolation and the role of the artist with his new track "What Became of the People".

With nods from Cage the Elephant and Jimmy Page, Lucas' time in the sun is just around the corner as "Anne Marie" proves.

On their second album, For Now, Britpop revivalists from Down Under DMA's grow up too soon.

Los Angeles band with a predilection for English sounds, Dear Boy, gets visual ahead of a tour with Rogue Wave.

The biggest problem with being a faded genius is that nothing he or she ever produces again can be analyzed, critiqued, or appreciated in a vacuum. It all comes in the wake of their prior transcendental music.

Paul Draper discusses a variety of topics from his early years in Liverpool to the acrimonious split of Mansun to his visit to the unofficial capital of all things extraterrestrial.

The Jacks' "Hello My Friend" is Britpop with added Californian sunshine.

Noel Gallagher's third solo release after Oasis is a marked shift from previous outings, delivering a desire for experimentation that demonstrates his continued relevance as musician, songwriter, and performer.

Too prolific an artist to pin down, still, it's not hard to wish that this book about each and every one of Paul Weller's solo albums could have been more engaging.

The successors to Radiohead and The Bends are a generation who liked how the film started, but lost the script halfway through.

Debut and follow-up albums from Echobelly re-released in expanded editions with b-sides, radio sessions and live material.

Oasis' Morning Glory still holds up, which can be attributed to the fact that albums with this level of cultural clout and collective popularity tend to help define the sounds of their era.

You might not be getting very much bang for your buck here, but the kindest thing you can say about this disc is that there's not a bad track in the bunch.

Sheffield lads continue their run of exceptional, hook-laden indie pop with their latest release.

Damon Albarn's got a new album arriving in a few days, and his band's most popular album commemorates its 20th birthday. What better time to pay tribute to the period when Blur put the "pop" in Britpop?