All pop culture movements have a defining moment when the magic disappears and the zeitgeist evaporates. The hippy dream of the Sixties ended when concertgoer Meredith Hunter was killed by a Hell’s ...

There are some hurdles to overcome when putting together a Britpop playlist, the main one being that Britpop bands hate being called Britpop bands and will probably get the right hump that they’ve ...

Featuring Pulp, Suede, Saint Etienne, Stereolab, The Charlatans, Richard Ashcroft, Paul Weller, Gruff Rhys, The Divine Comedy ...

Oasis, Blur, Pulp, and Suede were the Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice In Chains of Britpop. They dominated British pop culture in a movement known as Cool Britannia. Just as grunge had many ...

Even those who didn’t spend the 1990s wearing fringe haircuts and desert boots know Oasis and Blur. Like any dominant music scene, Britpop had bands that were bigger than the movement and others who ...

This summer, some of Britpop's biggest bands are back on the road. Pulp are headlining festivals across Europe; and Blur played two triumphant nights at Wembley Stadium - a venue they never envisioned ...

The first time I saw Blur was on September 29, 1994, at the old Academy Theatre on 43rd St. in Manhattan. That place has been shut down now since 1996, but I'd guess it held … 1200 people? 1300? In ...

Britpop, that brief but florid era of banging indie pop tunes, which lasted from the dog days of John Major to the brief honeymoon of Tony Blair, is now a very long time ago. Has there been anything ...

“‘Britpop?’ It’s just a shitty-sounding word,” Jarvis Cocker told Pitchfork this month. “I don’t like the nationalistic idea of it; it wasn't a flag-waving music. It was really distasteful when it got ...

On Sept. 8, 1993, the London rock band Suede took home the Mercury Music Prize, Britain and Ireland's "album of the year" award, for its self-titled debut. It capped a historic year for lead singer ...