music

Continued from part I. Swing When You’re Winning (2000)I suppose I’m obliged to write something here, as objectionable as I […]

For someone who spent much of his youth in dank underground metal clubs or, later, pretentiously and very publicly reading

Since its inception in the 1960s, popular music has been riven by an ongoing conflict between Britain and America and,

After years of searching, I finally found it; the origin point of what Oasis manager Alan McGee would later dismiss

Why weren’t Supergrass bigger? I must admit, I had only the faintest awareness of them during the heyday of Britpop

I started out as a pock-marked hormone-wracked incel with Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, transitioned to bolshy Britpop in

1. “Rock ’N’ Roll Star” (Definitely Maybe)This is the obvious choice for kicking off an Oasis selected playlist. The opener

Continued from part I. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000)Things went rapidly south after Be Here Now. The Biggest

Oasis’ much-vaunted comeback will obviously and inevitably be a risible exercise in meticulously stage-managed, money-grabbing nostalgia, and yet, despite my

I’ve long had a soft spot for Haim, but against my better judgement, because there’s something of the stroppy, obscenely