Posts Tagged ‘Blur’

Blur’s “Fool’s Day” For Free? – No Foolin’!

By • Apr 18th, 2010 • Category: News

All over the world, or the parts that have record stores, it’s Record Store Day. For those of you who had the luck of… I don’t know…. the luck that Webcuts didn’t have, and are currently dancing around your copy of Blur‘s “Fool’s Day” as it spins round your turntable, or you’re one of those heinous folk who scored a copy only to peddle it straight away on eBay, then this is the good news you’ve been waiting for.



Blur – Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide To Blur

By • Aug 3rd, 2009 • Category: Album Reviews

The predictable commercial foibles of a greatest hits compilation are largely avoided here; each of the tracks have been carefully selected by the band and many of them are touched-up or alternative versions.



The Return of Echobelly (Britpop Sneak Peek)

By • Jul 7th, 2009 • Category: News

Echobelly’s primary songwriters, the mellifluous voiced Sonya Madan and slide guitar loving Glenn Johansson return to the stage on July 9 to play at Moho Live in Manchester.



Britpop bonanza – Best of Blur and the Britpop era

By • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: News

You are one of the most successful alternative bands in English history and although seen as Britpop’s poster-child your career was actually multi-faceted ranging from madchester lite pop, to mining the best British rock from the ’60s to ’90s with addtional excursions into post-grunge and art-rock. However you face a dilemma. Whilst you’ve buried the hatchet [...]



Top Ten – B-Sides

By • Apr 7th, 2009 • Category: Top Tens

The B-side is every music geek/fan’s favourite thing to debate over. It’s the one place where an artist is allowed to record whatever they see fit, and the one place where a fan can expect the unexpected and be surprised, or wonder how long it took to throw that piece of junk down and never [...]