by Heidi Harley - 1 day ago
In a disarmingly candid memoir, the Blur guitarist relates the madness of fame and habit, his unease with Britpop, and how people led him to greener pasturesAs Blur bossed the 90s, and Damon Albarn’s bouncy songs about Englishness came to exemplify B...
by Heidi Harley - 1 month ago
Visitors embrace Dangerous Bunny, Beck, Tame Impala and extra.
by Heidi Harley - 1 month ago
- three or four Nov 1994 - Blur stay at Pet Sounds document store in Stockholm. Thanks Moritz!
by Heidi Harley - 2 months ago
The actor and standup – AKA Doc Brown – cracks out Bowie at parties and needs the Beatles played at his funeral. However what does he unleash at karaoke?The primary single I purchasedI used to get a pound pocket money and buy a Milkybar – the chunky...
by Heidi Harley - 7 months ago
(Black Butter)The singer-songwriter’s eloquent if uneven debut album is stamped with the sounds of north London – Winehouse, Blur – the place he grew upWhen the up-and-coming north London singer Bakar broke by way of in 2019, it was with an enthralli...
by Heidi Harley - 7 months ago
From Miquita Oliver by way of American Apparel to Oxfordshire cheese, we tumble down a five-course rabbit holeThe Nice British Menu (BBC) kicked off its 17th season this month. Not MasterChef: The Professionals, nor own-brand MasterChef, nor The Grea...
by Heidi Harley - 10 months ago
(Transgressive)Probably the most driven artists of the Britpop period, now unbothered by business success, is back with a second solo album that drifts alongside in a melancholy, stoned mistWhen Might’s Glastonbury livestream finally creaked into lif...
by Heidi Harley - 1 year ago
Forward of a livestreamed version of the pageant, listed here are a number of the largest and greatest performances from years passed byJay-Z walked in order that Beyoncé might run. By dealing with down a reactionary backlash in 2008 (Hip-hop? At Gla...
by Heidi Harley - 1 year ago
Blur frontman hits out at government and requires music to be thought-about in official plansCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDamon Albarn has hit out at the government, saying its response to the coronavirus pandemic exhib...
by Heidi Harley - 1 year ago
The novel will include 15 dystopian tales.
by Heidi Harley - 1 year ago
Again in 1994, the sharp-suited quintet might do no incorrect as document labels fought to signal them. But in-fighting, drug abuse – and knocking a Coke can over on Peter Gabriel’s mixing desk – led to a speedy demiseMenswear are regaling me with ta...
by Heidi Harley - 1 year ago
‘He needed to get on a practice in Tokyo to see what they have been like. He put on a facemask and did a shiver as a joke. Due to Covid-19, it now seems really prescient’ Blur toured Japan in 1992 and I went with them for NME. It was the first time w...
by Heidi Harley - 2 years ago
Added: Two gig tickets from 1990 (thanks Sean W!) Added: Lyrics for Put It Back Together and The Repetition Kills You
by Heidi Harley - 2 years ago
Added: Three new entries to Blur Gigography: - 16 Sep 1995 - Eastbourne Bandstand, Eastbourne, UK - 12 Mar 1997 - MTV's 120 Minutes, New York Metropolis, USA - Oct 2000 (?) - La Primera's Musica si, Spain (thanks Damon Albarn Unofficial!) Added...
by Heidi Harley - 2 years ago
Guardian readers fill in the blanks in our countdown of the best UK No 1s of all time, with entries from Dusty Springfield to Desmond Dekker, Jimi Hendrix to Joe DolceOur ranking of the 100 best No 1 singlesTo make up for the surprising scarcity of b...