Tag : Pop and rock

Tag: Pop and rock

Blur: The Narcissist review – a band finally at ease with themselves

(Parlophone)The first single from upcoming album The Ballad of Darren chugs along to a motorik beat, rising to an anthemic refrain that seems to be reflecting on the band’s profession pathThere are two sides to Blur’s sporadic reunions. There are the...

Blur’s Dave Rowntree: ‘I still wake at 3am thinking I’ve frittered my life away’

Drummer, lawyer, composer, politician… Blur’s busiest member on the troubled childhood that influenced his new solo album, Radio Songs, and the band’s summer time reunion gigsA few weeks earlier than Christmas, and the planning meetings have simply f...

Blur to reunite for one-off Wembley show next year

Band will headline on the London stadium on eight July for his or her 35th anniversary, supported by Slowthai, Self Esteem and JockstrapBlur have announced a one-off 2023 present to happen at London’s Wembley stadium on 8 July. Will probably be the l...

Graham Coxon: 'I was a mardy brat in my 20s … I'm quite mellow now'

Blur’s guitarist reflects on the state of pop music, swearing, and why he’s glad he doesn’t need to put on make-up any moreGraham Coxon enters the studio by means of a thick cloud of vapour. “Banana and yoghurt,” he declares cheerfully. I had anticip...

Graham Coxon: Bert Jansch's music is a great gift for everyone

Ahead of two tribute live shows this weekend, Blur’s guitarist remembers the nerve-racking experience of meeting one among Britain’s biggest musiciansIt took me a while to completely recognize Bert Jansch. Perhaps as a result of I associated him with...

From Bat For Lashes to David Lynch: 10 years of Loud and Quiet magazine

To rejoice a decade of Loud and Quiet journal, they’re throwing an exhibition of stellar rock images. Editor Stuart Stubbs takes us by way of some of his favorite photographs10 Years of Loud & Quiet magazine is at Oslo, Hackney from 23 October un...

Blur: 'We used to take it in turns to punch each other'

Back in Hong Kong, where they recorded their album The Magic Whip, Damon, Graham, Alex and Dave speak about falling out and making up, the state of British pop music and why 90s Britpop was a wasted alternativeHong Kong in July is usually a disorient...

On my radar: Thea Gilmore’s cultural highlights

The singer-songwriter on the return of Blur, the loneliness in Edward Hopper’s work, BBC TV satire W1A and the inspirational environment of LiverpoolSinger-songwriter Thea Gilmore grew up in Oxford before leaving residence in her teens to work in a r...

Graham Coxon: Cruel Mother – hear his musical tribute to Shirley Collins

The Blur guitarist is among the contributors to an album of songs associated with the good English people singer to be launched for Document Retailer Day. Have a pay attention and tell us what you assumeShirley Collins’s standing as one of many great...

Graham Coxon on the Blur reunion: ‘Pop doesn’t have to be a fleeting thing’

The former Britpop superstars stunned everyone by saying their first album collectively for 16 years. Guitarist Graham Coxon explains how it started with a chance assembly in Hong Kong …When a big-name pop band will get back collectively after an ext...

Blur announce The Magic Whip, their first new album for 12 years

The Magic Whip options the complete Blur lineup of Albarn, Coxon, Rowntree and James, and fans can rejoice with a June gig in London’s Hyde Park10 of the best: Damon Albarn tracksFollowers of Britpop pioneers Blur had purpose to have fun on 19 Februa...

What are the best anti-riffs in rock?

BBC Radio 2 listeners have picked their favorite riffs in music, with Led Zeppelin’s Entire Lotta Love topping the record. But what of the extra unconventional methods of enjoying? BBC Radio 2 listeners have picked their top riffs from of an inventor...