At a time when grunge ruled the other side of the planet — all slouch, sludge and authenticity myths — the UK answered back with something tighter, smarter and far more ironic.
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‘Names (For Nameless Things)‘ is Mo*Ho*Bish*O*Pi at their most quietly devastating — a soft-focus drift through
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There are songs that define eras, and then there are songs that float above them.
‘Sunday‘ by Sonic Youth does both.
Taken from ‘The Italian Flag‘’s 1997 masterpiece album,
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There are songs you grow up with, and then there are songs that quietly grow into you.
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There’s a shimmer in the heatwave haze of brit pop’s golden age, and in 1995, that shimmer had a name:
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Pure 90s indie magic. ‘Drink the Elixir‘ is a full-throttle rush, a dizzy swirl of jangly guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and Maria van der Lugt’s effortlessly cool vocals. Dropping in 1997 as the
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Blur’s 1997 self-titled masterpiece gave us ‘Song 2‘, 127 seconds of blistering brit pop chaos that’s as electrifying now as it was then. With its raw, distorted guitars,
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Rolling Craze, Toasting Indie 