Toasting… Ash – Girl From Mars
There’s a shimmer in the heatwave haze of brit pop’s golden age, and in 1995, that shimmer had a name: ‘Girl From Mars’. Ash, the teenage trio from Northern Ireland, dropped this interstellar indie pop blast when frontman Tim Wheeler was just 18 years old—a fact that feels almost unfair considering how sticky and timeless…
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Toasting… Salad – Drink The Elixir
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 lead single from ‘Ice Cream’, this track is peak Brit-pop energy, blending melody with a raw, almost psychedelic intensity. Salad float between dreamy…
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Toasting… Blur – Song 2
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, pounding drums, and Damon Albarn’s shout-along hook “Woo-hoo!” this track smashed the charts and became a global anthem. The surreal lyrics, like “When I feel heavy metal”,…
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Toasting… Smashing Pumpkins – Today
It was the 2nd single (after ‘Cherub Rock’) from ‘Siamese Dream’ that Smashing Pumpkins released back in September 1993, that caught the media attention and propelled the band to mainstream success. The song’s upbeat and catchy melody, combined with its relatable lyrics about feeling trapped and seeking escape, resonated with audiences and helped make ‘Siamese…
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Toasting… Adorable – Homeboy
The year was 1992, when the short-lived Coventry indie rock band Adorable stroke with a series of singles before their 1993 debut ‘Against Perfection’ and this one was the absolute smasher! ‘Homeboy’ sets off with one of the most distinctive and authoritative bass lines of the 90s to quickly unleash its immense amount of indie…
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