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Anniversary

Originality Be Damned: Elastica’s Albums Reappraised

On the 20th anniversary of The Menace, Luke Turner looks back at what made Elastica tick
Anniversary

Legislated Nostalgia: Blur’s Modern Life Is Rubbish, 25 Years On

Blur's vision of Britain in 1993 was only a hair's breadth away from that of John Major, says Luke Turner, as he revisits the band's least terrible album 25 years on
Black Sky Thinking

Modern Life Isn’t Rubbish: The Trouble With Britpop Nostalgia

The mainstream media are currently engaged in a collective misty-eyed throwback to the 'glory days' of the mid 90s. Luke Turner, who was a teenager at the time, argues that the current canonisation of Britpop is as musically and socially conservative as 1960s nostalgia
Black Sky Thinking

How The Baby Boomers Stole Music With Myths Of A Golden Age

Luke Turner despairs of John Lennon tooth cloning and the cultural stranglehold the baby boomer generation have over culture and the media... and asks, in our diverse modern age, might it be starting to weaken?

Rock's Backpages

A Pavement Interview: Terror Twilight, Radiohead, & Going Overground

As Pavement announce their reunion, Rock's Backpages and the Quietus revisit Barney Hoskyns' 1999 feature, written during the recording of final album _Terror Twilight_

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