"Disco 2000" Meaning by Pulp Explained
July 31, 2025
Pulp never really belonged, not even in the music scene, Britpop, of which they were one of the most important bands. Jarvis Cocker wrote with great empathy about all sorts of goofy characters, including himself. Some of those songs are bona fide classics. “Disco…
Top 10 Songs by The Fratellis
July 10, 2025
The Fratellis started their career as guitar pop hitmakers, nearly fell apart because of overindulgence on the group’s most pop-friendly hooks, and ended up as survivors and masters of their craft. I may get a few angry comments for this, but I am certain that The…
What Does "Wonderwall" by Oasis Really Mean Anyway?
June 17, 2025
Oasis and its music meant more to 90s rock audiences than the majority of bands of the era. And while at least two of the group’s albums are celebrated as bona fide classics, the layman will always know the Gallagher brothers as the men responsible for…
Top 10 Songs by Supergrass
April 10, 2025
The world is a tough, unfair, unforgiving place that just remembers the winners. Despite this, there are some who correctly point to Supergrass as one of the greatest alternative rock bands ever.
No, no great tragedy happened to this band. This isn’t the story of…
The Libertines - “Up the Bracket” Reviewed and Revisited
December 1, 2024
The Libertines, by their own admission, came to London seeking fame and fortune and willing to do anything for it. By 2002, they were England’s answer to New York’s The Strokes and heralded by the local music press as geniuses. “Up the Bracket,” in…
The Libertines - "All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade" Review
October 15, 2024
Life can be harsh. It can give but take away twofold. Few people are given beauty and talent. Fewer still can retain it. The Libertines succumb to the laws of nature on the bombastic but all too obvious collection of songs found on the new album “All Quiet on the…
Oasis’ “Bonehead’s Bank Holiday” could’ve been one of the band’s most famous songs… had the musicians bothered to release it on an official album or even “The Masterplan” b-sides collection. Such was the measure of Noel Gallagher’s…
The 11 Best Oasis Sad Songs
April 25, 2023
Oasis sad songs are a bit like life. You’ll encounter them whether you like it or not. And you’ll have a much better time if you choose to enjoy them. Fortunately, millions of people genuinely like them.
Besides this, it’s in Oasis’ sad songs that…
11 Best Songs by the Verve: How for a Brief Moment Richard Ashcroft Fronted the Biggest Band in the World
April 24, 2023
The Verve are band both blessed and cursed. They will forever be associated with one song, “Bittersweet Symphony,” although they have many others. They will be known for their break-ups but, for a time, formed a great live unit.
And they’ll be viewed as…