Seeing Blur had always been an implausible prospect. I had missed them twice before in Hyde Park and yet, I managed to be there that night. ...

The title of the book was enough to capture my attention, A Scene in Between: Tripping Through the Fashions of UK Indie Music 1980-1988 . Up...

I doubt I'll ever forget the precise moment I stepped onto the Westbound Platform at Earls Court tube station. It was seven years ago an...

It's something you notice when you watch far too many documentaries about musical subcultures. There's that moment in the narrative,...

"You wouldn't believe this conversation I had with this dude tonight. He was trying to convince me that the Kooks were more indie ...

I was randomly perusing Al's Music Rant when I came across an article published in June 2009, How To Lose Your Female Fanbase In 7 Easy...

I have always taken great pride in remaining on good terms with my musical past. On some level, I know that I act in cultural retaliation. I...

There is something strange about realising that your culture doesn't seem to exist anymore. We can revisit the music and the places whic...

I don't know what it is about British pop, but it seems there is a very real sense of locality present in every group, in every song. It...

It is difficult to define what is so alluring about the cover artwork for Our Favourite Shop by the Style Council. Paul Weller and Mick Talb...

I think we were both a little startled when I said it: I want all your songs to be about me . In that single moment, everything seemed to be...

It goes without saying that I have been reveling in the shock and surprise that is Blur's Hyde Park reformation . As well as contemplati...

What do you do when your favourite publication becomes utter mince? Do you withdraw allegiances immediately? Do you stick with it, in the va...

I deleted your number the other day. It is stupid, really, because I know it off by heart. I had this soul-destroying tendency to sporadical...

I truly relished the opportunity to collate a bunch of songs purely devoted to British pop. Yet, despite my enthusiasm for this era of music...

Burned with an inferiority complex, lovers of popular music have an overbearing concern to locate content and depth in something that is gen...

It would appear that there is a neverending cavalcade of my old musical loves, making their way through Melbourne town. As hoardes of people...