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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Damon’s dog

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blur, Britpop, Damon Albarn, Dog Racing, Parklife

When you sell millions of albums, there are untold ways to spend your money: big house, fancy cars, travel, guitars,

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Whither Elastica?

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britpop, Damon Albarn, Elastica, Justin Frischmann

Back in the heady days of Britpop in the middle 90s, Justine Frischmann of Elastica was one-half of the scene’s

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The origin of the term “Britpop”

September 20, 2021September 19, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britpop, Etymology, Ongoing History

Back in the middle 90s, the big buzzword in the UK was “Britpop.” This became an umbrella term for a

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, September 22, 2020

September 22, 2020September 28, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Alice in Chains, Amazon, Britpop, COVID-19, Dakota Tavern, Dr. Dre, John Lennon, Kanye, Live Music, Live Nation, Mark David Chapman, Smart Speakers, Yoko Ono

No. Just…no. Let’s begin the first day of autumn with music news for September 22, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: There

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Poll 

Weekly survey: 25 years after the Battle of Britpop, are you on Team Blur or Team Oasis?

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blur, Britpop, Oasis

Twenty-five years ago this month, Blur and Oasis went head-to-head for chart supremacy on the same week, sending Britain into

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Music History 

It was 25 years ago this month: The Great Britpop War

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Alan Cross 4 Comments Blur, Britpop, Feud, Oasis, Rivalry

If you were around in the summer of 1995 and into British music, you’ll remember this as the time when

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Music History 

This graphic shows how big Britpop was in Toronto

January 11, 2020January 10, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Britpop, Completely Ignored

Back in the day, Britpop was huge in Toronto. Really, really huge. Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored analyzed the whole

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 4: Britpop

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britpop

Fashion is one of the most disposable of all the artistic endeavors. Much of what’s created and sold isn’t designed

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, January 12, 2019

January 12, 2019January 11, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, Britpop, CES, David Bowie, Stream Ripping, Turntable

Ever had one of those weeks where computers seem to hate you? I had one of those. But I still

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Music History 

Next up on the resurrection/recycling list: Britpop!

September 7, 2018September 6, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britpop, Revival

It takes anywhere from a dozen to twenty years for nostalgia to kick in for a previous era of music.

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, April 24, 2018

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Avicii, Britpop, Deep Fake Videos, Elton John, Instagram, JPNSGRLS, K-Pop, Kanye West, Lauren Hill, machine learning, R. Kelly, Radio, Rolling Stones, Shania Twain, Trip Advisor, Vinyl

It was a rough day for Canada yesterday. Anything I can offer for music news will seem inconsequential. Still, here’s

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