time_for_something_biblical Oasis are where they belong, Britain’s best loved band and the band of our generation. To compare them to Oasis is like comparing a Aston Martin to a Ford Ka, Blur were ok in their day, but will they be ...
Singer Damon Albarn announced that the full band, including guitarist Graham Coxon, who left the band due to reported alcohol problems, will work together again in 2009. Blur will rehearse together and see how it feels like again. ...
Damon Albarn has confirmed that Blur are to reunite next year. Speaking before his performance of Monkey: Journey To The West at the BBC Radio Theatre in London, Damon revealed the band would enter the recording studio in 2009. ...
Shoegaze was defined by its one-word band names – Blur, Lush, Ride, Spin. Repetitive, yes, but you can see the intention: to mirror the music’s gauzy textures. At the other end of the bluster spectrum, emo band names extol the art of ...
“Blur are certainly going to rehearse and see if we’re into it,” Albarn told the BBC this afternoon. Guitarist Graham Coxon, who left the band while they were worked on 2003’s Think Tank, also factors into the reunion equation. ...
Band To Watch: Threatmantics. Threatmantics are a scruffy Welsh rock trio that throw some wrinkles into the scruffy rock formula: Instead of a lead guitarist, they have a lead John Cale viola, and their drummer does double-time with a ...