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Brit Pop

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    January 25, 2012

    Get it Together: 10 Band Reunions We'd Like to See Stop by Seattle in 2012

    With this year's Coachella announcement, we learned that, like every year, some cool artists would be reuniting for the festival-- in this case, hardcore bands At the Drive-In and Refused, as well as the U.S. debut of re-formed Brit Pop deities Pulp. Reunions these days are a common occurrence. In f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Sheffield Sex City: New Pulp Documentary The Beat is the Law - Fanfare for the Common People at Northwest Film Forum

    Pulp, to borrow a line, weren't supposed to be. They were working class (which is rather a bigger deal in England); they were from Sheffield, in the North Country (which, again, apparently a big deal); they were brainy and effete, louche and viciously witty; they made rock records when rave was ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Why Not Spend Three Hours of Your Day Watching Documentaries about Brit Pop and Pulp's Class Anxiety Anthem "Common People"?

    Yesterday, I fell down one of those wonderful Internet rabbit holes that ends up eating your entire day, and now I'd like to share the time suck with the fine readers of Reverb. It started, as these things do, with a blog post, this keen lyrical analysis of Pulp's "Common People" by the Gaurdian U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    SXSW - My Best Of

    Best New Band Pete and the Pirates/ First Communion Afterparty Pete and the boys were the only band I made the effort to seek out twice. Their super-fueled take on modern Brit Pop coupled with the fact they are the most cheek-pinchabley cute band since Blur rates them high on my list. First Commun ... More >>

  • Music

    July 7, 1999

    Seven nights

    Best New Band Pete and the Pirates/ First Communion Afterparty Pete and the boys were the only band I made the effort to seek out twice. Their super-fueled take on modern Brit Pop coupled with the fact they are the most cheek-pinchabley cute band since Blur rates them high on my list. First Commun ... More >>

  • Music

    June 23, 1999

    Seven nights

    Best New Band Pete and the Pirates/ First Communion Afterparty Pete and the boys were the only band I made the effort to seek out twice. Their super-fueled take on modern Brit Pop coupled with the fact they are the most cheek-pinchabley cute band since Blur rates them high on my list. First Commun ... More >>

  • Music

    June 16, 1999

    Seven nights

    Best New Band Pete and the Pirates/ First Communion Afterparty Pete and the boys were the only band I made the effort to seek out twice. Their super-fueled take on modern Brit Pop coupled with the fact they are the most cheek-pinchabley cute band since Blur rates them high on my list. First Commun ... More >>

  • Music

    June 9, 1999

    Seven Nights

    Best New Band Pete and the Pirates/ First Communion Afterparty Pete and the boys were the only band I made the effort to seek out twice. Their super-fueled take on modern Brit Pop coupled with the fact they are the most cheek-pinchabley cute band since Blur rates them high on my list. First Commun ... More >>

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