Tumbleweed Connection by Elton John (1970)
If I had to compile a list of my favourite rock bands, then it would mainly comprise miserable pricks from […]
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Robbie Williams, deep dive (part III)
Continued from part II. Reality Killed the Video Star (2009)After Rudebox bombed, Robbie “went into rehab” and, by all accounts,
The Life of a Showgirl by Taylor Swift (2025)
As every New Statesman-reading Sociology postgrad is all too aware and ready to remind you in a lengthy lecture, popular
Robbie Williams, deep dive (part II)
Continued from part I. Swing When You’re Winning (2000)I suppose I’m obliged to write something here, as objectionable as I
Robbie Williams, deep dive (part I)
For someone who spent much of his youth in dank underground metal clubs or, later, pretentiously and very publicly reading
Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne (1991)
Since its inception in the 1960s, popular music has been riven by an ongoing conflict between Britain and America and,
August and Everything After by the Counting Crows (1993)
After years of searching, I finally found it; the origin point of what Oasis manager Alan McGee would later dismiss
In It For The Money by Supergrass (1997)
Why weren’t Supergrass bigger? I must admit, I had only the faintest awareness of them during the heyday of Britpop
Get Sunk by Matt Berninger (2025)
I started out as a pock-marked hormone-wracked incel with Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, transitioned to bolshy Britpop in
Oasis, selected tracklist
1. “Rock ’N’ Roll Star” (Definitely Maybe)This is the obvious choice for kicking off an Oasis selected playlist. The opener