Britpop
Skunk Anansie: how we made Weak
‘It was a vulnerable moment that turned into a moment of strength. It was basically me saying: I am never going to be hit by anyone ever again’
Interview by Henry Yates
06, Sep, 2021 @1:32 PM
‘The 90s seem like yesterday’: Saint Etienne on 30 years as pop auteurs
Sarah, Bob and Pete talk about recording their mesmeric new album via Zoom, the reality of the 90s and the oddness of pop parenthood
Jude Rogers
05, Sep, 2021 @7:30 AM
'It was like we'd gatecrashed someone else's party': how Britpop stars Menswear came apart at the seams
Back in 1994, the sharp-suited quintet could do no wrong as record labels fought to sign them. But in-fighting, drug abuse – and knocking a Coke can over on Peter Gabriel’s mixing desk – led to a rapid demise
Dave Simpson
23, Oct, 2020 @7:00 AM
Damon Albarn in a facemask: Kevin Cummins' best photograph
‘He wanted to get on a train in Tokyo to see what they were like. He put on a facemask and did a shiver as a joke. Because of Covid-19, it now seems really prescient’
Interview by Tim Jonze
14, Oct, 2020 @2:51 PM
Toto, ELO, Queen ... why hits from happier times top Covid lockdown playlists
Nostalgic Spotify users turn to the music of their youth to escape the woes of 2020
Jamie Doward
13, Sep, 2020 @6:01 AM
Skin: ‘I refused to play the game’
Skin has been at the forefront of British music for more than two decades. So why is she not considered a face of Britpop? Here, she opens up about racism, sexuality and a lifetime spent smashing stereotypes
Michael Segalov
06, Sep, 2020 @9:00 AM
'It reminded me I should not go quietly': readers' favourite UK No 1s
Guardian readers fill in the blanks in our countdown of the greatest UK No 1s of all time, with entries from Dusty Springfield to Desmond Dekker, Jimi Hendrix to Joe Dolce
Guardian readers
10, Jun, 2020 @9:00 AM
Cornershop's Tjinder Singh: 'My dad said, 'They’ll not always want you here'. That stuck'
Cornershop and their political music are still making a stand. Ahead of a new album, they return to their spiritual home in the Midlands
Jude Rogers
01, Mar, 2020 @10:30 AM
Supergrass: ‘We’ve always been about manic energy’
Britpop veterans Supergrass are back on the road – the Observer catches up with them in Amsterdam
Nosheen Iqbal
23, Feb, 2020 @10:00 AM
Billie Eilish v Van Halen: what makes older music click with young people
Why do some bands resonate with young fans (or musicians) and not others? It’s all about the magic of cultural timing
Michael Hann
04, Dec, 2019 @8:24 AM
Don’t Look Back in Anger review – talking about cool Britannia
An entertaining oral history of the 1990s
Kitty Empire
26, Aug, 2019 @6:00 AM
Lunch With the Wild Frontiers by Phill Savidge review – Britpop years writ large
This memoir by the promoter of Suede and Pulp is a lively love letter to a bygone era
Jason Watkins
04, Jun, 2019 @8:00 AM
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