Album A&E - Gene, 'Olympian'

Britpop was a bit like the Premier League is now (or EPL for our international viewers). Just like Man U and the big clubs who seem to be guaranteed their spots at the division's apex each season, at the peak of the movement's '90s heyday it was always two names who dominated the Champions League spots: Blur and Oasis. If you weren't a Gallagher or an Albarn, life lower down the league was less secure. Echobelly, Sleeper and lesser names like Mantaray or Sussed came and went without threatenin...

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