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How Menswear typified Cool Britannia and Britain's creation myth | Alwyn Turner

4414 days ago
Guardian MusicMenswear were to Blur what the Monkees were to the Beatles, a band that became popular when times were goodJust a week after a track by Damon Albarn, formerly of Blur, was chosen to mark the 90th anniversary of the BBC, it appears that congratulation... more info

10cc: 'It was a tragedy we didn't stay together'

4415 days ago
Guardian MusicThey made some of the cleverest and most inventive music of the 70s, but split up at the height of their success. 10cc come together for the first time in 36 years to explain where it went wrongForget the Stone Roses' comeback and the mooted (and den... more info

New band of the day – Swiss Lips (No 1,400)

4416 days ago
Guardian MusicMeet the Mancunians who are establishing a new order of New Order – all fizzy, Balearic, dance-pop thrillsReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Sam Hammond (vocals), Tim Estherby (keyboards), Luke Daniel (guitar), Nic Kozub... more info

Radar Band Of The Week - No. 114: The Child Of Lov

4417 days ago
NME - RadarMeet The Child Of Lov. That’s him above – well, that’s his chin and torso, to be absolutely precise. He’s choosing to keep the rest a secret for now. While the anonymous shtick of WU LYF, iamamiwhoami, Evian Christ et al may be somewhat tires... more info

The Vaccines – review

4418 days ago
Guardian MusicAlexandra Palace, London"I'm nobody's hero," hollers Justin Young during Teenage Icon, the self-deprecating centrepiece of the Vaccines' second album, Come of Age. Some 10,000 lager-flinging addicts, bawling along, beg to differ. For all of the new a... more info

Luke Haines: 'I've been lucky all the way through'

4420 days ago
Guardian MusicFormer 'saviour of UK rock' Luke Haines has never followed the unwritten rules of pop, as a surreal concept album provesTwenty years after Britpop began, Damon Albarn is planning more gigs with Blur, Brett Anderson's Suede are recording a new albumâ€... more info

Example: The Evolution of Man – review

4422 days ago
Guardian Music(Ministry of Sound)Judging by the readers' comments, Example won few friends in a recent Guardian interview. But the consensus – that the Fulham singer/rapper is an unpleasant hardnut – could be overturned by his fourth album, which is loaded wit... more info

Preview Blur’s new Parklive DVD with this performance of “Under the Westway”

4423 days ago
Consequence of SoundFrom the Poetry Olympics to the real Olympics. more info

Sixty years of the UK charts

4424 days ago
Guardian MusicSixty years ago today, the first singles chart was published in Britain – turning pop music into a competitive sport. Bob Stanley on how fans, scams and yodelling Aussies changed the landscapeFor Britain, the modern pop era began in 1952. Not only ... more info

Controversial MIA video triumphs at UK Music Video awards

4429 days ago
Guardian MusicWatch the winning videos, including MIA's Bad Girls, which picked up three top prizes at the ceremony in LondonIt features drag racing across a desert, burning old tankards and gun-toting Arabs in military fatigues – and it has already enjoyed a ke... more info

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