In 1988, three students at London’s Goldsmiths College, singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, and bassist Alex James, formed a band with drummer Dave Rowntree. Initially performing as Seymour, ...

Blur, one of Britpop’s giants, had already left the scene before it ended. The band adopted the lo-fi sound of American indie rock and finally broke through in the U.S. with “Song 2”. I imagine most ...

Britpop was a reactionary movement by design: a celebratory reclamation of once-proud UK musical traditions—’60s pop and psychedelia, ’70s glam and punk, ’80s indie—in the face of American grunge’s ...

Just after Valentine's Day 2015, '90s music fans received a love note from one of the decade's greatest bands: Blur, onetime posterboys of Brit-pop and best-selling alternative rockers, announced the ...