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Friday 10: 10 Bands from the Forgotten Dark Period of UK Music (1997 – 2002ish)

Friday 10: 10 Bands from the Forgotten Dark Period of UK Music (1997 – 2002ish) While it has been widely ignored, the post Britpop / pre "The Libertines/The _____/garagey" band era was kind of a dark period in UK music. UK had just witness one of the greatest talent and musical explosions of all time in the early 90s but by the late 90s, those bands had all either broken up, started to suck or completely change their sound. During this time, bands found it hard to garner success, specially with the charts being dominated by the Spice Girls/Westlife/whatever. To put it into perspective, Stereophonics was considered one of the biggest acts from the UK [...]

Idlewild: pausa e futuro incerto

Idlewild: pausa e futuro incerto Bisogna apprezzare la sincerità degli Idlewild : la band infatti ha annunciato che, una volta terminato il tour che li vede impegnati in UK e Irlanda, si prenderà un periodo di pausa di durata indeterminata. L'annuncio è stato dato qualche giorno fa all'interno del loro "tour-diary" su Facebook , dove viene spiegato chiaramente che uno dei motivi principali di questa decisione è da attribuirsi al calo di interesse verso la musica degli Idlewild sia in UK, sia fuori dai confini britannici ("Post Electric Blues" dello scorso anno è passato completamente inosservato). Il gruppo scozzese [...]

Today's feature artist: Idlewild.

IDLEWILD - you held the world in your arms
In celebration of their new album, Make another world (released on April 3 in the US (March 6 for the digital version), March 5 elsewhere), here comes a slew of Idlewild videos, starting with the new one, "No emotion" . The story at Pitchfork can be found here . "No emotion" : "If it takes [...]

Idlewild - Make Another World

IDLEWILD - you held the world in your arms
Rating : 6.9