Before the Britpop revolution fully took hold, Blur was just another band of underdogs aiming to marry insightful cultural commentary with music that was just as stylistically diverse. That all ...

Blur will always be synonymous with the mid-‘90s zeitgeist that brought the London quartet to the forefront of the Britpop movement and pulled them into an infamous rivalry with Oasis. Damon Albarn, ...

Blur's third album Parklife was one of the best and most defining albums of the emerging Britpop scene when released in 1994. Spawning four hit singles in the U.K., it was also the first of five #1 ...

“We only had three things to say in our first interviews: we’re great, we’re not an ‘indie’ band, and don’t judge us now, judge us in four years’ time,” Damon Albarn told British culture guide The ...

Originally released as a single during the summer of 1994, “Parklife” confirmed Blur becoming one of the most influential bands in the Brit-pop genre. Blur was created amidst the rising popularity of ...

This article originally appeared in the August 1994 issue of SPIN. The Brüt commercials are right: Men are back! Except they’re the kind of men who used to wear sideways haircuts on MTV, who spent the ...

to celebrate the 21st anniversary of their debut release, blur's break-through album 'parklife' has now been remastered from the original tapes by frank arkwright (the smiths, arcade fire, new order, ...

There’s always talk of opportunity in acrobatics and tumbling. It’s a sport built to give chances to compete to athletes across the nation.... Emerald writers love a deep dive. In the Discography Dive ...

While Blur were at the peak of their success in 1995, not every member of the band was enjoying the commercial attention, ...