‘People think I hate pop’: super-producer AG Cook on working with Beyoncé and honouring his friend Sophie
Mad fer it! The young musicians flying the flag for Britpop
March 2024
I’ve spent decades loving a band you’ve probably never heard of. But there are 199 others who get it
Zoe Williams
How we made
‘I often see fans crying or snogging to it’: Cast on how they made Walkaway
December 2023
Best music of 2023
The 50 best albums of 2023, No 8 – Blur: The Ballad of Darren
Blur’s ninth album is a perfect combination of middle-aged regret with swooning pop, a powerful career summation
October 2023
Brief letters
Why I won’t join any march about the war in the Middle East
Oasis: Liam Gallagher announces 30th anniversary Definitely Maybe tour
August 2023
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
Liam Gallagher review – when he does eventually smile, it’s perfect
The reliably aloof ex-Oasis frontman mixes old favourites and (Oasis-y-sounding) solo anthems – and fuels speculation about a reunion
July 2023
How we made
‘Suddenly misfits became pop stars, and we were part of it’: How Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq made Radio 1’s Evening Session
How we made
‘I wanted to evoke a violent, sexual world’: how Suede made Animal Nitrate
June 2023
How we made
‘It’s about disappointment – which everyone can relate to’: Shed Seven on Chasing Rainbows
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Council Skies review – not enough irresistible everyman anthems
January 2023
Blur’s Dave Rowntree: ‘I still wake at 3am thinking I’ve frittered my life away’
Drummer, lawyer, composer, politician… Blur’s busiest member on the troubled childhood that influenced his new solo album, and the band’s summer reunion gigs
December 2022
Mansun’s Paul Draper: interim stalking protection order imposed for alleged stalking of the Anchoress
This much I know
Graham Coxon: ‘Music has always been there for me’
November 2022
On the road again... how band reunions can be a victory lap for their generation
Barbara Ellen
The reader interview
Post your questions for Ride’s Andy Bell
Blur to reunite for one-off Wembley show next year
Ranked
Pulp’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
October 2022
Verse, Chorus, Monster! by Graham Coxon review – Britpop’s unlikely lad
In a disarmingly candid memoir, the Blur guitarist relates the madness of fame and addiction, his unease with Britpop, and how folk led him to greener pastures
