27 April 2025
After the release of their 2nd blockbuster LP What’s The Story (Morning Glory)
back in 1995, OASIS stormed towards world fame faster than a supersonic jet.
Two king-sized concerts – 26 & 27 April 1996 – that stood out of the tour that followed were the ones at the football stadium named Maine Road in Moss Side, Manchester where their beloved Manchester City played.
And back again.
Top singles from the past
24 April 2025
30 years ago today, on 24 April 1995, Manchester‘s rock kings OASIS released
SOME MIGHT SAY from their million-seller LP (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
It was their 6th single and first No. 1 in the UK.
The single was also the last to feature all five original members,
as drummer Tony McCarroll was fired shortly after its release.
The sleeve artwork was created by Brian Cannon. It was shot on the
disused platform of Cromford, a railway station in Derbyshire, England.
This is how cool rock ‘n’ roll clips look like.
Their Top Of The Pops appearance was definitely cool too.
16 April 2025
Band: OASIS
Track: FUCKIN’ IN THE BUSHES
Album: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
Their 4th one, released in 2000.
It’s not constructed as a single – no verse, pre-chorus, chorus, verse. Noel wrote
it – with Led Zeppelin in mind – specifically to have a killer intro for their concerts
(Liam used it later to start his solo shows too). And it worked brilliantly, therefore
it was worth a single. Anyway, for me that is.
Click to go straight to YT and watch/hear
Fuckin’ In The Bushes at Wembley, London,
on 21 July 2000.
Can you imagine! Because of the song’s title you
need to check into YT to see the footage. It’s 2025.
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The concert was recorded and released on CD, named
Familiar To Millions, a couple of months later.
5 March 2025
Even if you’re not an OASIS fan whatsoever, you definitely, maybe have heard/read that
the notorious Gallagher brothers will do an extensive, sold-out reunion tour in the UK, Australia, Argentina, Brasil, Mexico and other countries this summer/fall. No European shows announced so far. But strong rumours suggested that this will happen in 2026.
Anyway, there’s much speculation on who will complete the line-up
as Oasis had different band members over the years. Today Liam
revealed the names on X/Twitter.
Here we have it Peppa pig on drums Bert n Ernie on lead guitar n bass finger bobs on keyboard obv me n Rkid hope that clears everything up can’t wait to see you all who’s says RnR is dead LG x
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) March 5, 2025
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
Last December, 30 years ago, Manchester‘s bigmouth rock stars OASIS released
stand-alone single WHATEVER. It peaked at #3 in the UK (more than 114 million
streams on Spotify so far).
And?
Well, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the bluesy,
anthemic song it was reissued on 7″ vinyl last Friday.
And?
The single is on course to hit the top of the UK Charts with
Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Not Like Us’, Chappell Roan‘s ‘Pink Pony Club,
as the other two candidates.
“I’m free to be whatever I
Whatever I choose and
I’ll sing the blues if I want
I’m free to say whatever I
Whatever I like, if it’s wrong
or right, it’s alright.”
For all you lazy people out there
who have been sleeping for 30 years
here’s your whatever wake-up call.
You can order a copy HERE.
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
30 January 2025
Sheffield‘s nuclear turbine BRING ME THE HORIZON
released their 7th LP, named Post Human: Nex Gen
last May.
And here’s their first barnstormer of 2025. As a guest of
the Spotify Singles Series ballistic vox Oli Sykes and his metal
squad recorded a cover of Oasis‘ imperishable
1995 classic Wonderwall.
Wake up people,
bang your head
against the wall
for some supersonic
fun.
Aaarrrggghhh!
I guess, fan or not, you have heard
the original at least one time.
More than 2 billion streams on
Spotify. 481 million views on YT.
Back in time
31 December 2024
Band: THE WHITE STRIPES
Album: Get Behind Me Satan
Their 5rh LP. #3 in the UK and the US.
Pitchfork: “On their fifth album, the White Stripes’ ambitions finally seem to outpace their limited musical vocabulary. Making an almost-entirely clean break with the jet-fueled blues
rock of Elephant and De Stijl, they forsake electric guitar on all but a couple of tracks, working instead with pianos, acoustic guitars, marimbas, and other assorted oddball percussion.”
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Band: EDITORS
Album: The Back Room
Their first one. No. 2 in the UK.
No21 in the USA.
Pitchfork: “They imitate bands with dramatic vocalists … but the best moments
on The Back Room aren’t the theatrical ones—it’s when the four of them are playing
and discovering their own chemistry”.
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Instagram – All Albums
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Band: OASIS
Album: Don’t Believe The Truth
Their 6th. #1 in the UK, #12 in the USA.
AllMusic: “Don’t Believe the Truth the closest Oasis has been to great since the
summer of Britpop, when they were the biggest and best band in the world.”
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Instagram – Website
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Band: dEUS
Album: Pocket Revolution
4th longplayer. No 1 in Belgium.
AllMusic: “The group offers an album that refuses to be pinned down to a single
style. Despite the extended break between albums, dEus picks up right where they
left off with The Ideal Crash.”
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Band: BLOC PARTY
Album: Silent Alarm
Their debut. No. 3 in the UK.
NME: Varied in tone and stylistically uncategorisable, one thing
is clear about Bloc Party’s debut album: it’s bloody brilliant.
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Band: HARD-FI
Album: CCTV
1st full length.
No. 1 in the UK.
The Guardian: “Hard-Fi’s edge over more derivative rivals lies in a formula
that delivers old Specials and Clash reggae vibes with the big-tune ratio of
a boy band.”
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Artist: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Album: Devils & Dust
The 13th. #1 both in the UK & US.
Rolling Stone: “In striking and affecting ways, his most audacious
record since the home-demo American Gothic of 1982’s Nebraska.”
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Instagram – All Albums
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Band: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Album: Lullabies To Paralyze
4th LP. #5 in the US, #4 in UK.
NME: ‘Lullabies To Paralyze’ will use its enigmatic mysticism to lull you into
a blissful daze so you don’t at first notice that the riffs have broken your neck.
Better. Than. Sex.”
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Instagram – Website
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Band: THE ROLLING STONES
Album: A Bigger Bang
22nd LP. #2 in the UK,
#3 in the US.
The Guardian: “There is a sense of finality about A Bigger Bang. It may not be quite
the blazing ship to Valhalla they intended, but then nor is it the unmarked grave you
might expect.”
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Band: LCD SOUNDSYTEM
Album: LCD Soundsystem
Debut one. #6 in the US,
#20 in the UK.
AllMusic: “Like just about everybody else these days, Murphy’s more skilled at creating isolated tracks than making full-lengths, even though this particular full-length has few weak spots and unfolds smoothly as you listen to it from beginning to end.”
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28 December 2024
Band: OASIS
Album: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
Their 2nd one. The best-selling
album of the 90s in the UK.
Rolling Stone said: “What’s the Story is more than a natural progression, it’s
a bold leap forward that displays significant musical and personal growth.”
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Band: RADIOHEAD
Album: The Bends
Their second LP. It peaked at
#7 in the UK and #88 in the US.
NME wrote: “Radiohead clearly resolved to make an album
so stunning it would make people forget their own name,
never mind ‘Creep’.”
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Instagram
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Artist: PJ HARVEY
Album: To Bring You My Love
Her 3rd one. #12 in the UK.
The Independent (British newspaper): “Harvey’s performance makes the record stand out from its peers. A threatening, nightmarish creature. Imagine Siouxsie and the Bad Seeds”
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Band: BLACK GRAPE
Featuring 2 Happy Mondays.
Bez and Shaun Ryder.
Album: It’s Great When You’re Straight…
Their debut longplayer. No. 1 in the UK.
VOX (British music monthly): “Black Grape buzz with the
life-affirming, innovative, fuck-you spirit of true rock’n’roll”.
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Artist: TRICKY
Album: Maxinquaye
The debut of former
Massive Attack member.
Q (British music monthly): “A highly inventive and intoxicating collection.
With this debut, Tricky proves himself to be more challenging and eclectic
than his peers”.
PlAY
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Band: PULP
Album: Different Class
The 5th one of the Sheffield, led by Jarvis Cocker.
No. 1 in the UK, No. 44 in the USA.
Melody Maker (former British weekly): “Bloody essential. The album’s title
alone announces that Cocker’s broadened his scope, has another axe to grind:
social
antagonism.”
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Band: LEFTFIELD
Album: LEFTISM
London-based duo’s
debut LP.
NME said: “There’s a scope and spirit, an energy and a madness to ‘Leftism’ which’ll
make it one of the few dance derived that’ll stay up there, bouncing around in the great
echo chamber of futurity for years.
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Band: GARBAGE
Album: Garbage
The Scottish/American team’s 1st one.
No. 1 in the UK, No. 20 in the US.
AllMusic: “Garbage’s self-titled debut has all the trappings of alternative rock, off-kilter arrangements, occasional bursts of noise, a female singer with a thin, airy voice but it
comes off as pop, thanks to the glossy production courtesy of drummer Butch Vig.”
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Band: THE SMASHING PUMKINGS
Album: Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
3rd longplayer, a double one. No. 1 in the US, and the UK.
Time USA said: “The group’s most ambitious and accomplished work yet. One gets the feeling that the band charged ahead on gut instincts; the sheer scope of the album (28 songs) didn’t allow for second-guessing or contrivance.”
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Band: THE CHARLATANS
Album: THE CHARLATANS
Their 4th LP. #1 in the UK.
NME wrote: “It feels unequivocally like a statement of intent. With the various
influences, the band was capable of absorbing the sensibility wholesale, while
leaving the incriminating specifics alone.”
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26 December 2024
Luckily, he gave it back last summer
