Why I'm starting this blog
Up until now Britpop Revival has just been a Facebook page. However with the radio show starting soon this seems like a good time to reach out to other forms of media, hence starting this blog.To be...
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The Union Jack Guitar
It is surely one of the most iconic Britpop images (we use it on this page!), the famous Union Jack guitar that Noel Gallagher debuted at Oasis' Maine Road concert on 27th April 1996.Noel Gallagher...
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The female of the species is more deadly than the male
There are many ways in which the 'pop' scene today is so different to how it was in the 90s but one that really stands out is the absence of female bands. Actually there is an absence of bands full...
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Baby I'm ready to go
Well after waiting for a while I now have the date for the first radio show and it is this Sunday (18th Nov, 2pm). This has sparked off a flurry of activity at Britpop Towers (i.e. my living room),...
View ArticlePlaylist from Show No 1
Well today was the first radio show on Phonic FM. I'd been looking forward to it for weeks but I was well and truly bricking it by the time I got to the studio, not least because I'd forgotten the...
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Britpop Revival Radio Show #1 Nov 2012 by Britpop Revival on Mixcloud
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Pearl Lowe: All That Glitters
I've got to be honest, I didn't know much about Pearl Lowe. Yes, I remember Powder, the Britpop band that she fronted. But thinking about it, I don't really remember them as a band as much as I...
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A Speedy recovery
It started with a tweet...Now I like the folks behind 1p Album Club (just the sort of brilliant idea the internet was designed for, more about them another time) so I followed the link.The title...
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Strangeways, Here We Come
I'm delighted to be able to announce that from next month I will be hosting a weekly show on Strangeways Radio, an Internet radio station based not in Manchester but Michigan (not that these things...
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The lost Britpop album... Out Now!
After 15 years...The great lost Britpop album is found...Speedy – News from NowhereSpeedy - News from Nowhere by Britpop Revival on Mixcloud Speedy were:Philip Watson -...
View ArticlePlaylist from Xmas Request Show
For the show today I handed over control to you guys and from Facebook and Twitter you came up with loads and loads of great songs. In fact we got so many requests that we couldn't fit them all in the...
View ArticleXmas Request Show now online
Our Xmas Request Show is now available to listen to again online. Thanks for everyone who got in touch and took part, it was a lot of fun.There are few studio gremlins at the start (during Spacehog),...
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2012 and all that
Well, another year over and a new one just begun as John Lennon once said. So this seemed a good time to sit and have a think about what has happened for Britpop Revival in 2012 and I think it's safe...
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Vapour Trails hits the airwaves
I'm pleased to say that, starting this week (7th), my new show Vapour Trails will be going out on Strangeways Radio every Monday at 3pm EST, 8pm GMT.I'm thinking of this as my 'bigger Britpop' show....
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The Gallagher that cried wolf
So I see that Liam Gallagher has been talking to NME saying "Beady Eye's new album is the LP Oasis should have made after 'Morning Glory'". Yeah right.Liam Gallagher, telling it like it is? Does...
View ArticlePlaylist from January Britpop Revival Radio Show
Another enjoyable show, thanks to everyone who got in touch via email, Facebook and Twitter. Not so enjoyable when the first record failed to play though, 10 seconds of dead air felt like an eternity...
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Would you pay £18.50 for an album?
The recent demise of the HMV chain of record stores, the last real national outlet for buying music on the high street, has got me thinking. All the places where I bought music as a teenager are long...
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Blur's best sellers
I was browsing the Internet, as you do, looking for some information about Blur. Specifically I was looking to see if Under The Westway (No 34) was their lowest charting UK single - it wasn't by the...
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Vinyl Revival
You know it's not long ago that I was writing about how music consumption had moved on and who in their right mind would pay £18.50 for an album.Well as I write this I am listening to the excellent...
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All The Fun Of The Fair
If you've read the last few posts you'll see that I've quickly been changing my tune on vinyl, record shops and the like. So when I spotted a flyer in town for the Exeter Record Fair, well I just had...
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