W♥M212: Britpop in the USA

W♥M212: Britpop in the USA (53 mins) Read More Britpop The second part of the show is all about British magazines. We touch on some of these: Select Magazine, Q Magazine, Vox, NME, Melody Maker, The Face, Word, Uncut Magazine, Mojo …

April 2014 is the 20th anniversary of Britpop, according to BBC6 and Radio 1.

This whole month, we are devoting W♥M Radio to our love of Britpop.

Vu and John discuss the story of Britpop, the short-lived movement from 1993 to 1997.

pre-Britpop

Start of Britpop

Important album: Blur's Parklife (Apr 1994)

Britpop in Mainstream

Britpop "Time Line"

Suede: Suede (Mar 1993); Dog Man Star (Mar 1995)

Blur: Parklife (Apr 1994)

Pulp: His n Hers (Apr 1994); Different Class (Oct 1995)

Echobelly: Everyone's Got One (Jul 1994)

Oasis: Definitely Maybe (Aug 1994); Morning Glory (Oct 1995)

Sleeper: Smart (Jan 1995)

Elastica: Elastica (Mar 1995)

Gene: Olympian (Mar 1995)

Supergrass: I Should Coco (May 1995)

Cast: All Change (Oct 1995)

Death of Britpop

Politics: Labour Party was elected

Record labels merging in 1997

Oasis: Be Here Now (Aug 1997)

Death of Princess Diana

Life after Britpop

There are a lot of exciting new British bands emerging and making it big in the U.S.A... including the 1975

Most of the old 90s Britpop bands are no longer around, but the few surviving ones are worth checking out if you've never seen/heard of them.

BONUS: A bunch of Britpop-era bands and snippets of music.

Vu and Select Magazine (Apr 1993)

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