Blur as we know it was born in 1989 when the band signed to Food/EMI. Debut album Leisure (1991) announced the arrival of a band with pop suss warped by an art-punk eccentricity. Yet Blur had more in them: namely, a revolution in the sound of English popular music. Second album Modern Life Is Rubbish reintroduced the idea that English rock music could be cool, and by the time their third album Parklife emerged in 1994, the rest of the UK had caught up. 

The Great Escape (1995) refined the sound palette of Britpop, but Blur were already moving on. 1997's Blur was an about-face - scuffed and noisy and un-English. Follow-up 13 was an even a more radical adventure in sound as William Orbit refereed a truce between organic punkpop and new-fangled technology.

Seventh album Think Tank (2003) was Blur’s first as a three piece after the temporary departure of founding guitarist Graham Coxon, featuring an eclectic variety of rhythms and textures and glorious melodies. 

In 2009 Blur reconvened as a four-piece to play a series of UK shows including two sold out dates at Hyde Park and a historic Sunday night appearance at Glastonbury. A film about Blur, No Distance Left To Run, was released in 2010.

http://cfmu.msumcmaster.ca/ - The Switch every Saturday 530-7pm. Hamilton, Ontairo, Canada.

Funk and stuff.



Art by Drew Taylor

<a href= "http://newslang.bandcamp.com">New Slang bandcamp</a>

New Slang suffers from multiple personality disorder. Somewhere between 8-50 personalities have breezed through the band since its inception in 2006.

Intuitive Hypa * GBZ * Solid DJ Oak * Savoury Davis * Professor Midnight * Beatmaster Big Game Up * Sean Jimminy * Darth Brooks * Sun-In-LA * Gallant Santilope * Imperceptible MC * Harry Holler * Pubs Panseno * David Buoy * Beatmaster R.T. Fukk * Hurt Pro Paine * Lady Squire * Marcel Du Champion * Black Forest Goth * G-Texas * G-Twice * G-Missourah * G-Natural * Bi-Polar Grandpa * DJ LP * Bookend * Rain Bo Seattle * Roll Illand * Reed Dakota * Pubs Pansylvania * Laser Robotic * Hypachussetts * David Boo * Johnny Depth * Winnie the Shitt * Pennwolf of the Steppes * Big Prince * Roxx Mulder * Wild Boris * Wordy Rap Pennwolf * Huggs Hunney * Elvis Blissed-Out Bonus Beast * Thaddeus Brosieppe Fadio * Larry Nerd * Ashanti Jimminy * Peter 'Trash' Garbage, aka Puerto El Garbaggio * Shoot Amigo * Yung Curmudgeon * LocoMane * Pubs Pandemic * Mika Foster the Microphone Foster Child 

 There are more members, though these are the ones that leap immediately to mind.

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