Oasis

In certain parts of their native Boston, Pile are held in the kind of esteem usually reserved for the Celtics, Bruins, Red Sox or Matt Damon. Peers in the independent music scene, as well as critics, hold the same respect for the group. Yet…

At the turn of the millennium, there seemed to be a collective consciousness among musicians, engendering a radical shift in the perspective of their work. It was a period of cutting-edge production – a pinnacle for IDM, indie rock, emo and…

‘He’s like a man with a fork in a world made of soup.’ This week on Up to 90 we look at the band responsible for bringing Britpop into the mainstream: the iconic supergroup: Oasis. We debate the individual strengths of Noel versus Liam and…

How do you define Blur? The band forged their career by stylistically swerving left and right as dueling talents Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon fought for control of the wheel. By 1997 they’d built their fortune on cheeky characters, sticky…

WE'RE BACK. New year, new season, new music, same old NO ENCORE fun and games. Dave Hanratty and Colm O'Regan are joined in-studio by State Magazine Reviews Editor Zara Hedderman for an hour-or-thereabouts of music-related chat including…

Winter has come, so get warm with your red hot NO ENCORE wrecking crew as they welcome 2fm, Newstalk, Today FM and State Magazine's Jennifer Gannon to the dance. Up for discussion - Oasis and their Supersonic documentary, the pop merits…

Welcome to THE PLAYLIST, where HeadStuff staff and friends siphon through exciting art to craft essential listening experiences you didn’t know you needed. To celebrate the release of Bantum's sterling second record Move - out today~! -…

In a video on the Brownbread mixtapes Youtube channel, Karl Parkinson reads his "Positivity Manifesto." In a torrent of words and imagery he moves from Walt Whitman to weight loss hypnotist Paul McKenna, to Nintendo Wii, referencing William…

Deafheaven New Bermuda Sunbather, Deafheaven’s breakthrough album, was one of the best records of 2013. An abrasive, sonically experimental and challenging album, albeit one slightly overshadowed by the fact that an abrasive, sonically…