As in, I wonder whatever happened to The Oneders?
And no, “That Thing You Do,” though an actual one hit wonder from the 90’s and one of the my favorite songs from the decade, will not be on my list. Considering that it’s original music from a film and is performed by a fictional band, I’m [...]

Some very pretty scenes happening in the new Verve video for “Love is Noise,” the band’s first single off their long-awaited forth album called Forth, (a la Portishead’s long-awaited third album called Third), due August 18 on EMI. I still might have to give this song a 6-7/10 rating, but as I said, any Ashcroft [...]

As comforted as I am by a new Verve single, I have to say that “Love is Noise” is good, but not exactly great. The sample on the track is, to say the least, very strange and takes some getting used to. Regardless, I’m content with Richard Ashcroft singing over pretty much anything and am [...]

If My Poproks had done the Top 10 Coolest Reunions of 2007, The Verve would have been #2 (Police, sorry).
The drugs don’t work, and I know I’ll see your face again! And what a face it is! Richard Ashcroft and his Brit-pop cohorts (otherwise known as The Verve) are still in the process of making [...]

 
If you read this blog more than once a week, by now you’ve figured I’m a bit of an Anglophile. Needless to say, I’ve been anticipating the Glastonbury line-up more than any other festival this year (even though I regretfully will not be attending). Well, the headliners were finally announced. I feel extremely satisfied.
Organizer Emily Eavis announced on [...]