Growing up in Florida during the ’70s, I always understood provincial music. Southern rock was the soundtrack to my childhood. So when I got into punk in the ’80s, the idea of regional scenes made ...

How one era-defining classic—Elastica’s Britpop-bombing 1995 debut—spawned another: M.I.A.’s Arular, which turns 10 this year. Elastica died without incident—no dramatic onstage announcement, no ...

Originality in pop is an overly-fetishised concept, especially by music critics. I have probably caught that bug a little myself, which is why I hadn’t found myself revisiting Elastica’s two albums ...

Elastica singer Justine Frischmann has given a rare interview, speaking about the Britpop band and her new career as a painter. Frischmann’s band split up in 2001 after two albums (1995’s ‘Elastica’ ...

In this month's essay, Jeanette Leech seeks to reclaim the legacy of Elastica's vastly underrated second album from prurient mutterings about drug addiction and the collapse of Britpop, celebrating ...

The UK band Elastica released one self-titled album of ridiculously catchy, close-to-perfect new wave in 1995. Then, they took five years to record The Menace, the pretty-good follow-up, and promptly ...

The Battle of Britpop between Blur and Oasis remains the era's greatest feud, but the chart-fighting and name-calling wasn't the only drama to come out of the '90s UK music scene. Elastica's Justine ...

Former Elastica frontwoman Justine Frischmann has spoken out about her split from Damon Albarn – revealing that it was ‘hard’ for him to accept her band’s success in America. Frischmann and the Blur ...

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Rehan Jalil came to the U.S. to attend graduate school, then took a job at Sun Microsystems, accidentally assuring that the Silicon Valley would become home base for the young immigrant for the rest ...

Donna Matthews is in a bit of a rush. She had to dash to a drop-in centre for the homeless in King's Cross, London, where she volunteers once a week, to tell them that she can't make it this week. It ...

British pop group Elastica have split. Frontwoman Justine Frischmann issued an official statement last night saying: “Believe it or not Elastica have been together for almost ten years which is ...