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Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha
Britpop veterans Supergrass (remember “Alright” and Gaz Coombes’ impossibly long sideburns?) were synonymous with the Cool Britannia movement of the 1990s. The band’s sixth album still boasts a lot of Kinks-like wit and Buzzcocks-style energy on songs like “Rebel in You” and “Bad Blood.” And the exuberant “345” and the campy “Diamond Hoo Ha Man,” a blues and glam-rock hybrid with Coombes screaming “bite me,” show where the Arctic Monkeys and the Kaiser Chiefs cop some of their licks.
Apr. 15
