Daily Jam - Apollo 13

In 2005, Suede front man Brett Anderson reunited with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler for a new project called The Tears.  For fans of Suede and Britpop in general, like me, it was a marvelous one-off.  Check out the spacey, yearning "Apollo 13" from the project's sole album below, our Daily Jam.

Suede

It's kinda wild to think that the original run of Suede (or The London Suede if ya nasty) ran for 5 albums, and now in September, the reunited version will hit its 5th release as well.  They still got it.  Pre-order "Antidepressants" here and listen to first single "Disintegrate" below.

Daily Jam - Electricity

I have written in detail about my teenaged infatuation with British pop music, myself along with a group of likeminded friends in the high winds and desert sun of west Texas donning the roles of Britpop disciples after grunge all but dried up. We needed a scene man. And Britpop stuck, though only fleetingly, as it dried up too after a few short years, its death knell being sounded in 1998 on Pulp’s This Is Hardcore, the ultimate comedown album (and one to be exhumed and examined on a future post maybe?). But in those aftermath years, after all the hype had dulled, the drugs and alcohol having done their worst and moved on, some stragglers and originators were still making their pop music for the masses. Suede (or The London Suede for us stateside folks), who possibly, maybe kicked the whole scene off in 1993 released their fourth proper album in 1999. And while Head Music is hardly one of the band’s best (I’m not sure if it even counts as a good album really), “Electricity,” the first track and single from the record, certainly attempted to convince me otherwise.

“It’s bigger than the universe.”

Right there in the chorus, “Electricity” goes big, a soaring ode to love, sex, and drugs that harnesses all of the pure pop and smeared mascara from the band’s previous effort, Coming Up, and explodes it all in grand, triumphant form. The guitars are louder, the vocals more dramatic, a glittery, magnificent call to the heavens on a coke-fueled, electric, neon-lit night. The kind that overtakes your mind, body, heart, and soul, and makes you feel everything, only to exist in fading memories forever beyond.

Listen to this before a night out.

Daily Jam - Together

I've probably said it a thousand times, but OG Britpop band Suede's B-sides are as good if not sometimes even better than their album tracks and singles.  Just stellar work.  Anyway, here's a B-side from the "Dog Man Star" era.  Listen to "Together" below, our Daily Jam.

Suede

Here's another new track from the upcoming new album by Suede...or The London Suede if ya nasty.  Check out "15 Again" below and be on the lookout for the "Autofiction" LP in September on BMG.  Pre-order it here.

Suede

Hey, we're getting a new album from Suede later this year.  It's lovely that these guys are still kicking around.  Check out "She Still Lead Me On" below and pre-order the upcoming "Autofiction" LP here from BMG.

Daily Jam - Not Alone

I miss the heyday of Britpop.  Even the stuff that kind of slipped in and out under the radar like former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler's solo effort "People Move On."  Here's the soaring and catchy "Not Alone," our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Starcrazy

Suede are one of those bands that i probably could listen to everyday, regardless of mood or circumstance.  Here's "Starcrazy," our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Refugees

The Tears was a short lived reunion project of sorts from Suede front man Brett Anderson and original Suede guitarist Bernard Butler.  Together again, they still sounded like the Suede, but could you really expect something else?  Here's "Refugees" from The Tears, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - The Drowners

If you ever wondered what Suede's "The Drowners" sounded like drenched in so much noise, feedback, and reverb that it was almost indecipherable, have i got a version for you.  Check out Flying Saucer Attack's wonderful and messy take on the song below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Europe Is Our Playground

You gotta love a band whose B-sides are just as great, if not better, than their singles and album cuts.  Suede's B-sides were always top tier as far as their Britpop peers were concerned.  Listen to the restless "Europe Is Our Playground" below, our Daily Jam.

Suede - The Invisibles

Remember at the end of the '90s and the early '00s when so many bands we grew up listening to called it quits?  And then remember over the last five years or so when a whole bunch of them got back together to tour and record new music?  And how now they're just keeping it going like they never took a decade or more off?  Yeah.  Anyway, Brit-pop originators Suede are following that path nicely, with their third new album since reuniting heading our way in September.  Watch the video for the single "The Invisibles" below, and pre-order the upcoming "The Blue Hour" here.

The Tyde featuring Bernard Butler

The Tyde is the long dormant project of Beachwood Sparks member Darren Rademaker.  The upcoming "Darren 4," the first album in a decade or so features former Suede lead guitarist Bernard Butler on guitar and backing vocals on the single, "The Curse in Reverse."  It all sounds like the lush and hazy psychedelic pop we would have heard from members of Elephant 6 back in the day, and that's just lovely.  Listen below and pre-order the record from Spiritual Pajamas.

Suede - Outsiders

A couple years ago, one of my favorite bands ever surprised the hell out of me (and i'm assuming everybody else) with a reunion album called "Bloodsports" that was actually pretty good, and a welcome return.  Well, they're keeping it going with another album, "Night Thoughts," due in January next year, and here's our first taste, an excellent single that reminds me why i miss the Britpop 90's to begin with.  Watch the video for "Outsiders" below.

New music from Suede!

Not to be outdone by the recent reunions of Blur and Pulp, Brit glam-rockers Suede are set to release new album "Bloodsports" in March, their first record in over ten years.  Listen to the dramatic and soaring "Barriers" below.  It doesn't sound like they've missed a beat.