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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

On the brink of releasing his first solo effort since the dissolution of Pavement, singer Stephen Malkmus has asked Elastica’s Justine Frischmann to join his touring band. Old pals, the two had ...