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 ...

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 ...

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This time around, we’re picking our favorite songs that feature s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g. Elastica made one of the most solid albums of ...

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 ...

Plans for this year's Record Store Day are beginning to take shape, with U.S. imprint Kanine having announced a handful of exclusives it will be issuing on April 19, including a vinyl repress of '90s ...

U.K. rock act Elastica has broken up, according to an expected announcement to the media by the group's frontwoman, Justine Frischmann. Plagued with long periods of inactivity, the group is best… By ...

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 ...