The Elastica implosion: how Britpop's bright young things became its biggest casualty Twenty-five years ago, Elastica were Britain's coolest band. Five years later, fame, drugs and touring had crushed ...

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 revealed that the band were asked to reunite to perform at MIA’s Meltdown Festival. The Britpop legends split up in 2001, and after rumours of the ...

Remember Elastica? It was a '90s Britpop band that lacked some of the arrogance of Blur and, uh, well, all of the arrogance of Oasis, and maybe its tunes didn't quite have the working-class angst and ...