Glastonbury announces full 2024 lineup, adding James, Tems, Squeeze and more
Femi Kuti, Seasick Steve and Birmingham Royal Ballet among other artists added as festival announces full range of stage times
April 2016
Music blog
Ocean Colour Scene: the band whose chief crime was being too normal
Nostalgia aside, 20 years since the release of Moseley Shoals seems an apt time to undo years of undeserved flak and celebrate this hardy indie rock group
February 2013
Ocean Colour Scene – review
It's an enviable bond Ocean Colour Scene have established with their fans, but an opening 40 minutes of new material is mercilessly dull, writes Malcolm Jack
July 2008
New band of the week
No 350: The Rivers
New band of the day: Today's new band sound a bit like hyperactive dad-rockers: Ocean Colour Scene after ingesting a few too many Fratellis
April 2007
Ocean Colour Scene, On the Leyline
(Moseley Shoals)
January 2004
You can stop whining now
As Radiohead pick up five NME nominations, Caroline Sullivan reckons it has more to do with their politics than their music. Plus: why Justin Timberlake isn't a sex god, and Ocean Colour Scene might be good after all.
July 2003
Scene nine: the band plays on
This week Caroline Sullivan reveals why Ocean Colour's Scene's music has become immortal, why a TV Sista act isn't quite what it seems, and why Glasto went retro.
