Ok then albums to check out by said bands: -
British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power (better than the second album)
Idlewild - The remote part
the levellers - Levelling the land
manic street preachers - Holy Bible, Generation Terrorists, Gold Against the Soul
my vitriol - Fine Lines
ocean colour scene - Marchin' Again
pulp - Greatest Hits (has all their best songs)
starsailor - Love Is Here
james - Gold Mother (1991 release)
babyshambles - Down in Albion (same guy as in the libertines, also check out Dirty pretty Things, another libertines split band)
biffy clyro - Blackened Sky
blur - Try their early stuff like the great escape
the cranberries - No Need to Argue (Haitus)
sans trauma - Unsigned band no albums as of yet, free legal music
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