True Brit: Are Kasabian the Best Band in Britain?

Kasabian

Kasabian: Perhaps the best band Britain has to offer?

America-centric thinking is far too easy a habit for us stateside music fans to adopt, but the influence of our brothers across the Atlantic in the great United Kingdom should not be overlooked. Join us as we dig into the best that Britain has to offer.

Everyone knows my views on prize-giving ceremonies but even I couldn’t help being pleasantly surprised to see Kasabian scoop best album at this year’s NME Awards for their extraordinary third LP West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. A huge creative leap from the leaden glam-rock of 2006’s sophomore effort Empire, it’s a staggering blast of the very finest Britrock.

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