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Classic Pop
Classic Pop magazine is the ultimate celebration of great pop and chart music across the decades with in-depth interviews with top artists, features, news and reviews. From pop to indie and new wave to electronic music – it's all here...
Ex Propaganda members Claudia Brücken and Susanne Freytag, alongside original Propaganda producer Stephen Lipson, have reunited to form a new group: xPropaganda and to release a brand new album, The…
Eurythmics nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Eurythmics have been named as nominees to be inducted into the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This marks the award-winning, worldwide multi-platinum duo’s second nomination for induction into…
Top pop songs of 1982
In this list of the top pop songs of 1982, we look back on a year filled with glossy pop hits… From Martin Fry and co’s grand sophisti-pop statement to…
The complete guide to Morrissey
In our complete guide to the solo career of Morrissey we look at one of the true godfathers of Britpop… Written by David Burke. Whatever the reasons for the Smiths’…
Echo & The Bunnymen – the complete guide
Featuring a gobby frontman with the theatrical nous of Jim Morrison, a Frank Sinatra croon and Leonard Cohen’s melancholic sensibility, Echo & The Bunnymen forged grandiose soundscapes out of punk…
My Life In Vinyl: Stephen Street
The music producer Stephen Street is best known for his work with The Smiths, Morrissey and Blur. He tells an attentive Ben Wardle about the 10 albums he’s worked on…
Making The Sundays: Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
Mixing the feathery whimsy of the Cocteau Twins and the jangling melodicism of The Smiths, The Sundays were tipped for huge stardom with Reading, Writing And Arithmetic. Only problem was:…
David Bowie rarities announced for Record Store Day 2022
Two exciting David Bowie releases have been announced for this year’s Record Store Day – Brilliant Adventure EP and Toy EP (You’ve Got It Made With All The Toys). Both…
Spice Girls LEGO hits the shelves
What’s the one thing in the world that you didn’t think you wanted, but actually do? Yes, Spice Girls LEGO! The new LEGO Brickheadz set comes with mini versions of…
Lost album by Electribe 101 finally sees the light of day
Electribal Soul, the fabled, previously unreleased second album from UK electronic pioneers Electribe 101, will finally be released 18 March through Electribal Records. Recorded in 1991 by the quintet of vocalist…