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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...
If Anna Lotterud’s 2017 debut lacked distinction, that was partly down to the number of other Scandinavian women operating in similarly frosty fields. Lovers fetishised the 80s effectively, but lacked…
Review: Magne Furuholmen – White Xmas Lies
Given he’s helped write some of the biggest songs by Norway’s biggest band, you’d think A-ha’s Magne Furuholmen would be happy. That his third solo album is a Christmas collection…
Review: The Brand New Heavies – TBNH
SHOP NOW ON AMAZON FROM £9.99 It says a lot that The Brand New Heavies’ co-founder and guitarist Simon Bartholomew describes their 11th album’s cover as “a bit clubby, a…
Sananda Maitreya releases new live album
The album is set to cover Sananda Maitreya’s stunning 30 year career in music, boasting songs like Sign Your Name, Delicate, She Kissed Me, O Divina, and Holding On To…
New Releases & Reissues: 20 December
With Christmas literally five days from our doorstep, we’ve compiled a handy guide for the best new releases and reissues to take the hassle out of that last minute gift…
Review: Bon Iver – i,i
SHOP NOW FOR YOUR COPY OF i,i It’s clear from the start of Justin Vernon’s fourth Bon Iver album it’s not going to be an easy listen. Even when, after…
Review: Chrissie Hynde – Valve Bone Woe
SHOP NOW FOR YOUR COPY OF VALVE BONE WOE The second Chrissie Hynde solo album has been a long time coming. It’s only five years since Stockholm, but Valve Bone Woe…
Review: Kim Wilde – Aliens Live
After nearly four decades, Kim Wilde releases her very first live album – Aliens Live. But is it worth the long wait…? SHOP NOW FOR YOUR COPY OF ALIENS LIVE “They…
Psychedelic Furs Interview: ‘We were a very argumentative band, especially after a few beers’
With the band about to release their first new studio album in 29 years, we raid the Classic Pop archive for an interview with Psychedelic Furs’ Tim Butler who tells…
ABBA: Super Troupers The Exhibition
The exhibition promises to be musical journey into the phenomenon that is ABBA, exploring the history of the band, their music and the ear they defined. Sweden’s fab four got…