Refusing to be dragged under by his terminal cancer diagnosis, Andy Taylor has not only been playing guitar on a new Duran Duran album but also making his first solo…
My Pop Life – Mark Millar
The comic book writer – and creator of Kick-Ass and Kingsman – reflects on his music obsessions… Who were your musical heroes growing up? Undoubtedly Queen. I’m the youngest of…
My Pop Life – Eggsy
The podcaster and Goldie Lookin’ Chain rapper reflects on his musical obsessions… What was the first song you remember loving? When I was a kid I wasn’t into pop music…
Album By Album – Madonna
We put the immaculate career of Madonna under the Classic Pop microscope… Madonna, 1983 The ‘Disco Sucks’ movement’s culmination with a ceremonial burning of records in 1979 may have been…
Classic Album: New Order – Brotherhood
New Order’s fourth studio album would see the band split their rock and electro-pop influences over the LP’s two sides. the resulting record, while not being exactly a fan favourite,…
Andy Fletcher – putting the ‘pop’ in synthpop
After more than 40 years in Depeche Mode, the sad passing of Andy Fletcher in 2022 left the question he was most often asked largely unanswered: what exactly did he…
Classic Album: New Order – Republic
We remember New Order’s first album release after the demise of Factory Records – the No.1-charting Republic… There are very few people who would nominate Republic as their favourite New Order album.…
Album Spotlight: Depeche Mode – Delta Machine
With echoes of both Violator and Songs Of Faith And Devotion, the mode’s 13th studio album, Delta Machine, would be considered by fans as a late-period classic, even if the…
10 of the best albums on Mute Records
With nearly 500 albums to choose from, there’s debate ahoy here, but here’s our selection of some of the key releases from the mighty Mute Records… Upstairs At Eric’s Yazoo…
New Order – the later years
New Order have been much less prolific in their second 12 years together than in their first incarnation. But, despite the bitter feud between the rest of the band and…