In this article from 2017 we traced the extraordinary story of the debut album by Propaganda, A Secret Wish, a perfectly indulgent record that, despite nearly destroying the band, is…
D:Ream new album news
D:Ream return on 23 July with Open Hearts, Open Minds, the band’s first album since 2011’s In Memory Of…. It’ll be preceded on 16 April by their new single, the…
Ordinary Boys team up with Ranking Junior for Ranking Roger tribute
26 March will mark the return of The Ordinary Boys, who team up with vocalist Ranking Junior (aka Mini Murphy) to release the brand new single Legacy, in a poignant…
Boxset review – EMF 30th Anniversary Boxset
Self-released through a Kickstarter campaign, EMF’s career-spanning £60 boxset puts many bigger-budget reissues to shame. It houses vinyl editions of all three albums, new rarities compilation Flipsides And Bona Fides…
Paul McCartney announces new album McCartney III Imagined
When McCartney III was released last year it was hailed as a triumphant return to form for the former Beatle. Now that chart-topping album is being followed up by McCartney…
Lost & Found: Fuzzbox – Big Bang!
Fuzzbox, or We’ve Got A Fuzzbox And We’re Gonna Use It!!, were for everyone in 1989. Girls loved their swaggering brand of colourful feminism, boys just thought they looked fantastic. …
a-ha: Living A Three Boys’ Adventure Tale
a-ha are the dark, dolorous boy band, One Direction raised on Joy Division and Ingmar Bergman. Not a boy band at all then – just the greatest exponents of…
A Certain Ratio share new single ahead of new EP
A Certain Ratio have today unveiled their first single from their forthcoming EP. Titled Wonderland, the song has been released ahead of ACR:EPA, out on Mute on 7 May 2021.…
It Bites to reissue reunion albums
It Bites have announced reissues of their albums The Tall Ships (2008) and Map Of The Past (2012) for release on 7 May 2021. Both albums have been newly remastered…
Classic Pop Presents 1981 is now on sale!
Of all the years in pop music, 1981 was one of the most pivotal. A surge in new technology prompted a sonic revolution with synthesizers, drum machines and samplers, opening…