This week’s batch of new releases include entries from a newly-crowned pop king and a band that’s been going for over 40 years… Tame Impala – The Slow Rush 8/10…
OMD Interview: ‘Stockhausen or ABBA? Can’t we be both?’
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark began as an art project that played one gig for a dare. Forty years later, Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys’ art project has sold millions…
‘Songs From The Big Chair’ to celebrate 35th anniversary with boxset reissue
The band’s second studio album gets a BBC4 documentary, limited edition picture disc release and boxset reissue to mark its 35th birthday Tears For Fears have announced a flurry of…
Q+A: Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick
The Incognito bandleader talks music, magic and dreams with Paul Kirkley… Formed in 1979 by Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick – who, aged nine, had arrived in the UK from his native…
The Brand New Heavies Interview: ‘There are all of these grooves we haven’t got out of our systems yet’
In the early 1990s, The Brand New Heavies were at the forefront of the burgeoning Acid Jazz scene. A quarter of a century on, Founder member Andrew Levy talks to…
ABBA to re-release ‘Live At Wembley Arena’ on vinyl
The album was produced by Ludvig Andersson, and includes the complete concert as recorded on 10 November 1979 – the last of a six-night run at the famous venue… Inspired…
Classic Pop Presents The Hit Factory is now on sale!
In the latest Classic Pop Presents The Hit Factory, we explore the colourful world of Stock Aitken Waterman, whose golden run of hits dominated the charts, providing an exuberant pure-pop…
Spice Girls reissue Spiceworld and The Greatest Hits
The unmistakable sound of 90s girl-power pop is being given the vinyl reissue treatment The iconic girl group have just announced the re-release of Spiceworld and The Greatest Hits on vinyl. Both will…
New releases and reissues: February 7
Our round-up of some new releases and reissues that you may have missed… SHOP NOW FROM £10 Bombay Bicycle Club – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong 7/10 Given the gaudy, escapist…
The Fizz release new music video ahead of upcoming album
The unmistakable sound of The Fizz (formerly Bucks Fizz) has returned… Pop royalty The Fizz – Mike Nolan, Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston – are once again teaming up with…