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Howard Jones talks Dialogue
The electro-pop pioneer is back on the road playing sold-out live shows and with a razor-sharp new studio album to boot – and his latest offering Dialogue says we need…
The Best Of Roxy Music – track by track with Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry guides us through the career-spanning compilation of the legendary art-rock innovators From the incorporation of electronic textures into a rock band format that informed the likes of Japan…
Blondie interview: “Innovation is probably our greatest strength”
Generally a band determined to look forward, even Blondie can’t help revisiting their past when faced with a long-planned, gigantic boxset marking their imperial first phase. With Debbie Harry, Chris Stein…
Making Depeche Mode’s Music For The Masses
We revisit the Mode’s game changer – an adventurous, hedonistic drive into unchartered territory that brought them both critical and commercial acclaim… There’s only so long you can play the…
Level 42 albums – the complete guide
Channelling their live prowess into hits was no easy task, but the Britfunk kingpins managed both critical acclaim and chart glory… By Matt Phillips Level 42 Released 1981 Label Polydor…
Andy Taylor’s cancer diagnosis revealed at Duran Duran’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
Duran Duran were inducted in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame last night (November 5), but a much-anticipated reunion with Andy Taylor was unable to go ahead as the…
Ricky Ross interview: Walking back to happiness
When Covid derailed Deacon Blue’s 2020 plans, Ricky Ross stayed home and made a solo record, Short Stories Vol.2. But he’s also got a longer tale to tell, though, in…
The Lowdown – Nile Rodgers
Before disco became a dirty word, Nile Rodgers and Chic got the world dancing with their irresistible grooves… then funk’s number one “chucker” evolved into the greatest pop Svengali of…
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NOW Yearbook is back with the much-anticipated NOW – Yearbook 1985 🥳 Dive headfirst into the year of ’85 with Indie anthems, Rock hits, Electro-Pop and up-beat Pop classics! Kicking off with Queen’s…