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Popscene – Acid Jazz
A funky stew of jazz, hip-hop and good-time vibes… What is it? Few music subgenres have ever burned as brightly and possessed such a thoroughgoing joie de vivre as acid…
Rick Astley: This Charming Man
Singer, songwriter, meme, icon… Rick Astley sits down with Classic Pop to talk road trips, Glastonbury, The Smiths and the remarkable afterlife of THAT song… The year is 1987, and…
Andy Taylor interview: “I’ve got more music to make – and I’m going nowhere until I get it done”
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…
Soft Cell’s Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret set for super deluxe re-release
Soft Cell’s debut album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is to be re-released as a 98-track super deluxe edition, featuring 40 previously unreleased songs. It’s available from 20 October is is available…
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.…
NOW to reissue 1983 and 1984 Yearbooks
NOW – Yearbook 1983 and NOW – Yearbook 1984 were first released in June and October 2021 respectively, with the 3LP vinyl and 4CD 28-page hardback book editions quickly selling…
Major Tony Visconti retrospective coming this autumn
Edsel have announced a major boxset dedicated to the work of one of the world’s most acclaimed record producers, titled Produced By Tony Visconti. The 6CD/6LP/2LP sets are the first…
Terry Hall and the Fun Boy Three
In December 2022, we lost one of British pop’s most significant figures with the sad passing of Terry Hall. Shooting to fame with The Specials, he also broke the mould…
Pet Shop Boys interview – SMASH the system
In June 2023, Pet Shop Boys released what’s possibly their ultimate statement – SMASH, a boxset of all their singles. But, in the 2020s, what is a single? What’s the…