More than 20 years after calling it a day, The Boo Radleys are back – older, wiser, and minus their original songwriter. “People are giving us a chance,” singer Sice……
Pop on the Tyne: Remembering Razzmatazz
Before The Tube, there was kids’ TV show Razzmatazz which brought small screen anarchy to the masses. Presenter Lyn Spencer and producer Malcolm Gerrie tell the tale of how this……
Spotlight: Thomas Dolby – Aliens Ate My Buick
We remember the third studio album by Thomas Dolby, 1988’s Aliens Ate My Buick… My Matt Phillips Thomas Dolby has never played it safe. And, true to form, in April……
Popscene – C86
Your at-a-glance guide to some of our favourite sub-genres What is it? Sometimes conflated with soundalike sub-genre ‘jangle-pop’, C86 was the term given to a particular brand of introspective, lo-fi,……
Inside London’s Ministry Of Sound
Rave culture may have been dead at the hands of the Tory government in the early 90s, but a series of superclubs, spearheaded by the mighty Ministry Of Sound, were……
Leee John interview
With 1982’s smash Just An Illusion and second album In The Heat of The Night, UK soulsters Imagination went global. Leee John reflects on his band’s career… Imagination were quite……
Moby interview: “I think ‘Heroes’ is one of the geatest songs written in the 20th century”
The latest album by Moby, Reprise, puts a classical spin on some of his biggest hits. We talked to the electronica icon about the lack of nuance in modern music,……
Prince estate releases remastered performance of 1999
Ahead of the entirely enhanced and reconstructed release of Prince and The Revolution: Live on June 3, 2022, The Prince Estate and Legacy Recordings have issued another preview track from……
Issue 75 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
In the bumper 108-page new issue of Classic Pop, our cover stars are The Associates – we take a trip inside their remarkable career and majestic album Sulk with Alan……
New trailer for George Michael Freedom Uncut
George Michael: trailer for Freedom Uncut documentary released Sony Music Entertainment and Trafalgar Releasing have shared a brand new trailer for George Michael Freedom Uncut, a deeply autobiographical feature documentary……