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Review: Josef K – The Scottish Affair (Part Two)
Best known as Postcard Records’ nearly-men, Josef K also released two singles on Belgian label Les Disques Du Crépuscule and recorded their sole album The Only Fun In Town at…
Review: Cat Stevens – Back To Earth
By the time Back To Earth was released in December 1978, Cat Stevens knew he was no longer Cat Stevens… Having converted to Islam the year before, Yusuf Islam owed…
Review: The Go-Betweens – G Stands For Go-Betweens: Volume 2 – 1985-1989
Formed by Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in 1977, the Go-Betweens were one of Australia’s most electrifying musical exports, as this 129-track boxset proves… “Don’t the sun look good…
Review: Various Artists – B-Boy Hip Hop
One of the most respected underground record labels in hip-hop history, B-Boy Records briefly flourished in New York from 1986, folding soon after its biggest name Boogie Down Productions quit…
Review: Phil Collins – … But Seriously
Already reissued on vinyl (and every other format) as part of a remastering programme of all Collins’ solo catalogue in 2016, Rhino’s new vinyl edition of …But Seriously is a…
Review: Supergrass – The Strange Ones 1994-2008
One of Britpop’s greatest, and least celebrated, bands are back in business. the perfect time then for a comprehensive boxset looking back at their career… When Supergrass announced their reunion…
Q+A: Ian Broudie
Jollification, the third album by the Lightning Seeds, was released in September 1994 and spawned such indie disco essentials as Lucky You, Marvellous and Perfect. Here Ian Broudie, who manned the…
Making Janet Jackson’s Control
Emerging from the shadow of her big brothers, the third album by Janet Jackson, Control, saw her present a set of anthems on which she displayed independence, strength and self-worth.…
New Releases and Reissues: 28 February
This week we’re taking a look at Marc Almond’s latest symbolic offering as well as the recent batch of Kim Wilde reissues and a rerelease of Erasure’s third album… Marc…
Classic Pop Issue 62 is on sale now
In Classic Pop Issue 62, we speak to Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill about the madness of Street Fighting Years and how they’re planning to return to their…