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Review: The Bluetones – Science & Nature/The Singles
By 2000, The Bluetones were commercially sliding. Adrift in the post-Britpop/pre-Strokes wilderness, nobody was much bothered. Although Science & Nature was only their third album, they were already deemed passé.…
Making Prince’s Sign O’ The Times
After disbanding The Revolution in 1986, Prince returned as a one-man-band with a double album – Sign O’ The Times – bristling with ideas, experimentation, eclecticism and superb musicianship, which…
Review: Various Artists – Now That’s What I Call Music 3
Let’s party like it’s 1984. A first-time release on cd for the greatest now… Series comp of them all… Arriving on CD for the first time to mark its 35th…
Review: Ride – This Is Not A Safe Place
“This was your 15 minutes,” sings Mark Gardener on 15 Minutes, “Hope you had fun now/ Have a nice life, yeah/ You’re basically done”. A few years ago, these words…
Classic Pop Presents New Romantics is now on sale
Special edition Classic Pop Presents New Romantics out now In our latest Classic Pop Presents special, we immerse ourselves in the flamboyant world of the New Romantics. From the scene’s origins…
Review: Friendly Fires – Inflorescent
Just how long will Friendly Fires take to update their Wikipedia page following this third album? A full eight years after 2011’s Pala, the band are still referred to as…
Will Young Interview: Make It Easy On Yourself
Renaissance man Will Young touches down once again on planet pop with a brand new studio album helmed by Richard X and a fresh anxiety-free approach… Two years ago Will…
a-ha ‘Take On Me’ Documentary Coming To Youtube
Appearing on a-ha’s official YouTube channel, the three-part series revisits the popular song and its iconic music video with new interview and vintage footage… The story behind a-ha’s multi-platinum hit…
Transvision Vamp: Wendy James Interview
In this Transvision Vamp: Wendy James interview, the singer tells Oliver Hurley how her new double album is inspired by The Stooges, The Shangri-Las and, er, Steve Martin… Wendy James…
Review: Shura – Forevher
Alexandra Denton’s second album, Forevher, centres around her relationship with someone she began dating after the release of her 2016 debut, Nothing’s Real. Her intent’s perfectly captured by its opener,…