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Review: Maps – Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.
Remember when James Chapman, nominated for a Mercury Prize with 2007’s We Can Create, was considered a bedroom artist? Well, the first thing one notices about his fourth studio album…
Review: Morrissey – California Son
In making his 12th studio album a covers record, you’d think Morrissey might be looking to avoid controversy. It would, after all, be a relief not to separate art from…
Review: Lamb – The Secret Of Letting Go
Andy Barlow and Lou Rhodes have made little secret of how completing their seventh album nearly roasted Lamb alive. Quite apart from the regular stresses of their complex working relationship,…
Review: The Cranberries – In The End
It’s impossible to listen to The Cranberries’ final album and not feel a little uncomfortable. Dolores O’Riordan was never famed for her lyrics, but when she begins with the…
Prince: Giving It All Away
The new posthumous Prince album Originals is the clearest insight so far into just how varied his mind was, able to write for musicians from Kenny Rogers to The Bangles…
Godfathers of Pop: Kirk Brandon
Kirk Brandon rose to fame as the frontman of post-punk rockers Theatre Of Hate, who enjoyed their biggest hit with Do You Believe In The Westworld in 1982. He went…
Godmothers of Pop: Kiki Dee
Kiki Dee – born Pauline Matthews, in Bradford – began her recording career on Fontana as a 16-year-old in 1963. She went on to become the first female British artist…
Godfathers of Pop: Dr Robert
Bruce Robert Howard was nicknamed Dr Robert, after the Beatles song of that title, while he was still at school in King‘s Lynn. After emigrating to Australia with his family…
Godfathers of Pop: Junior Giscombe
Junior Giscombe cut his teeth as a backing vocalist with Linx before enjoying success as a solo artist with Mama Used To Say, a 1982 hit on both sides of…
Classic Pop Presents Depeche Mode is Now On Sale!
Classic Pop Presents Depeche Mode – Synth-pop Pioneers Buy cover one online here Buy cover two online here Buy your complete fan pack here Download your digital edition here Also…