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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…
Lloyd Cole interview: King of pain
More closely involved with his fans than ever before after nearly losing his house in lockdown, Lloyd Cole has emerged with On Pain – a stunning album nearer to Talk…
Dr Robert interview: A kind of magic
As the Blow Monkeys’ Animal Magic returns as a new deluxe reissue, frontman ‘Dr Robert’ Howard tells Classic Pop how his plan to rope in a certain children’s TV legend…
Peter Gabriel releases new single So Much
On the full moon, Monday 3 July, Peter Gabriel releases the seventh track from the album i/o. This month the song is So Much and the first version to be…
Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz interview: “CBGBs was a wonderful incubator for baby bands”
One of the great love stories in music, as well as one of its finest rhythm sections, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz are preparing to share their memories of life…
Haircut 100 interview: “We always had the confidence that we were something special”
Shiny enough to have their own comic strip and potential TV sitcom, Haircut 100 were also an odd mix of six diverse personalities, incorporating post-punk, jazz, Brazilian rhythms and martial…
Sparks interview: Too latte for goodbyes
Classic Pop talks to Sparks about their latest album, The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte Sparks adore their coffee, so it was perhaps inevitable that one day they’d write…
ABC to re-release The Lexicon Of Love on 40th anniversary
ABC’s The Lexicon Of Love – one of the most cherished albums of the 1980s – is being reissued as a 4LP and Blu-ray boxset as well a stand-alone half-speed…
Popscene – Goth
Delving into the darkness of goth music, it’s time to embrace a little nihilism… Goth music – what is it? Few musical genres are as fuzzily defined as goth. If…
My Pop Life – Tim Farron MP
The former Liberal Democrat leader and current MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron on his music obsessions… What was the first song you remember loving? The first single I…