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Matthew Lindsay
Matthew Lindsay is a regular contributor to Classic Pop Presents and has also written for The Quietus and mojo4music.com. He is the co-author of Tom Watkins’ Let’s Make Lots Of Money, long-listed for the Penderyn Music Book Prize.
In 1983 the charts were alive with some of the most effervescent pop music ever produced. Classic Pop remembers a truly vintage year for music… If you want more on…
The Associates: “We were firing on all cylinders at the speed of light”
Post-punk pioneers the Associates transformed themselves into bona fide pop stars on 1982’s Sulk. Alan Rankine, Mike Hedges, Michael Dempsey and Martyn Ware take us inside their skewed masterwork… It’s…
Making Depeche Mode – Black Celebration
Recorded, like much of Bowie’s Berlin trilogy, in the shadow of the wall, the fifth album by Depeche Mode, Black Celebration might not be their very best, but few would…
Sound of the Suburbs – Depeche Mode in the 80s
They came from commuterville, schlepping their synthesisers on the train to the big city’s bright lights. But soon Depeche Mode would be airborne and first-class, jet-setting a new pop sound…
The story of 1982 in music
A trip down memory lane as we remember the best music of 1982… Rumour has it, that Britain’s first new No.1 of 1982, Bucks Fizz’s Land Of Make Believe, was…
The story of 1981 in music
The music of 1981 unfolded with an explosion of creativity. synths took over the hit parade, the New Romantics enjoyed their last hurrah, funk, rap and retro opened new territory.…
Making Kate Bush: The Dreaming
She called The Dreaming her “mad” album, and Kate Bush’s belated return to the studio with cutting edge Fairlight sampler at the ready, bore fruits of an entirely different kind… …
Thursday Night Fever: Top Of The Pops in the 80s
Top Of The Pops transformed itself into a non-stop party showcase for the 80s pop explosion. In this feature from 2019, those who were there, including Heaven 17’s Martin Ware…
Making David Bowie: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
While the New Romantics were still largely a secret to the outside world, their hero was dreaming up a soaring rock record, a multi-layered, dystopian masterpiece – Scary Monsters (And…
The Story Of The New Romantics
The New Romantics brought a burst of colour and style to a drab and depressing music scene in the first years of the 1980s… ‘Fame Fame Fame – what’s your…