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Introducing the pioneering devices that shaped 80s pop. Members of The Human League and Landscape reveal the true story behind the electro revolution, from blowing up drum machines to prank-calling…
Classic Album: Parallel Lines – Blondie
Forsaking their punk sound but not their attitude, Blondie teamed up with hitmaker Mike Chapman for their third album which earned them global success thanks to a string of hits…
Album by Album: Belinda Carlisle
Taking the road less travelled through melodic punk, juggernaut pop success and an LP inspired by Kundalini yoga, Steve Harnell looks at the back catalogue of the former Go-Go Belinda…
Album by Album: Grace Jones
Three distinct phases mark the career of this most singular of artists – disco, reggae and dub excursions followed by all-out commercial pop. She’s recently been set the task of…
Classic Album: Neneh Cherry – Raw Like Sushi
Raised on the peripheries of jazz and punk, Neneh Cherry began her career with a pledge that she would always dance to the beat of her own drum. With Raw…
Kim Wilde Interview: Going Live
Kim Wilde has rarely taken a conventional approach to the business of being a pop star. But now, a mere 38 years after her chart debut, she’s finally ready to…
Godfathers of Pop: Bernard Sumner Interview
The New Order frontman Bernard Sumner talks Electronic, dentists and lifetime achievement songwriting awards with Rudy Bolly… Perhaps one of pop’s most reluctant stars, Bernard Sumner has been behind some…
Classic Album: Sign O’ The Times – Prince
After disbanding The Revolution in 1986, Prince returned as a one-man-band with a double album bristling with ideas, experimentation, eclecticism and superb musicianship, which saw him cement his position as…
Album By Album: Blur
Led by the versatile songwriting of Damon Albarn and dynamic guitar skills of Graham Coxon, the Blur back catalogue is an embarrassment of riches. Steve Harnell takes a look at…
Q+A: Nick Lowe
Pop’s premier silver fox talks to Helen Jerome about being a reluctant producer and collaborating with Los Straitjackets… Nick Lowe turned 70 this year and remains one of the best-connected…