Given the anti-establishment ethos that fuelled the punk movement in the late Seventies, it’s remarkable that the big breakout act from that scene was a new-wave trio fronted by…
Classic Album: Wham! – Fantastic
Speedos, shuttlecocks and exuberant, life-affirming tunes – when George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley exploded onto the scene with their debut album, Fantastic, the pop world didn’t quite know what had…
Godfathers of Pop – Tom Bailey Interview
He may be best known as the founder and lead singer of Thompson Twins, but the infamous trio are just one chapter in the ever-unfolding story of Tom Bailey’s musical…
Godmothers of Pop – Annie Lennox Interview
From The Tourist to the Olympics, via nine albums with Eurythmics that define the shape of pop music for more than a decade, Annie Lennox is a true Godmother of…
The Lowdown – Eurythmics
Starting out as the tourists, Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox ended up traversing the globe as international pop stars – thanks to a prolific output of classic, (mainly) synth-based pop…
Godfathers of Pop – Glenn Gregory Interview
Who could’ve guessed that when Heaven 17 sprung from the ashes of The Human League 1.0 in the early Eighties, they’d shape themselves into the archetypal electronic pop group and,…
Godfathers of Pop – Morten Harket Interview
Morten Harket, A-ha’s frontman has performed everywhere from Siberia to Santiago in support of his fifth solo album, Out Of My Hands, and in 2013, along with his former bandmates, he…
The Lowdown – New Order
After forming from the ashes of Joy Division, New Order soon established themselves as one of the UK’s most successful Art/Pop groups. Here we take a close look at the…
Classic Album: Japan – Gentlemen Take Polaroids
The fourth album by Japan, Gentlemen Take Polaroids, was their most assured statement to date. However, there were murmurings of discontent within the group behind the scenes during its recording…
Godfathers of Pop – Howard Jones Interview
Earlier this year, Howard Jones remastered and reissued his late-Eighties/early-Nineties albums One To One, Cross That Line and In The Running as a box set on his own label, dtox,…