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The Lowdown
In 1985, after the release of her breakthrough album Like A Virgin, Madonna made her big screen debut in Desperately Seeking Susan, a movie that, almost 40 years on, is…
Popscene – Acid Jazz
A funky stew of jazz, hip-hop and good-time vibes… What is it? Few music subgenres have ever burned as brightly and possessed such a thoroughgoing joie de vivre as acid…
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…
Ranked! Top 20 Eurovision Song Contest winners
Join us for our Top 20 rundown of the best Eurovision Song Contest winners… 20 All Kinds Of Everything – Dana (Ireland, 1970) Ireland’s first win sounds like the kind…
The Lowdown – Peter Gabriel
In our latest Lowdown feature we look at the essential albums and singles of Peter Gabriel… When Peter Gabriel, the overtly theatrical prince of prog rock announced he was leaving…
The Lowdown – The Cure
In our latest Lowdown, we look back on the albums and singles of The Cure… Of all the bands that emerged in the aftermath of punk in the late-Seventies, few…
Top 20 girl groups
From the 1960s to the present day, We count down our Top 20 girl groups with a little help from artists including Betty Boo and Holly Johnson 20. SWV With…
The rise of Madonna
Before 1983 few people in America – let alone the world – had heard of Madonna Ciccone. but that was soon to change… On 9 January 1983 Madonna Louise Ciccone…
Top 20 double A-side singles
Since the dawn of pop and rock, the double A-sided single has provided great value for both record buyers and radio DJs… By Barry Page Double A-sided 7” singles were…
The Lowdown – INXS
It began in the drinking dens down under at the tail end of the 70s, and ended tragically 20 years later in a Sydney hotel room. Yet for a time…