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Street Fighting Years was the band’s fourth number one album in the UK and featured their first UK number one single, Belfast Child… On 6 March, UMC will release a box…
Annabella Lwin Interview: ‘Being in Bow Wow Wow was like jumping on a trampoline…’
Forget The Sex Pistols, Bow Wow Wow might be the most daring band Malcolm McLaren ever created. In an industry rife with exploitation, schoolgirl Annabella Lwin’s ability to keep singing…
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…
Sananda Maitreya releases new live album
The album is set to cover Sananda Maitreya’s stunning 30 year career in music, boasting songs like Sign Your Name, Delicate, She Kissed Me, O Divina, and Holding On To…
The Lilac Time release video for Christmas song ‘The Needles’
Return To Us is the tenth Lilac Time album so far and Stephen’s twentieth long-player in a career that has spanned four decades. SHOP NOW FOR YOUR COPY OF RETURN TO…
Review: Kim Petras – Clarity
Having gender transitioned aged 12, Germany’s Kim Petras perhaps stands out enough already that genuinely distinctive songs aren’t necessary. Certainly Clarity could be by any number of contemporary chart acts,…
New Soho song features 80s pop legends
The song was inspired by the Save Soho campaign that song writer Tim Arnold created with Stephen Fry in 2015… Pop icons Boy George, Marc Almond and Chrisse Hynde have…
Classic Pop issue 59 is on sale now!
In the latest issue, our cover stars are The Police – discover the truth behind their notorious history of inter-band strife with our must-read interview. We also hear from George…
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…
Review: Various Artists – Now That’s What I Call Music 3
Let’s party like it’s 1984. A first-time release on cd for the greatest now… Series comp of them all… Arriving on CD for the first time to mark its 35th…