On the 30th anniversary of its release, we discover how the Pet Shop Boys’ second album was informed by Thatcherism, a 60s singer living in a motel, Catholicism and ZZ…
Classic Pop Issue 36 is on sale now!
Issue 36 of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now! Available from WH Smith, Tesco, Waitrose and independent newsagents, for our special cover feature in Issue 36, we take a look…
Vuromantics 2018 UK tour dates revealed
Vuromantics are embarking on a headline tour of the UK in March 2018, in association with Classic Pop Magazine. The band – Sam Christie (vocals), Jake Christie (guitar, keyboard), Callum…
Classic Pop Issue 35 is on sale now!
The new issue of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now! Available from WH Smith, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, independent newsagents and Eason, this month our cover stars are returning…
Prince – Purple Rain Deluxe Expanded Edition review
Three-disc funkgasmagoria from Prince’s Purple peak – including disc of single edits and B-sides, a live DVD and a CD of tracks from the legendary vaults. Rhino 5/5 Prince was…
Nasher – 432-1: Open The Vein album review
Babylon Pink Recordings 4/5 On his fourth solo album, Brian ‘Nasher’ Nash defies those who still think of him as one of ‘the lads’ who helped bulk out Frankie Goes…
Video premiere: OMD – What Have We Done
OMD release a brand new video for What We Have Done, the third 12” single to be taken from the new record – The Punishment of Luxury. The sparkling single…
Arcade Fire – Everything Now album review
Sony/Columbia 3/5 It’s tough to reconcile the Arcade Fire of now with the Montreal band that first emerged in 2004 touting the breathless, romantic Funeral. Back then, the idea they’d…
Ghostpoet – Dark Days + Canapes album review
Play It Again Sam 4/5 Twice the Mercury Prize bridesmaid and never the bride (he was nominated for his 2011 debut Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam and 2015’s Shedding…
Bronski Beat – The Age of Reason album review
Cherry Red 2/5 For many of us who grew up in the Classic Pop era, the sound of Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy was a revelation. Jimmy Somerville’s poignant, high-pitched wail,…