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…
Releases & Reissues: 17 January
In this week’s roundup of releases and reissues, we’ve mixed the old with the new, with an album that hits the shelves today and some reissues we hope you haven’t…
Q+A: 2 Unlimited
Their songs were club mainstays in the early 90s. Now 2 Unlimited are back in the UK, as rapper Ray Slijngaard explains to Rudy Bolly… Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard was…
Rick Astley Interview: ‘Being a pop star is weird’
The Foo Fighters’ favourite guest star is in reflective mood as he releases his ‘bookend’ compilation The Best Of Me. In a revealing interview Rick Astley tells us about his…
Ian Peel: F is for The Flipside Fantasy
My favourite archival reissue of the year has been Peter Gabriel’s Flotsam and Jetsam. It’s the most perfect example of what should be an artform but is quite often just…
Book & Film Reviews: Issue #59
Mark Lindores has scoured the shelves to bring you the very best books and films on classic pop… Before We Was We Madness Written to mark their 40th anniversary as…
New Releases and Reissues: 9 January
Another day, another dollar, and another weekly roundup of everything new in the world of classic pop… Harry Styles – Fine Line 8/10 Harry Styles’ debut solo single Sign Of The…
Q+A: Debbie Harry
The Blondie singer talks Hollywood biopics, Extinction Rebellion, Glastonbury Festival and tramp art with Rudy Bolly… Cultural icon, feminist pin-up, Andy Warhol’s muse and, of course, Blondie singer, Debbie Harry…
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…
Ultravox Interview: ‘We were only two narcissists down but we still had three left’
Wildly inventive, experimental and ahead of their time, the first three Ultravox albums fearlessly cleared a trail that others would follow. Four of those who were there – John Foxx,…