Unless you’ve been living under a pebble for the past year you’ll know that David Bowie is back making music, having released The Next Day in March 2013, his first album in almost a decade. To celebrate his return, here’s a 90 … read more
Following a long tradition of no-nonsense, honest-to-goodness Scottish pop groups, Deacon Blue emerged blinking into the sunlight in 1987 with their Raintown album, a lush, slow-burning rock/pop/soul collection that spent over a year on the chart without ever getting higher than #14. … read more
For a band who only released two albums, Frankie Goes To Hollywood have an enormous back catalogue. This is largely due to the perfectionism of Trevor Horn, producer of the band’s first album and owner of their label ZTT. Fed … read more
The problem with trying to make a 90 minute Madness mixtape is that they simply have too much great music. They spent more weeks on the UK singles chart in the ’80s than any other band (although UB40 might fight … read more
