Season 2 of Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order, comes to streaming sites. The series, featuring new and exclusive interviews with band members Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert and Peter […]
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New Order announce Brotherhood ‘Definitive’ boxset
Picture Credit: Anton Corbijn New Order announce Brotherhood ‘Definitive’, a new remastered boxset for their fourth studio album. Available in 2CD, 2DVD and 1LP, Brotherhood is the fourth in the New Order series of limited […]
Johnny Marr shares previously unheard recording
Picture Credit: Jon Shard Delving into the Boomslang-era archive, Johnny Marr shares previously unheard recording of The Way That It Was with his band the Healers. The previously unreleased song, taken from the upcoming special […]
Top 20 cover versions of the 80s
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Uniform’s ‘American Standard’ Is Brilliantly Devastating
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Marc Almond – I’m Not Anyone interview
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Make It Big: The Story Of 1984
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Album insight: Pet Shop Boys’ Bilingual
PSB were in full Latin flow for their sixth studio album… while it might not have spawned the poppiest music, Pet Shop Boys’ Bilingual certainly gave us some fantastic pop culture moments… 1996’s Bilingual was […]
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Laurie Anderson Soars on ‘Amelia’
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Top 40 80s pop artists
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