On her covers album of 80s alt-anthems, Amelia Warner transforms synthetic songs into pure-voiced, piano balladsHometown: Herefordshire.The lineup: Amelia Warner (vocals,...
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This week: blog-raged 'Hollywood sadcore' (shutupshutupshutup), Aidan Moffat doing Bananarama, Django Django not putting a foot wrong and Connan Mockasin forging his own,...
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American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez has launched her own rendition of Bananarama’s ’80s hit “Venus” as part of her new campaign as the face legs Gi...
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Rick Astley, the Human League and Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley are to co-headline this summer's Rewind Festival in Scone Palace, Scotland. Heaven 17, Bananarama, ...
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dj d said...Bananarama - I Can't Help It+7″ MixAlbum VersionExtended Club MixHammond Version Excursion+Retro Link: Fleetwood Mac - The LEdgehttp://retrorem...
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BabelgumThe comedy section of US video portal Babelgum has several new creations that are more than worthy of your distraction. Celebrity Bric Brac features a bunch of dr...
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Record Fiend said...The Best of Ian & Sylvia (misleadingly-titled two-fer LP set featuring the pair's excellent early 1970s albums for Columbia "Ian & Sylvia" and "You W...
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Bands change. I accept that. In the ’80s, Bananarama went from being the haystack-haired girls who chummed around with Fun Boy Three and members of the Sex Pistols ...
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The World Service gets to grips with national charm while the future of newspapers is under debate on Radio 4 and Radio 2 weighs in with a couple of really decent documen...
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From the embers of punk, a small club in London changed the face of pop music forever. Priya Elan talks to the movers and shakers behind the scene that spawned the New Ro...
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