All pop music is love and theft, and Soft Metals are particularly upfront about both. The arty Portland electronic duo formed in early 2009, with singer Patricia Hall an...
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This hi-NRG heavyweight's bombastic rock-disco packs a punch. But will it prove a knockout?Hometown: London.The lineup: Tyson "Tendai" Speede (vocals, music).The backgrou...
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This former art history student specialises in murky disco full of reverb, delay and enigmatically ethereal vocalsHometown: Tallinn, Estonia.The lineup: Maria Juur (vocal...
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In the Hollywood office of Mr. Hansen's managers, decorated with Sonic Youth posters, "Ghost World" action figures and framed portraits of Donna Summer and Valerie Bertin...
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What was once a gimmick can now be just good marketing. And don't forget the Beatles was a naff pun onceMeet From Jethro Tull through the Beau Brummels to Franz Ferdinand...
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High heels, whips, even a chocolate Jesus. You got down and dirty with kinky songsSome of your suggestions were brilliantly clever and witty: Duke Ellington's Rubber Bott...
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The years immediately following the “Death of Disco” weren’t the easiest for Donna Summer, who had been the most successful artist to emerge from the ge...
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Filed under: Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mildred Patricia Baena, Schwarzenegger Scandal, Dirty Divorces Maria Shriver was quie...
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Why traipse through Glasto's swamps when you can watch your favourite bands play on an island in the Danube? Garry Mulholland travels to Hungary to find a festival gemIt'...
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In this week's singles column, I suggested the track was perhaps an ode to Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love' and on asking someone close to the band, they could neither confir...
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Is it the work of Japan or should it be attributed to producer Giorgio Moroder??Either way, this 1979 release on red vinyl is a cracking bit of music:-mp3 : Japan - Life ...
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Heartbreaking revelation, mesmerising vacuity, and even a song containing the word 'orthodontist' – it's a lyrical jungle out therePsst! Want to know how harmful go...
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*Moscow Girl*, the new single from *Ali Love's *critically acclaimed debut album *Love Harder*, is set for release *Monday Jan 17th *on Back Yard Recordings. Mosco...
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Sorry Donna Summer! It just wasn't your year!The official 2011 inductees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have been announced this morning and not surprisingly, all the ...
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Veteran producer dismisses comparisons with West, saying they come from 'two different sides of the planet'Quincy Jones won't be sending Kanye West a Christmas card. One ...
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