Format, Pet Shop Boys' new B-sides collection, shows how clever artists can make pop gold from a single's flipsideThe one-word titles of Pet Shop Boys albums always repay...
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There’s no denying Format was made by pop geniuses; maybe pop geniuses being slightly hit and miss, but that’s still pretty good. Read the full story o...
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(thirdworlds.net - free download)What with a name like that, a vocal style that's modelled on an aggressive drill sergeant and an interest in industrial noise, you could ...
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Today's Live Performance comes courtesy of British Synth Poppers the Pet Shop Boys. Their full set on Glasto 2010.Perennial pop treasures Pet Shop Boys return to G...
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From the front page to the crossword, you sent us songs about the printed pressThe first thing we see when we look at a newsstand are the headlines. And a memorable headl...
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Essentially a younger version of Pet Shop Boys, but with not as much of the wit and knowing winks. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
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Friendly Fires, On tourFriendly Fires are a band whose music is flying through the 1980s. Having started with streamlined punk-funk, full of wild drumming and guitar thra...
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Gorillaz, Tinie Tempah, Professor Green and others could benefit from innovative ideas around their musicOne of the worst conference cliches currently floating around the...
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The choreographer, known for his radical updates of classic works, is to create a new version of Tchaikovsky's ballet in which the princess will wake up in 2011 – a...
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The band T-shirt is a phenomenon that not only gives teenagers a sense of belonging, as Jude Rogers discovered – it's also about adults holding on to the passions o...
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Capsule Review: Electro duo's debut hits the (pri)mark. Gary K goes in search of retail therapy2001: the year of the duo. Tragi-disco forefathers Pet Shop Boys gaze on ...
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Fabian Ordorica wasn't born in time to enjoy disco's golden age, but his retro-dance anthems put the 'oh' in Studio 54Hometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Fabian Ordorica (m...
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Our writers are picking their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Tom Ewing ponders a pivotal Pet Shop Boys recordAs Neil Tennant ...
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In 1987, Alexander Balanescu left the Arditti Quartet to form his own Balanescu Quartet, which has gone on to acquire a reputation as one of the world’s leading co...
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