Naim EdgeThis successor to caustic Leeds improv group trio VD's 2009 album Fill It Up with Ghosts retains their frantic hit-and-run staccato structures, farmyard squealin...
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The music to be played while the royal barge makes its way along the Thames for the Jubilee is a little dull. Perhaps the Queen would appreciate this alternative playlist...
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Heaven, LondonNew productions of familiar operas are often so far-fetched that you're lost without a programme to help piece together what does happen with what's suppose...
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One man's inspiring dream to built a fitting tribute to the band's frontman, Lee Brilleaux'It's obviously an exaggeration, but it's born out of enthusiasm," says artist S...
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Hear Pet Shop Boys reinvented by the Brewis brothersBefore Heart became the fourth single to be released from Pet ShopBoys' Actually album (it reached No 1 in 1998), they...
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The Eighties are the new Sixties as the major source of inspiration. English synth dance act Infadels take cues from the musical heritage of Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boy...
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Eric Watson's photographs of the Pet Shop Boys defined the notion of image-making as a vital part of the way the post-punk generation took control of its own marketing
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Super-producers Trevor Horn and Steve Lipson on the subtle art of coaxing an outstanding performance from a singerWhen technology companies say artists should view record...
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Photographer whose portraits of Pet Shop Boys juxtaposed shiny pop and crumbling decayEric Watson, who has died of a heart attack aged 56, was an important shaper of 1980...
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Andrew Khan explores the gangster aspirations and gay culture references of the Russian pop music scenePussy Riot's anti-Putin agit-punk may have temporarily made them in...
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I’ve been paying attention to St. Lucia since Neon Gold first gave the producer a stamp of approval last year. Originally from Johannesberg, Jean-Philip GroblerR...
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This Swedish 17-year-old crafts sublime Fleetwood Mac-tinged electro-pop. Think Stevie Nicks goes synthHometown: Stockholm.The lineup: Amanda Ulrika Magdalena Mair (vocal...
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The serial backroom boy is finally stepping out of the shadowsHometown: Lewisham.The lineup: Kwesi Sey (vocals, music).The background: although the area of music he opera...
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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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