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Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels: 30th Anniversary Special Edition -

The first of the three disparate Dexys masterpieces and one of the greatest UK debuts ever, this was �" with hindsight �" the bridge between punk and new romanticism. Upon its 1980 release it just sounded weird: brazen yet beautiful, both lovingly retro and caustically original. Kevin Rowland had growled...

Soft Cell - Soft Cell were an English synthesizer duo during the early 1980s (reforming briefly in 2002). They consisted of Marc Almond (vocals) and Dave Ball (synthesizers). Their lyrics often focused on the darker side of life, with subjects such as kinky sex, transvestism, drugs and murder. They had a huge world-wide...

The Human League - Credo -

With OMD’s re-emergence and renewed interest in Sheffield compatriots Heaven 17, the timing seems right for a new album from The Human League. Lead singer Philip Oakey’s been relatively busy, dueting on both Pet Shop Boys’ This Used to Be the Future and with Little Boots in...

A Primer On: The Jam Bones - The Jam Bones The Jam Bones are an energetic retro-styled jam-party group that performs fun music from a number of styles including R&B, Oldies, Blues, Reggae, Rock and Roll, Jazz, and more. The Jam Bones covers a wide range of songs by artists like James Brown, Santana, Muddy Waters, The Commodores,...

Blondie - Panic of Girls -

Blondie have already survived one lengthy hiatus, emerging not only with their legacy intact but with their zeitgeist restored. Seventeen years after dwindling fan interest and a potentially fatal skin disease for guitarist Chris Stein made it seem likely that 1982’s The Hunter would be their swansong, their comeback...

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Liverpool -

Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s 1986 follow-up to their Welcome to the Pleasuredome debut was always going to seem like a let-down, so comprehensively did that debut double-album, and its attendant three chart-topping singles (and number two-peaking title-track), dominate 1984-85. If anything, it represented a volte-face after the OTT...

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