Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Mutant disco and punk-funk
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VANESSA ELLISON (Pylon singer): During the summer, we were lining up shows in New York thanks to the wild success of The B-52's that ye...
Thursday, June 28, 2012
The lexicon of love: ABC and Trevor Horn
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New Pop involved a renaissance of glam's interest in artifice and androginy, all the delicious games you could play with pop idolatry. ...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Quality and Distinction: Heaven 17 and British Electric Foundation
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The first release from Heaven 17 was a full-blown protest song, "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang", written in the g...
Friday, June 22, 2012
Deconstructionist pop: Scritti Politti Mark II
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The first publicly aired work by the reborn Scritti was 'The "Sweetest Girl"' - 'a perversion and an extension of lov...
Thursday, June 21, 2012
The sound of young Scotland: Josef K, The Fire Engines and The Associates
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One of Josef K's best songs, "It's Kinda Funny", was inspired by Ian Curtis's death. 'I loved Joy Division and wa...
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