TREVOR HORN to release new covers album with guest singers
Legendary producer and musician Trevor Horn has been working with some of his favourite singers to craft an album of
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JOHNNY MARR to release Best Of album
Johnny Marr has announced the release of Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr. Set for release on 3rd November.
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DURAN DURAN reveal Black Moonlight
Duran Duran have released new single ‘Black Moonlight’, taken from their upcoming album Danse Macabre.
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BAUHAUS TALES: An Interview with OMD
“This album only exists because we think it’s good enough to exist as a collection of songs…” With the forthcoming
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DAVID BOWIE PIN UPS 50th Anniversary Release
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of David Bowie’s classic collection of cover songs, Pin Ups, originally released 19th October
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VINCE CLARKE announces Solo Album
Vince Clarke has announced details of his debut solo album, Songs of Silence, a 10-track lyric-less album of uncategorisable ambient
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GENERATION BLITZ – Dusk To Dawn
‘Generation Blitz’ was dreamed up as a creative concept that pays tribute to the Blitz Club spirit. Compiled by Martin James and Timo Jalkanen with support from Gary Fones, the album has been billed as an effort that is “reclaiming the 1980s from Stranger Things cosplayers, neon obsessives and Miami Vice nostalgics”. A sentiment of brash confidence and swagger that seems perfectly in-step with the Blitz ethos.
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SOFT CELL ‘NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET’ 6-CD 98-TRACK SUPER DELUXE EDITION
Initially released in November 1981, Soft Cell’s classic album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, in the words of Marc Almond, “Tells a
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Pop Songs At The Movies
The movie business has served up many successful (and sometimes unsuccessful) films whose appeal is given a boost by incorporating popular songs into their soundtracks. In this excerpt from a feature in the September Blitzed, we look at a wide variety of movies that have made good use of a particular song (and sometimes in the most unexpected ways).
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ALTERED IMAGES – Bite 40th Anniversary Edition
2023 sees classic Altered Images album Bite celebrating its 40th anniversary. As a result, it will be reissued in two
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