Pet Shop Boys – Brighton Pride 2017.
❉ Costume changes? Check. Incredible staging and light show? Present. A mixture of songs old and new? Yes.
Music
The Fall – ‘New Facts Emerge’ reviewed
❉ Strange, surprising, thrilling, funny, impenetrable and accessible, this is a practically perfect Fall album.
Podcast of the Week: Sodajerker
❉ Sodajerker on Songwriting features interviews with some of the world’s most successful songwriters.
Blancmange return with ‘Unfurnished Rooms’
❉ Cult synth act poised to release a new album written and recorded by Neil Arthur and co-produced by Benge.
Coming Soon: John Foxx & The Maths – ‘The Machine’
❉ Brand new album by electro pioneer John Foxx and analogue synth specialist, Benge.
‘Spooky Action’ – the first solo record from Paul Draper
❉ Former Mansun frontman Paul Draper releases his long awaited debut solo album this summer.
What Makes A True Fan?
❉ What is the definition of a true fan? It’s not an easy thing to measure…
Keith Seatman – ‘all hold hands and off we go’ reviewed
❉ The fifth album of Electronica, Psych, Radiophonics, Drone and wyrd folk by Keith Seatman.
David Palfreyman & Nicholas Pegg – ‘Decades’ reviewed
❉ Decades is a shameless embrace of the full glory of what the concept album can do.
Speak and Spell – Depeche Mode’s Döppelgangers
❉ Europe’s premier Depeche Mode tribute band, reliving the musical journey of the world’s most successful electronic act.