Soft Cell – The Boys Who Came Back
❉ With one last Soft Cell reunion confirmed, Ange Chan reflects on life as a Cellmate.
TOP OF THE POPS
‘The Black Archive #16: Carnival of Monsters’
❉ 45 years on, Carnival of Monsters is still top of the pops! Ian Potter tells us why.
B.A. Robertson – A Square Peg In A Round World
❉ The post-punk polymath’s Elektra trilogy, re-evaluated by Tim Worthington.
‘All Or Nothing: The Mod Musical’ reviewed
❉ East End Modfathers The Small Faces live, breathe and sing again in Carol Harrison’s energetic musical play.
‘The Naked Civil Servant’ (DVD/Blu-Ray) reviewed
❉ The groundbreaking biographical drama of England’s ‘stately homo’ arrives on Blu-Ray.
Podcast of the Week: Chart Music
❉ Chart Music rams its hand into the lucky bag that is a random episode of Top Of The Pops.
The Skids: 40th Anniversary Tour – Roundhouse, London, 16 June 2017
❉ The Skids, Scotland’s finest New Wave export, are resoundingly back.
Vibrators – ‘The Epic Years 1976-1978’ reviewed
❉ Fast, punchy songs, catchy hooks, it’s all here.
‘Chalk’ by Paul Cornell reviewed
❉ Paul Cornell plumbs the depths of magic and despair in Chalk, a brutal exploration of bullying in Thatcher’s England.
Top 10 Unforgettable ‘Top Of The Pops’ Performances
❉ “It’s Friday, it’s still number one… it’s Top of the Pops!”