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Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey recorded ‘naively sexually charged’ ‘Sixteen Candles’ ballad while lying on the floor: ‘I wanted it to sound like I was in bed whispering the song in someone’s ear’ By

Thompson Twins founder Tom Bailey is embarking on the all-star Totally Tubular Festival tour this week, and if there one’s song he’ll definitely be playing every night, it’s “If You...

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Peter Hook on unarchiving Ian Curtis’s vinyl copy of Iggy Pop’s ‘The Idiot’: ‘To hold that record in my hands was the strangest feeling I’ve had in a long time’ By

Former Joy Division/New Order member Peter Hook is chatting me with from his home in England about his fall 2024 tour with Peter Hook and the Light, during which he’ll...

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Monica looks back at media-concocted Brandy battle: ‘Rivalries manifest themselves… and I hate that it happens that way’ By

In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, R&B superstars Brandy Norwood and Monica Arnold — aka Brandy & Monica, whose legendary duet “The Boy Is Mine” won the...

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Here to stay: Rock’s shapeshifting sister Marcella Detroit reflects on her five-decade career By

Most casual music fans probably best recognize Marcella Detroit, aka Marcy Levy, as the operatic, glass-shattering voice of Shakespears Sister’s gospel-tinged space-ballad “Stay,” which topped the British singles chart for...

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Her name is Marcie Hunt and she dances on the sand: The original ‘Rio’ speaks! By

In the late ‘70s/early ‘80s, fashion model Marcie Hunt was known in the industry as “the smile.” But it took until 2024 for her to find out, along with the rest...

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Ela Melo talks Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s new era, comeback album: ‘I was a tortured soul before being openly trans’ By

  North Carolina indie-pop band Rainbow Kitten Surprise have not released a full album since 2018’s How To: Friend, Love, Freefall, and in the years since, lead singer Ela Melo...

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Andy Prieboy breaks 25-year silence on cult-classic Axl Rose musical: “If anything in my life was like Brian Wilson’s ‘Smile,’ it was ‘White Trash Wins Lotto’” By

  “I have a prepared statement. Hold on a second,” says Andy Prieboy, speaking via Zoom from his home in Malibu, as he clears his throat and reaches for his...

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Mike Love on unheard singing footage filmed for Beach Boys doc: ‘We were mic’d and it didn’t make the cut’ By

(Photo : YouTube) The surviving Beach Boys on the sands on Malibu’s Paradise Cove, September 2023. Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny’s new The Beach Boys documentary, streaming now on Disney+,...

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Chrissy Chlapecka on ‘Girlie pop’ EP, ‘bimbo feminism’ & the male Gaze: ‘There’s so much queerness coded into hyper-femininity’ By

(Photo : Michael Arellano) Chrissy Chlapecka is in her ‘Girlie Pop’ era. A self-described “silly dumb girl saying these actually very smart things,” over the past five years TikTok sensation...

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How Cyndi Lauper turned original, macho ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ into feminist anthem: ‘They didn’t understand who the hell they gave that to’   By

(Photo : cyndilauper.com) Cyndi Lauper today, rocking her Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights Fund T-shirt. Cyndi Lauper’s inspiring new Alison Elwood-directed Paramount+ documentary, Let the Canary Sing, is...

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