Lyrics in Motion: The New Visual Language of Pop Music
Pop music has always been about connection through melody, rhythm, and words. But in the digital age, that connection has taken on a new form: visual…
Guinness World Records 2026 packs plenty of pop culture punch: we’ve got 15 copies to give away!
They say don’t judge a book by its cover. If you did, you might look at the Guinness World Records 2026 with its 2D monochrome cover…
Carved pumpkins for Halloween are cute and all but be warned…
This Halloween, millions of households around the world will forsake plastic pumpkins for the real thing – especially in the US where carving pumpkins has become…
New York, New York? The city so questionable in its ‘coolness’ and credibility right now, we had to name it twice
Of all the cities in the world, none has been gifted with as much brilliant branding as New York (New York). Coming back with a souvenir…
Kate Bush releases a bunch of brilliant rare songs on new album ‘Best of the Other Sides’
Once upon a time, out on the wiley windy moors there was a pop phenomenon named Kate Bush who released an army of brilliant singles and albums,…
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From the Vault: an interview with Suede frontman Brett Anderson, new album ‘Antidepressants’ out now
Suede had a massive impact on the music scene back in the early 1990s: a time when Britpop ruled the roost and beneath it a bunch…
Where have all the good songs gone? A critique on the sad postmodern state of contemporary pop music
Despite some great, hospitable times had working within the music industry, I see the insidiousness of much of it more clearly now, especially all the mental…
MTV is shutting down its channels across much of Europe and the UK
While we’re all working on hunkering down in the online world – trying to get our bits and bytes together – plenty is a-moving in cable-land,…
I kissed a dweeby ex-PM and I liked it: the low-down on Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau’s relationship
It’s like a postmodern fever dream – the out-of-touch pop star who thinks she’s an astronaut dating the out-of-touch politician who thinks he’s a president. When…
Smart new sun protection ‘WhipScreen’ comes in three delish fragrances and an anti-scent
Growing up in the 1980s, whenever we’d frequent the swimming pool or the beach, we’d sometimes – sometimes – lather on sunscreen. Sun protection wasn’t high…
Archive centre totally devoted to David Bowie opens at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London
Since his passing, David Bowie’s iconic status has only gotten bigger. Belgian astronomers selected seven stars to form a lightning-bolt shaped constellation (echoing the Aladdin Sane…
The Rise of Techno Spirituality: turning the bits and bytes into something with real meaning
Back in 1999, Cream honed in on the relatively new concept called techno spiritualism. Actually, we’re not sure but we may even have made the concept…
