Posts tagged pop rewind

The aging process is a strange thing and effects us all in different ways. Some of us barely notice it, there are those that do …

Barenaked Ladies continue to get a bad rap, particularly here in the UK, where they are primarily known for their one hit wonder status courtesy …

There are some songs from your childhood that you clearly remember hearing on the radio for the first time. It was summer 1989, and it …

When the Under the Covers collaboration between power pop veteran Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles fame was announced, there must have been …

Career reinventions don’t come much more well executed than Sparks’ recently reissued 1979 album, No.1 in Heaven. While brothers Ronald and Russell Mael had found …

Intelligent, witty, wilful, vulnerable, contrary, mind-bogglingly talented, possessing a steely resolve and yet still able to project a balance of both vulnerability and approachability utterly …

1982s English Settlement had achieved a lot for XTC. Their first top ten album was also home to their first top ten single, and they …

Billy Joel is a musician who has always been capable of greatness. The Stranger is a brilliant slice of singer songwriter greatness, and Cold Spring …

Sometimes it’s just nice to discover an act that you weren’t expecting. I first encountered the name of Pugwash when I stumbled across footage of …

While Randy Newman had been a songwriter for others since 1960, and he had released his debut single at the tender young age of 18 …