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Transcendental Cheap Magic: Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ At 40

Low Culture Podcast: Grace Jones’ Private Life – The Compass Point Sessions

There’s a Crack in Everything: SOPHIE’s Last Album Reviewed

Reissue Of The Week: Julian Cope’s Saint Julian

The Sun And The Moon: Yeye Taiwo Of The Lijadu Sisters Interviewed

Reissue Of The Week: The Go! Team’s Thunder, Lightning, Strike

The Coolest State: Bronski Beat’s The Age Of Consent At 40

Love Is The Transcendent Thing: Famous Interviewed

What We Do With What We Have: Björk’s Medúlla Turns 20

Compilation Of The Week – Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor In Ndola

Opera House Music: Pet Shop Boys’ Dreamworld Reviewed

How To Sell A Contradiction: Sade’s Diamond Life & Sophisti-Pop 40 Years On

Posthumous SOPHIE Album Set to be Released This September

Gonna Make You The Biggest Star This World Has Ever Seen: Hot Chocolate’s Cicero Park at 50

The Night Becomes a Great Friend: Arooj Aftab Interviewed

Memorable Songs to the Latest Dance Beat: Pet Shop Boys, Pop and the Irresistible Rise of Electronic Dance Music

Playful yet Professional, Nevertheless: a Pet Shop Boys Interview

Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft

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