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Upside Down In Acocks Green: Pete Paphides’ Broken Greek

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Broken Greek, Pete Paphides recalls the strange glamour of Roxy Music and Chic
A Quietus Interview

Time To Forget Everything You Know About Lightning Seeds

Thought the Lightning Seeds were just terrible songs about the England football team? Think again, says Pete Paphides, as he writes on the "heroically unabashed romantic idealism" of Ian Broudie. Photo by Neil Stewart
Anniversary

It Was Fifty Years Ago Today… Pete Paphides On David Bowie’s Debut LP

Fifty years ago today, David Bowie released his debut album on the same day The Beatles gave the world Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Pete Paphides reflects on their shared cultural history and canny grasp of the times
Black Sky Thinking

Learning To Love Stereo: Hearing The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s With New Ears

Pete Paphides goes to Abbey Road to listen to the new anniversary edition of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and marvels at the charge of the "psychedelic light brigade" that is hearing the tweaked versions of songs

Anniversary

Ocean Colour Scene’s Moseley Shoals 25 Years On, By Pete Paphides

Ocean Colour Scene have been unfairly maligned over the years, argues Pete Paphides, as he revisits the album that brought the band back from the brink
Black Sky Thinking

How I Learned To Love Tony Blackburn, By Pete Paphides

After the recent sacking of Tony Blackburn by the BBC, Pete Paphides has the revelation that the guileless broadcaster was a prism through which he's charted his own life in pop
Black Sky Thinking

Impure Intentions: Sandi Thom & Writing To Please The Radio

After Sandi Thom had a viral YouTube wobble over Radio 2 turning its nose up at new song Earthquake, Pete Paphides looks at the uncomfortable history of pop musicians writing to please the wireless

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