Lists News The 6 greatest covers of ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie by Happy Heroes by David Bowie was one of those songs which would forever leave its mark on the world, affecting all of those who heard it….
Features Pro Audio Blondie – ‘Parallel Lines’: Why It Mattered by Allegra Short Musical innovators and fearless in experimentation, Blondie knew no bounds. Parallel Lines was the epitome of their philosophy. Blondie’s Parallel Lines — the band’s breakthrough…
Features Pro Audio Madchester and the sounds of the Second Summer of Love by Max Mahood Even though electronic music and synthesisers were becoming more popular throughout the 1980s, there was still a healthy guitar-based strain of alternative-rock music on both…
News In a parallel universe: James Bond theme songs that didn’t make the cut by Claire Adema You may not be aware that there have been quite a few potential James Bond theme songs that didn’t make the cut over the years….
News Coachella creators announce new festival Cruel World… and Morrissey’s headlining by Manning Patston Goldenvoice have announced a new festival titled Cruel World and honestly, the lineup speaks for itself. Cruel World Festival will commence on the 2nd May,…
News Ivan Král, iconic guitarist of Patti Smith, Blondie and more, passes away by Claudia Schmidt A long-time member and co-writer of Patti Smith has just passed away at 71 years old. Ivan Král was a co-founding guitarist of Blondie and…
News Listen to six alternate versions of Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’ from its new deluxe reissue EP by Happy A few weeks ago we announced that archival record label Numero Group would be reissuing Blondie‘s 1979 pseudo-disco hit Heart of Glass, with six versions of the…
News Study reveals drumming drastically improves the lives of children with autism by Molly Lasker The Clem Burke Drumming Project, an association of academics, scientists and musicians, have found that drumming for 60 minutes a week can improve the dexterity,…
Features How Blondie embraced new technology to write the pop hit of the ’70s by Luka Osborne New York in the late 1970s was a colourful place. A place where the fringes of society festered and evolved into a creative stew, despite the…
News Vinyl Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’ to be given comprehensive reissue featuring 6 different versions by Molly Lasker US-based archival record label Numero Group is set to give Blondie‘s 1979 pseudo-disco hit Heart of Glass a comprehensive reissue, with six versions of the iconic track…
News Iggy, Blondie, and Patti: see the first shots from the Smithsonian’s massive concert photo archive by Happy Back in the tail end of 2015, the Smithsonian institute began a massive, crowd-sourced photography campaign. They put the call out for shots of our…
Arts News After taking on hip-hop and R&B, Marvel are primed to save the world of rock ‘n’ roll album covers by Jacinta Rets Marvel are well known for everything and anything to do with comic books, superheroes, villains and pretty much just saving the world from evil. In…
News Fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be: Blondie’s Debbie Harry reveals the truth about drugs and stalker ex-boyfriends by Jacinta Rets The legendary front-woman of Blondie, Debbie Harry, has come clean about her history with stalkers and drug use. In the 80s, around the release of…