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Tag: 1980s

Dave Wakeling of The Beat (left) and Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow - picture by Sam Wells

LIVING IN THE ’80s: The Beat And Bow Wow Wow Party Like It’s 1982 At The Roundhouse

June 29, 2023

PICTURES: Sam Wells, WORDS: Matt Catchpole It’s a scorching Camden summer’s evening and we’re here to witness the return of the leaders of two…

The Essential Weekly Playlist Of: Owen Paul

January 12, 2018

The Essential Weekly Playlist is back, with a difference! Instead of YouTube links, now each artist has their own Spotify playlist of the songs which mean so much to them. Our first Essential Playlist for 2018 comes from Owen Paul. Be sure to give all the tracks a listen.

NEW THRILLS – The Primitives Release Four-Track 10″ Single Follow-Up To 2014’s Spin-O-Rama Album

May 14, 2017

The Primitives are back with their first new music since 2014 album Spin-O-Rama. Now signed to Madrid-based Elefant Records, the band have been riding a wave…

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND – The Vapors Play Triumphant London Comeback Show At Dingwalls

November 9, 2016

It’s easy to be snide and cynical about events like this – why should a bunch of so-called one-hit wonders deserve a headlining tour…

BACK TO THE FUTURE – Synth pioneers Heaven 17 Perform 1981 Classic Penthouse And Pavement

November 2, 2016

For a little over an hour on Sunday a packed O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire was taken back in time to 1981 – when Dallas…

THE HEART OF THE RE-UNION – The Primitives On Getting Back Together, 1980s Nostalgia And What It’s Like to Have Morrissey Wearing Your T-Shirts

July 31, 2016

Blending ‘sixties bubblegum pop with punk guitars and indie attitude, the Primitives Crash-ed their way into the charts and many a schoolkids’s hearts in the mid-1980s.

Annie Lennox Speaks to Yahoo.com

October 22, 2014

Regular readers of Essentially Pop will know that part of our remit is to cover those artists who are doing things on their own,…

        

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