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New music: Field Music – Heart

5035 days ago
Guardian MusicHear Pet Shop Boys reinvented by the Brewis brothersBefore Heart became the fourth single to be released from Pet ShopBoys' Actually album (it reached No 1 in 1998), they'd toyed with idea of giving it to Madonna. Unfortunately (or fortunately) the b... more info

Infadels: The Future of the Gravity Boy

5036 days ago
Here Comes The Flood The Eighties are the new Sixties as the major source of inspiration. English synth dance act Infadels take cues from the musical heritage of Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys and the Eurythmics. They are a big hit in the UK, catering to the new generati... more info

The Most Incredible Thing – review

5050 days ago
Guardian MusicSadler's Wells, LondonThis Pet Shop Boys and Javier de Frutos collaboration sounds like the 1980s, looks like the 1920s, acts like the 1890s and feels as flat as the present. The commissioned score, mixing live orchestra with electronica, is sometim... more info

Pet Shop Boys: photographs by Eric Watson

5055 days ago
Guardian MusicEric Watson's photographs of the Pet Shop Boys defined the notion of image-making as a vital part of the way the post-punk generation took control of its own marketing more info

Behind the music: how to make a singer sound great

5055 days ago
Guardian MusicSuper-producers Trevor Horn and Steve Lipson on the subtle art of coaxing an outstanding performance from a singerWhen technology companies say artists should view recorded music as a promotional tool and make their living by touring, they forget tha... more info

Eric Watson

5056 days ago
Guardian MusicPhotographer whose portraits of Pet Shop Boys juxtaposed shiny pop and crumbling decayEric Watson, who has died of a heart attack aged 56, was an important shaper of 1980s pop photography. His work for Smash Hits during a key era in British pop helpe... more info

Pop musik: the sound of the charts in … Russia

5064 days ago
Guardian MusicAndrew Khan explores the gangster aspirations and gay culture references of the Russian pop music scenePussy Riot's anti-Putin agit-punk may have temporarily made them international stars, but explicit political messages are a rarity in the Russian c... more info

St. Lucia – ‘We Got It Wrong’ (video)

5069 days ago
Nialler9I’ve been paying attention to St. Lucia since Neon Gold first gave the producer a stamp of approval last year. Originally from Johannesberg, Jean-Philip Grobler’s music sounds like the Pet Shop Boys put through a modern electro-pop filter for sur... more info

New band of the day: Amanda Mair (No 1,225)

5069 days ago
Guardian MusicThis Swedish 17-year-old crafts sublime Fleetwood Mac-tinged electro-pop. Think Stevie Nicks goes synthHometown: Stockholm.The lineup: Amanda Ulrika Magdalena Mair (vocals).The background: We were always going to like Amanda Mair and her self-titled ... more info

Five songs we would like to see on Kylie's Anti tour setlist

5073 days ago
Pop JusticeKylie's just announced (http://www.kylie.com/news/2012/03/kylie-anti-tour-shows-announced/) (after much teasing and faffing around Upon The Twitter) the first dates of her Anti tour. Here are five of several million songs we'd like to see her perfo... more info

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