My Old Kentucky — A few months back I was drinking with a friend and fellow music geek, when conversation turned to musical "guilty pleasures." Thanks to one isolated incident that made me the laughingstock of the MOKB mothership, that topic makes me a little gun-shy,... more info

Undercover, Australia — K.T. Tunstall, Pet Shop Boys and Manic Street Preachers are just some on the acts who contributed to the new Shirley Bassey album. more info

Guardian Music — Last week you suggested songs about coming home. Now we want to hear the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Candle you handle it?What with everybody coming back from holiday, last week's task of choosing songs about coming home turned ... more info

Pasta Primavera — Tonight in DC to miss out on a few quality events.  Most notably being Pet Shop Boys at Constitution Hall.  Also Benjy Ferree is playing the friggin Kennedy Center.  That does not happen to often so why not go out and support ‘im.  Also... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir "The set is a wall of white boxes with Chris Lowe's sound stage on stage left. The last time I saw the Boys was at the Tabernacle in Atlanta in 2006. Hammerstein is bigger and grander,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Screaming Females @ The Yard last Saturday (more by Sarahana) tonight in NYC * DANCE * David Bazan on the LES * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Pet Shop Boys @ Hammerstein Ballroom * The Killers & Wolfmother @... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — According to Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys, America is the only country in the world in which the seminal electro-pop duo is regarded as a relic of the '80s. In fact, the singer says, the official EMI research he's been shown suggests that the typica... more info

Pop Justice — The new issue of the Pet Shop Boys fanclub magazine Literally features an extensive - 'fifteen pages' extensive - Brian... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Franz Ferdinand @ the Virgin Fest in Canada - Aug 29, 2009 (Chromewaves) "Somehow, in its fourth year on Hogtown soil, the Virgin Festival has pulled off the impossible: Amalgamating endlessly changing variables into a cohesive, enjoyable affair. It ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Over in the Daily Mail today I have a go at Oasis, the popular beat combo which has just split up. (Or so Noel Gallagher says, and since he’s the only one in the band who can write songs, that’ll be it till he changes his mind for the l... more info