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Chrissie Hynde – “Dark Sunglasses” Video (Stereogum Premiere)

3972 days ago

Stereogum — Last month Pretenders legend Chrissie Hynde released “Dark Sunglasses,” the first single from her Björn-Yttling-produced solo album Stockholm. Today, we present the video. In contrast to the song’s narrative about wearing dark sunglasses as a ... more info

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Chrissie Hynde to release debut solo album 'Stockholm'

3985 days ago

NME — The Pretenders frontwoman worked with Bjorn Yttling of Peter, Bjorn and John on the LP more info

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Meltdown Festival 2014: Chrissie Hynde and Goldie confirmed

3985 days ago

The Telegraph — The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde and Goldie are among those announced for the 2014 Southbank Centre Meltdown festival more info

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Chrissie Hynde – “Dark Sunglasses”

3986 days ago

Stereogum — The deathlessly cool Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde has somehow never released a solo album, but she’ll change that this summer when she releases Stockholm — her debut album, I guess, even though that self-titled Pretenders album turns 35 t... more info

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Covers band: Melody Maker 1980-2000

4065 days ago

Sweeping The Nation — The start of a very occasional series takes as its key point the obvious and undeniable fact that the list of NME covers on Wikipedia is the very best page on the internet. But why stop there? Why can't we chart the whole of pop culture by rise a... more info

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(Love) Emily Reo, "Birds of Paradise (Pretenders cover)"

4137 days ago

Impose Magazine — It is widely understood that Emily Reo's brand of captivatingly gorgeous dreampop is damn near perfect, as it puts you in such an entrancing place that it feels almost hard to move. When Rookie Mag asked her to do a cover of The Pretenders' "... more info

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Tim Burgess forms supergroup for Jon Brookes tribute gig

4140 days ago

Starpulse — The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess formed a rock supergroup with members of New Order, Mumford & Sons, The Vaccines and The Pretenders on Friday (18Oct13) to pay tribute to his late bandmate Jon B... more info

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Meow, meow, meow: Old Pretender, Milk Maid, Snøffeltøffs, Mazes, Paws, Pinact, Yucky Slime, Viscous Liquid, Tweens

4163 days ago

Powerpopulist — We went on a fishin' expedition for "Blood Pool" by Technicolor Teeth and got herded over to Fat Cat Records' Soundcloud page. That's one cool cat, maaan! Here're our picks of the litter (genus downloadablensis). Download here. Download here. �... more info

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Stars donate personal items to homeless charity auction

4237 days ago

Starpulse — Chrissie Hynde, rapper Plan B and British singer Olly Murs are among the stars who have raided their closets for a charity auction. The Pretenders frontwoman has handed over a pair of Stella McCar... more info

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