Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular stories1. Trolls game Taylor Swift competition in favor of school for the hearing impairedA web-campaign to get Taylor Swift to play at any school in the country has been... more info

ContactMusic — Pet Shop Boys think modern pop music has too much ego The Its a Sin hitmakers - who formed in 1981 - believe artists used to write poetry set to music but current chart acts use their lyrics to act as confessionals about themselve... more info

Guardian Music — (Parlophone)If pop had an elysium – an afterlife for its heroes – the Pet Shop Boys would surely be promised a place. Their 11th album is a peculiar listen, though. Half of it harks back to 1990's reflective masterpiece, Behaviour, with songs abo... more info

DrownedInSound — A cohesive and strong effort that can stand up with some of the Pet Shop Boys' best. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

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Totally Fuzzy — Electronic Beats presents a special performance by PET SHOP BOYS, live in Berlin. The live stream will start at 9pm CEST sharp (UTC/GMT +2 hours), TWITTER hashtag for all related info is #PSBerlin. Hit "Change Quality" within the player bar and sele... more info

Consequence of Sound — Watch the duo perform tracks from their new album for the first time. more info

Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectAndrew Morrison runs the blog Adventures in Disco.What was the first song you ever bought?Weezer – Buddy HollyI started buying albums when I was about... more info

Totally Fuzzy — In the mood for some arch, literate synthpop with a deep well of emotion at its heart? Then just click play below. It's 26 years since the Pet Shop Boys released their debut album. While we might mourn the fact that the plan to release albums ... more info

Guardian Music — In the mood for some arch, literate synthpop with a deep well of emotion at its heart? Then just click play It's 26 years since the Pet Shop Boys released their debut album. While we might mourn the fact that the plan to release albums whose titles w... more info