In a moving tribute to his late Soft Cell bandmate Dave Ball, who died this week at the age of 66, Marc Almond remarked that ...

Joe Muggs looks back appreciatively to a thunderous EP, given a crunchy remaster, by a pre-Squarepushing Tom Jenkinson ...

Dave Ball, who as one half of Soft Cell made iconic synth-pop hits like ‘Tainted Love’ and ‘Bedsitter’, has died at the age ...

The debut album by the Iceboy Violet and BABii collaborator drifts through the non-places of supermodernity, devastated by ...

The official Soft Cell website has announced the death of founder member Dave Ball. “Electronic music pioneer Dave Ball, one ...

A dank night in London’s Docklands. After clocking off a shift at a nearby magazine, I’d ducked into dinky and wood-pannelled ...

A quarter of a century after Warp released the sketch album, Darran Anderson looks back at the deep existential malignancy, ...

A new compilation sifts through the pop music of the Iranian diaspora in Los Angeles in the 80s and early 90s Iranian pop ...

Hedonism can be tricky in art – such big expression can come off as cheesy or try-hard, especially outside of the hypergloss ...

With dual drummers and a wall of guitar noise, the Swedish artist's revived 12-piece ensemble proves a formidable force ...

Ben Graham looks back 45 years to a time when U2 were hungry young punks intent on carrying on Joy Division's mission ...

Brian Coney talks to the gentle power trio who redefined indie rock and offers an introduction to the outer reaches of their ...