Forty years ago this weekend, Chic released one of music's great historical delineation points (and a mother of a dancefloor-filler). "Good Times" is more than just a song, even though it'd be immortal if a song was all it was: widely considered the last #1 of the disco era before the industry backlash/burnout on the…

"All we need is music, sweet music." Motown legend Martha Reeves, longtime leader of Martha And The Vandellas, sang that song on her group's immortal 1964 hit "Dancing In The Street." That's a great line! It's also not actually true! We also need things like food and shelter, and many of us need basic reproductive…

Guitarist Tony Iommi attended the ceremonyThe band are immortalised in the heavy metal benchBlack Sabbath have been honoured with their very own “heavy metal” bench in their hometown of Birmingham. The band’s guitarist Tony Iommi attended the ceremony yesterday (February 9) which was organized by Westside Business I...

Right now, immortal UK synthpop legends the Pet Shop Boys are working on a new album, the follow-up to 2016's Super. They're recording it with producer Stuart Price, of Les Rythmes Digitales and Zoot Woman. Its supposed to come out this fall. But before that arrives, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have something else for…

The epic concept album was more than just Iron Maiden’s most successful album of the 1980s – it was their masterpiece