Music, Pop, Issue 625

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Pet Shop Boys

19 Mar 2009

‘I was quite surprised, really,’ remarks pop’s greatest deadpan front-man, Neil Tennant, a propos the Pet Shop Boys’ recent Outstanding Contribution to Music Brit Award. ‘I thought it was nice of the industry to give it to us,’ he concurs with a shrug.

Sorren Maclean

19 Mar 20093 stars

FOLK POP 19-year-old Isle of Mull singer songwriter Sorren Maclean is a well-connected young chap who has worked with or supported such respected names as Michael Marra, James Yorkston and the late Martyn Bennett. It helps that his father Gordon is a…

Pet Shop Boys - Yes

19 Mar 20094 stars

POP Everything that’s ace about the Pet Shop Boys is here. Sure, the electronic voyagers’ ingenious pop template has been updated by clarion chart messiahs Xenomania (Kylie, Girls Aloud), and embellished by Johnny Marr and Final Fantasy’s Owen…