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Swing It Back

There are a couple of misconceptions about Swing Out Sister that need to be cleared up.

Yeah, the twice Grammy-nominated band’s breakthrough number six hit "Breakout," is as bubble gum as they come, but don’t for one second mistake them for a pop band.

New Annie Lennox Greatest Hits CD/DVD

The U.S. release of the new album "The Annie Lennox Collection" is scheduled for Feb. 17th, and it includes two new songs. One of the tracks is called Shining Light, and you can hear it now.

These Queens Danced, But They Never Fought?

Agnetha Faltskog and Frida Lyngstad of ABBA have heard it all when it comes to notorious stories of their in-house cat fighting during their 70's heyday.

Reunited together recently, they accepted an award, and both rejected the long-standing rumors that they are bitter enemies.

Kraftwerk Co-Founder Exits The Autobahn

Florian Schneider, co-founder of Kraftwerk, the German band that built the foundation for electro-pop and scored a chart-topping global hit with "Autobahn" in 1974, has left the group.

News of the departure was first reported on the Web site Kraftwerk in November, but gained prominence when the Kraftwerk Official Fan Web Site posted a short statement on December 5th.

Guns N' Pansies

(Fashion rocks: Donatella Versace and Axl Rose c/o Getty Images)

Since last month's release of "Chinese Democracy," Guns N' Roses' first album in 17 years, I've been doing two things: a) trying to find the disc's single redeeming quality, which I believe I have with song number five; and b) reminiscing about Guns' good ol' days, before front man W. Axl Rose got those god-awful braids.

Top 8

(Images c/o Getty)
With Prop 8 (which amends the California Constitution to eliminate the right of gay couples to marry statewide) passing this morning, I thought it would be interesting to reflect on a decade when, at the very least, same-sex musical marriages were sanctioned -- no, actually applauded.

Ladies Marmalade: Labelle is back!

(all photos: Kwaku Alston)

A lot's changed in music in the more than 30 years since Labelle broke up.  Besides the advent of hip hop, electro-funk and house music, today's girl groups are almost unrecognizable from their early-60's counterparts.  Gone are the  trios who sing demurely about schoolyard crushes with conservatively coiffed hair and wearing respectable outfits. 

Classic Video: The best of KLF... uh ha, uh ha!

(Photos courtesy Amazon) The early '90s saw a surge of groups like Technotronic, Sunscreem, Stereo MC's, Enigma and Snap! who were able to crack the U.S. Top 40 charts with a new wave of euro dance-pop sensibility. Then from way outa left field came British techno duo Bill Drummond (King Boy D) and Jimmy Cauty (Rockman Rock) with their unusual blend of dance, rave, rock and crowd noise, which later would be recognized as the invention of "stadium house". Let's take a trip back to Mu Mu Land with this classic KLF video collection.

Classic Video: Wham! - "Club Tropicana"

(Getty Images) 20-year-old George and Andrew poolside in white bikinis? Nothing less than a slice of equatorial heaven. The best skin-shots of the dynamic duo are seen at 0:53, 2:04 and 3:20 and are hotter than the Ibiza sun where the video was filmed.