Published inThree Imaginary Girls34 Years Ago: Teenage Fanclub’s BandwagonesqueHow Nirvana’s new labelmates made Spin’s best album of 19912d ago32d ago3
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 4: 26 January 1985)Strawberry Switchblade, Alison Moyet, the last good Thompson Twins single, and a mild mashup of The Skids and MagazineJan 278Jan 278
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 3: 19 January 1985)Tears For Fears, somebody called This Island Earth, Stevie Wonder, plus The Style Council and guests do their part for the striking minersJan 2111Jan 2111
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 2: 12 January 1985)Easing out the holidays with Toy Dolls, Ian McCulloch without the Bunnymen, Limahl without Kajagoogoo, and The StranglersJan 1310Jan 1310
Published inThree Imaginary GirlsRemembering The Suburbs’ Beej Chaney, 1957–2025An underappreciated figure in American new wave is goneJan 127Jan 127
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 1: 5 January 1985)New year, new city, new chart, now with Wham!, Matt Bianco, Nick Heyward, and Melle MelJan 618Jan 618
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 52: My Own Top 40)My favorites from the charts, plus the rest of what I was listening to that yearDec 30, 202416Dec 30, 202416
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 51: December 22, 1984)The year wraps up with Cyndi, Sheena, Band Aid, New Edition, and Bronski BeatDec 23, 202420Dec 23, 202420
Published inThree Imaginary GirlsWhy Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” Is AwesomeCelebrate a song the haters have been getting wrong for 45 yearsDec 18, 202417Dec 18, 202417
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1984: The Week In Top 40 Hits (Week 50: December 15, 1984)Wham! (sorta), Prince, Hall and Oates, Culture Club, and what Glenn Frey has to do with the role of the saxophone in ’80s popDec 16, 202411Dec 16, 202411
