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Robbie Daw writes about the U.S. and U.K. pop music scenes daily at his blog Chart Rigger.

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Date Posted Blogs and Stories

Is there anything more sublime than good pop music in the springtime? Here on their 10th studio album Yes, British duo Pet Shop Boys don't just deliver "good"...they unleash the...

1:47 pm, Apr 6, 2009

In this time of economic crisis, Take That's The Circus is one instance where Americans should be encouraged to buy British. The UK's biggest boy band of the early '90s reunited...

2:07 pm, Feb 23, 2009

The Sound of The Smiths. After a hasty two-part Best Of and a Singles collection were pushed into the market by Warner Bros. in the early '90s following the demise of The Smiths...

12:00 pm, Jan 5, 2009

I'm In Love With A German Film Star. This hypnotic single by U.K. performance artist Sam Taylor-Wood provides much-needed dreamy escapism...if only for three minutes and 44 seco...

3:00 pm, Dec 9, 2008