Where had the Pet Shop Boys been all my life? Honestly, everywhere. I remember being 9 years old, listening to “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” on my Sony Dream Machine clock radio while leafing ...

While some are quick to write off electronic pop, or synthpop, as a trivial form of music, Neil Tennant makes a compelling counterpoint. "Pop, like all kinds of music in general, celebrates community ...

Iconic British duo Pet Shop Boys kick off 2024 with brand new uplifting and reflective single “Loneliness,” out today via Parlophone. They also announce their upcoming 15th studio album Nonetheless, ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

Once upon a time, on Pet Shop Boys ‘ first single, “West End Girls,” vocalist Neil Tennant sang the lines, “We’ve got no future / We’ve got no past / Here today, built to last.” Fifteen studio records ...

Soft Cell have teamed up with Pet Shop Boys for a new song, “Purple Zone,” along with a vibrant music video for the track. The song will appear on Soft Cell’s fifth studio album Happiness Not Included ...

Iconic UK synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys are having a big day. They’ve just shared “Cricket Wife,” a 10-minute track recorded during the UK’s first lockdown based on an instrumental by Chris Lowe and a ...

It was one of the highlights of the U.K.’s biggest music awards show — but mystery surrounds why the Pet Shop Boys didn’t join Elton John and Years & Years’ performance of their classic song, “It’s a ...