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Dorian Lynskey works from London. Writer for Guardian, Q, etc. Columnist for New Statesman & GQ. Host Remainiacs podcast. The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell's 1984 out 30 May. Dorian Lynskey has over 31434 followers on Twitter.

Just two guys being Pet Shop Boys: Chris Lowe and

Sticking to a winning template

Three decades and 11 albums in, the Pet Shop Boys still feel like they are renting their place as unlikely pop stars.

Glitter balls and platform shoes — and that arm in the air: John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.

Defying death: Disco has a life of its own

Dance floor pioneers Robin Gibb and Donna Summer may have died, but the beat goes on and disco remains the foundation of all modern pop.

It’s a laugh a minute with Leonard – seriously

It’s a laugh a minute with Leonard – seriously

Sombre prophet, mordant wisecracker, ­repentant cad: Leonard Cohen is back with a great new ­album, old ideas and more wit and wisdom.

Posthumous music perils

Posthumous albums are troubling entities, and Amy Winehouse’s "new" album is no exception.

Tricky and contradictory

Scowling, paranoid and up for a fight – That’s the image with which Tricky is saddled. Dorian Lynskey in London finds out if the rumours are true.

Killer tunes

The first sound you hear is a bright, solitary trumpet. Then comes a rumbling tuba, rattling drums and the familiar refrain of John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever. A…

Jewish reggae

Music today defies labelling and looks can be deceiving — not all reggae artists are black, Dorian Lynskey takes a closer look.

Straight outta Chinatown

in could be hip-hop’s first Asian-American star — if racism doesn’t stop him. ”For the most part people think I’m like a myth, not a real person,” he says. He talks to Dorian…