Pretenders  : Popstar

Pretenders : Popstar

She's sassy, she's smokin' (and I don't just mean weed, buddy, heh heh heh), she's the queen of Rickenbacker'n'roll, el grande dame of cool moptop rock-pop. Yeah, she's Chrissie Hynde , aged 172, and she's got something to say. Lissenup,...

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Pretenders  : Human

Pretenders : Human

I can't deny I was secretly hoping The Pretenders ' next release would be the extraordinary version of The Smiths ' 'Meat Is Murder' performed by Johnny Marr and Chrissie Hynde at the Linda McCartney tribute concert. If ever there was...

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Viva El Amor!

Viva El Amor!

A misleading title if ever there was one. Chrissie Hynde has returned from the pop hinterland after a gap of the best part of a decade of absence, and clearly she doesn't like what she's found. Thirty seconds into opening track, 'Popstar' ,...

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