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Los Angeles chillwave band Poolside has released a remix of Billy Idol‘s “Eyes Without a Face.” The Poolside version stays close to the original recording — from Idol’s second album, 1983’s Rebel Yell — keeping Perri Lister on backing vocals while adding lush, languid beats. “I’m flattered that Poolside chose …

Billy Idol didn’t just nail the look of London punk rock — he was there at the very beginning, attending the Sex Pistols’ early gigs shortly before starting his own band, Generation X. From there, he made the wildly prescient choice to add synths and dance beats (inspired by Suicide …