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CONCERTS: Bryan Ferry Plays the Opera House in Boston, MA On August 5, 2019

August 6, 2019August 8, 2019 Jim Sullivan 8 Comments Boston, Boston Opera House, Bryan Ferry, Chris Spedding, Jojora Chalmers, Roxy Music

Roxy Music’s silver fox brings his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame victory lap to Beantown

New Wave Power Pop

The Records’ The Records at 40

August 5, 2019August 6, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Be Stiff Tour, Joe Strummer, John Wicks, Mutt Lange, Shades in Bed, The Records, The Records' The Records, Virgin Records, Will Birch, Will Burch

They are a band whose name is impossible to Google, but well worth the extra work once you discover them and their classic first LP also known as Shades In Bed

Alternative Rock Dance New Wave

Calm Like A Bomb

August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Johnny Marr, Matt Johnson, Mind Bomb, Sinead O'Connor, The The

A look back at The The’s decade-ending 1989 classic Mind Bomb

Funk New Wave Pop Punk Records Rock

10 Great Spinoff Albums

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Bootsy's Rubber Band, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Mickey Hart, New Order, Phil Manzanera, Quiet Son, Rhythm Devils, Richard Lloyd, Roxy Music, The Adult Net, The Fall, The Other Two & You, The Who, Tom Tom Club

Dig into this list of deep treasures from the multiverses of your favorite bands

New Wave Pop Punk Rock

CONCERTS: Blondie and Elvis Costello & the Imposters at Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion in Boston, Tuesday July 23rd, 2019

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Blondie, Blondie & the Beastly E.C.!, Boston, Chris Stein, Concerts, Debbie Harry, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, Rockland Trust Bank Pavillion

The King and Queen of New Wave hit Beantown on their blockbuster summer tour

New Wave Rock

New Wave’s Ne Plus Ultra: The Cars’ Candy-O Turns 40

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, The Cars

With their second LP, the Boston band downshifted into mainstream success

New Wave Pop Punk Rock

In Transience With Wreckless Eric

July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Amy Rigby, Creepy People, Father to the Man, Graham Parker, Ian Dury, Madness, Pogues, Steve Goulding, Stiff Records, The Clash, The Damned, The Ramones, Tiny House, Wreckless Eric

The pub punk great continues to enjoy a stellar career renaissance with his second solo LP in less than a year

Indie Rock New Wave

Art As Survival: A Chat With Dan Boeckner

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Dan Boeckner, Devojka, Handsome Furs, I Feel Emotion, Operators, Radiant Dawn, Wolf Parade

How Operators conceived sci-fi synth masterwork Radiant Dawn in the shadow of late-capitalism

New Wave

ALBUMS: The Humanworld of Peter Perrett

June 28, 2019July 5, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Domino Records, How the West Was Won, Humanworld, I Want Your Dreams, Peter Perrett, The Only Ones

A New Wave survivor stays true to his muse

Experimental New Wave Progressive Rock

The Drive to 1981 Begins: Robert Fripp’s Masterful ‘Exposure’ at 40

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Bill Kopp 2 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Brian Eno, Darryl Hall, Exposure, Frippertronics, King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp, The Roches

The King Crimson guitar wizard turned New Wave on its ear in 1979

New Wave Power Pop

‘Get The Knack’ Turns 40: Sizing up a Problematic Pop Landmark

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Doug Fieger, Get the Knack, My Sharona, The Knack

For a brief, shining moment, The Knack’s 1979 debut album made the fledgling band The Beatles of the New Wave era. But how does it stand up four decades later?