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The Cucumbers Are Back!

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Deena Shoshkes, Hoboken, John Fried, Maxwell's, MTV, My Boyfriend, New Jersey, The Cucumbers, The Desk Drawer Tapes

The recently reunited Hoboken New Wave greats dig into their vault (and desk drawer) for a killer new rarities set

Indie Rock New Wave Pop

WATCH: Serious and The Girls Mean Business

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments David Lynch, International Songwriting Competition, Malibu, Martin Gore, Melissa Holt, Music videos, Pete Lombardo, Robert Smith, Serious and the Girls, The Church, The Happy Worker, The Prestige

How two high school friends came together to create a potential finalist for the next International Songwriting Competition

New Wave Post-Punk

Ian Curtis and the Emotion of Joy Division

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Closer, Gillian Gilbert, Ian Curtis, Iggy Pop, Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart, New Order, Stephen Morris, Unknown Pleasures

Reminiscing about the enigmatic frontman on what would have been his 65th birthday

Experimental New Wave Pop

Goodbye Sadness: Season Of Glass at 40

July 13, 2021August 4, 2021 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1981, Geffen, John Lennon, MTV, Season of Glass, The Beatles, Walking on Thin Ice, Yoko Ono

The most accessible Yoko Ono album was made in the immediacy of her heartbreak over John Lennon’s murder

jazz New Wave Pop

We The Cats: Joe Jackson’s Jumpin’ Jive at 40

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Jim Allen 3 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, AM, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Setzer, Cab Calloway, Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, Jumpin' Jive, Louis Jordan, Night and Day

In the Summer of ’81, a New Wave firebrand became the first neo-swing king

Glam New Wave Power Pop

It’s Never Too Late To Experience Sparks

June 15, 2021August 4, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Andy Bell, Beck, Duran Duran, Erasure, Flea, Gillian Gilbert, John Taylor, New Order, Nick Rhodes, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Stephen Morris, Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols, The Sparks Brothers, Todd Rundgren, Vince Clarke

A new documentary from director Edgar Wright brings the brilliance of the Brothers Mael to a new generation

Indie Rock New Wave Post-Punk

ALBUMS: Exceptional Dry Cleaning Service

May 24, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 16 Lovers Lane, 4AD, Dry Cleaning, English Settlement, Fables of the Reconstruction, John Lydon, New Long Leg, Phoebe Waller Bridge, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Bends, The Go-Betweens, The Queen is Dead, The Suburbs, Wire, XTC

Believe the hype about New Long Leg, the debut album by this young and profoundly distinctive South London quartet

adblock Dance Disco Dub/Reggae Funk New Wave Post-Punk

Drive It In Between: Nightclubbing at 40

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Alex Sadkin, Barry Reynolds, Chris Blackwell, David Bowie, Demolition Man, Grace Jones, Iggy Pop, Marianne Faithfull, Nightclubbing, Pull Up To The Bumper

Grace Jones’ fifth album is “The Empire Strikes Back” of her Compass Point Trilogy

Alternative Rock New Wave Power Pop

Crab At The Booty: Weezer (Green Album) Turns 20

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, Brian Bell, Hash Pipe, Island In The Sun, Mikey Welsh, Pat Wilson, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

The time has come for the band’s third LP to be deemed a masterpiece

New Wave Pop

Chris Frantz at 70

May 8, 2021August 4, 2021 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 70th Birthday, Blondie, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Genius of Love, Son of Sam, Talking Heads, Television, The Cramps, The Dead Boys, The Ramones, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club

Jim Sullivan catches up with the groundbreaking drummer for Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club on his 70th trip around the sun

New Wave Post-Punk

The Art of Arson: The Birthday Party’s Prayers on Fire at 40

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments Anita Lane, Mick Harvey, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Phil Calvert, Prayers On Fire, Rowland S. Howard, The Birthday Party, Tracy Pew

Nick Cave’s incendiary introduction to the wider world

New Wave Rock

Face Dances At 40: How The Who Moved On Without Moon

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Another Tricky Day, Face Dances, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Kenney Jones, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, The Who, You Better You Bet

In 1981, the rock gods rebounded from tragedy by getting in tune with the times

New Wave Post-Punk

Solid Gold Entertainment!

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Andy Gill, Box Set, Dave Allen, Entertainment!, Gang of Four, GANG OF FOUR 77-81, Hugh Burnham, Jon King, Matador Records, Sire Records, Solid Gold, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols

Jon King discusses the new Gang of Four stacked new box set covering the band’s first four years

New Wave

LISTEN: Ghost Of A Chance

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Ron Hart 1 Comment 2021, Gene Loves Jezebel, indie, John Carpenter, Lifeboat Candidate, Palm Ghosts, Palm Ghosts Lifeboat Candidate, The Cure, years--New Order

Nashville’s Palm Ghosts bring a different feel to Music City USA

New Wave Punk

Scream, Werewolf, Scream!

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, CBGB, Child of the Moon, The Face Of The Screaming Werewolf, The Fleshtones, The Rolling Stones, Yep Roc

The Fleshtones are still rockin’ and rollin’, still writing hits, after 45 years together

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