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Waiting for a Guide: Forty Years of Unknown Pleasures

June 11, 2019June 12, 2019 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Ian Curtis, Joy Division

Why Joy Division’s 1979 classic debut is so much more than a T-shirt

Electronic New Wave

Songs In The Key of Zee: Identity at 35

May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1984, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Rick Harris, Zee

A look back at Pink Floyd key master Richard Wright’s overlooked 1984 New Wave project

Folk New Wave Pop Punk

Hello & Goodbye: Patti Smith’s Wave at 40

May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Fred Sonic Smith, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Patti Smith Group, Todd Rundgren

Punk’s poet laureate released her fourth album in May of 1979; it would be her last record for nearly a decade

Alternative Rock New Wave Power Pop

If Living Well Is the Best Revenge, Is Weezer the Most Successful Band of All-Time?

April 27, 2019April 29, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1994, Brian Bell, Matt Sharp, Pat Wilson, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

As their blue debut turns 25, its time to ponder if these dudes really are The Greatest Band Who Ever Lived ™

New Wave Pop

40 Years On: Squeeze Release Cool For Cats

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Chris Difford, Glen Tilbrook, John Cale, Squeeze

Difford and Tilbrook proved they’re the Big Meow in 1979

New Wave Pop

The Downtown Lights

April 2, 2019April 11, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Paul Buchanan, The Blue Nile

The Blue Nile’s sophisticated pop classic Hats turns 30

New Wave Power Pop Punk

Brutal Youth at 25

March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions

In 1994, Elvis Costello reentered the building with his most electric album since Blood & Chocolate

New Wave

These Strange Steps

March 26, 2019March 28, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 10th anniversary, 2009, Brian Chase, Karen O, Nik Zinner, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ It’s Blitz at 10

New Wave Pop Power Pop Punk

The Big Squeeze

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Arista Records, Graham Parker, Graham Parker and The Rumour

Graham Parker’s New Wave classic turns 40

"Shoegaze" Alternative Rock New Wave Pop

Everlastingly Yours

March 18, 2019April 11, 2019 Jack Rabid 0 Comments Elastica, Lush, Modern English, Piroshka

Piroshka is an actually super supergroup

New Wave Punk

Starman and Rashomon

March 14, 2019April 11, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Blondie, David Bowie, Laura Davis-Chanin, Max's Kansas City

A conversation with Laura Davis-Chanin, renowned drummer and author of the intriguing NYC rock scene narrative ‘The Girl in the Back’

New Wave Power Pop Rock

The Zen of Elliot Easton

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 Bill Janovitz 4 Comments Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Ric Ocasek, The Cars, Wild Honey Organization

The legendary Cars guitarist remains just what we needed

Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Power Pop

Not Long for This World

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 Bill Kopp 1 Comment 1994, 25th Anniversary, Jason Falkner, Jon Brion, The Grays

The Grays’ Ro Sham Bo at 25

Electronic New Wave Pop Remembrance

I Believe In You

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments Mark Hollis, RIP, Talk Talk

Reflections on Mark Hollis and Talk Talk

New Wave Pop

Please Be Upstanding

February 28, 2019April 11, 2019 Rachel Linhart 1 Comment 1989, 30th Anniversary, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, XTC

30 years of XTC’s Oranges & Lemons

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