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When The Samba Takes You: Avalon at 40

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Andy McKay, Avalon, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, More Than This, Phil Manzanera, Roxy Music

The final Roxy Music studio album still enchants after all these years

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The Man From Utopia: David Byrne at 70

May 14, 2022May 14, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Alex Timbers, American Utopia, Annie-B Parson, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Feelings, Janelle Monae, Jerry Harrison, Naked, Remain In Light, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the career of a Great American Eccentric

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Electronic New Wave Pop

Reach Out and Touch Faith: Dave Gahan Turns 60

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 60th birthday, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Exciter, Martin Gore, Songs of Faith and Devotion, Ultra, Vince Clarke

Looking back on the Depeche Mode singer’s triumphant human spirit

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You Always Said We’d Still Be Friends: 40 Years of OMD

April 13, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Andy McCluskey, Enola Gay, If You Leave, New Wave, OMD, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Pretty In Pink, Synthpop

As Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark embark upon a massive anniversary tour, singer Andy McCluskey talks with Rock & Roll Globe about the synth-pop duo’s illustrious career

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ALBUMS: Wet Leg, The Linda Lindas and the New Wave of Now

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Chaise Longue, Chaise Lounge, Domino Records, Epitaph Records, Growing Up, Racist Sexist Boy, The Linda Lindas, Wet Leg

The debut albums from two exciting young bands represent the very best in 21st modern rock

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Art Pop Glam New Wave Rock

Sparks Fly High In Boston

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Alex Kapranos, Andy Bell, Beck, Boston, Duran Duran, Erasure, FFS, Flea, Franz Ferdinand, Gillian Gilbert, John Taylor, New Order, Nick Rhodes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Stephen Morris, Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols, Todd Rundgren, Vince Clarke

The Brothers Mael continue their late career victory lap at the Shubert Theatre

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WATCH: Moxxy Jones Asks Us To Leave The Room

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Daft Punk, Justin Timberlake, Leave The Room, Moby, Moxxy Jones, San Francisco, Synthpop, Trent Park

The San Francisco synthpop duo Moxxy Jones releases the first single off their forthcoming debut LP

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Folk New Wave Rock

Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?: Shoot Out the Lights at 40

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1982, 40th Anniversary, Don't Reneg On Our Love, Joe Boyd, Richard and Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Shoot Out The Lights, Wall of Death

The fiery final album from Richard & Linda Thompson set a new standard for the quintessential breakup LP

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Art Pop New Wave Pop

Wet Leg: From the Chaise Lounge to the Concert Stage

March 10, 2022March 11, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2022, Boston, Chaise Lounge, Domino Recording Co, The Paradise Rock Club, Wet Leg

Are the critics’ latest darlings as good live as they are in studio?

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Her Tin Roof Never Rusts: Cindy Wilson @ 65

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 65th birthday, Athens, Channel Z, Cindy Wilson, Cosmic Thing, Fred Schneider, Georgia, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, Love Shack, Ricky Wilson, Rock Lobster, The B-52's

Looking back on the career of the Beehive Queen of The B-52s

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Electronic New Wave

The Nine Lives of Kat Von D

February 27, 2022February 28, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Bauhaus, Charo, Danny Lohner, Dave Grohl, Dave Sitek, Kat Von D, Ladyhawke, Linda Perry, Love Made Me Do It, Nine Inch Nails, Peter Murphy, Selena, TV on the Radio

Talking with the renowned tattoo artist as she embarks on her first tour as a music act

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Art Pop Experimental jazz New Wave Pop Rock

Yoko Ono Forever

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 89th birthday, Facebook, Joe Rogan, John Lennon, Neil Young, Onobox, Ornette Coleman, Plastic Ono Band, Spotify, Yoko Ono

On her 89th birthday, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of her classic Onobox

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Lightning Struck Itself: Marquee Moon at 45

February 14, 2022April 3, 2022 Deborah Sprague 3 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Billy Ficca, Brian Eno, CBGB, Elektra Records 1977, Fred Smith, Marquee Moon, Richard Lloyd, Television, Terry Ork, Tom Verlaine

The debut LP from Television remains a master class in New York Punk

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New Wave Power Pop

We Were Happy There: Peter Holsapple on 40 years of The dB’s Repercussion

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1982, Albion Records, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder, Peter Holsapple, Repercussion, The dB's, Will Rigby

How a 1982 merger of Power Pop and New Wave became a cult classic

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New Wave Pop Rock Soul

Getting in Focus: Picture This by Huey Lewis and the News Turns 40

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1982, 40th Anniversary, album, Anniversary, Do You Believe In Love, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis and the News, MTV, Picture This, Workin' For A Livin'

In early ’82, the beloved San Francisco band got their first taste of serious chart success

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