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Story of the Ghost: Celebrating 40 Years of a Classic Police Album

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, A&M Records, Andy Summers, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Ghost in the Machine, Hugh Padgham, Invisible Sun, Spirits in the Material World, Stewart Copeland, Sting, The Police

1981’s Ghost in the Machine underscores the trio’s fast ascent to superstar success

Blues New Wave Remembrance

Money Never Changed Tom Gray

October 18, 2021October 19, 2021 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Bonnie Bramlett, Carlene Carter, Cyndi Lauper, Delta Moon, Manfred Mann, Money Changes Everything, RIP, Steve Lillywhite, The Brains, Tom Gray

The hit songwriter, lap-steel wizard and unsung hero of the New Wave era was 70

Art Pop New Wave Post-Punk Remembrance

New York Musicians Pay Homage To Dee Pop

October 14, 2021October 15, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bush Tetras, CBGB, Cynthia Sley, Dee Pop, James Keepnews, Michael Imperioli, Mike Edison, Mike Pride, New York City, Pat Place, William Parker

Several friends and collaborators from the the city’s punk and jazz scenes took to social media to bid farewell to the influential Bush Tetras drummer

Hard Rock Heavy Metal New Wave

Quadruple Your Pleasure: Technical Ecstasy Gets An Overdue Upgrade

October 14, 2021October 19, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1976, 2021, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Box Set, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Rhino Records, Super Deluxe, Technical Ecstasy, Tony Iommi, Vertigo Records

Black Sabbath’s maligned seventh album deserves the super deluxe treatment

Electronic New Wave Pop

The ODD Side of Information Society

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2021, Hakatak International, Husker Du, Information Society, James Cassidy, Kurt Larson, Minneapolis, ODDfellows, Paul Robb, The Replacements, THX Spatial Audio

Minneapolis synth wizard Paul Robb talks about his longtime group’s excellent new album and their roots at the intersection of New Wave and House

New Wave Rock

Superstar Without Portfolio: Bob Geldof at 70

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Atlantic Records, Bob Geldof, Brenda Spencer, British Empire, I Don't Like Mondays, Live Aid, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Queen Elizabeth II, The Boomtown Rats, The Vegetarians of Love

Jim Sullivan revisits his 1990 interview with the Irish rock great, New Wave pioneer and co-founder of Live Aid

New Wave Post-Punk Remembrance

Delta 5 Singer Julz Sale Dies In Thailand

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments Apple+, Delta 5, England, Gang of Four, iPhone, Julz Sale, Kill Rock Stars, Leeds, Mind Your Own Business, Post-Punk, RIP, The Mekons

Alongside the Mekons and Gang of Four, she was a key figure in the famed Leeds post-punk movement

Latin New Wave

ALBUMS: Elvis Costello en Español

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Stephanie Hernandez 0 Comments Cami, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Juanes, La Marisoul Hernandez, Natalie Bergman, Nina Diaz, Sebastian Krys, Spanish Model, This Year's Model, UMe

English has been the lingua franca of pop music, but Spanish Model shows that it doesn’t have to be

Indie Rock New Wave Power Pop

It’s Just A Jenny Thing

September 14, 2021September 16, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, American Canyon, Ehren Baker, Matt Easton, Mike Phillips, New Wave, Shyam Rao, Star Search, The Jenny Thing

Berkeley New Wave favorites from the 90s return with a new, progressive sound on American Canyon

New Wave Punk Rock

‘Have A Nice Death’: Chrissie Hynde at 70

September 7, 2021September 21, 2021 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 70th Birthday, Boston, Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott, Martin Chambers, New Wave, Orpheum Theatre, Pete Farndon, Pretenders, Punk, Ray Davies, Stockholm, The Buzzcocks, The Kinks, The Pretenders

Looking back on over 40 years of seeing the fiery Pretenders frontwoman on stage

New Wave Punk

The Sex Pistols’ Secret Weapon Turns 65

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 65th birthday, Cookie, Glen Matlock, John Lydon, Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, Rich Kids, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols

Sid Vicious was their most famous bassist, but Glen Matlock was the one who could play

Indie Rock Industrial New Wave

LISTEN: Brooklyn’s New Industrial Kings Cover A UK Jangle Pop Classic

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alan Vega, Amazing Baby, Collapsing Scenery, Don De Vore, Ink & Dagger, Lilys, Michael Gira, Reggie Debris., The Blue Nile, The Cleaners From Venus, The Icarus Line

Check out the exclusive premiere of Collapsing Scenery’s cinematic rendition of the Cleaners From Venus fan fave “Drowning Butterflies” this morning on the site