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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, 2021May 17, 2021 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 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 seventh 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

jazz New Wave

How Landscape’s Subversive Synth-Pop Helped Shape the ‘80s

March 9, 2021March 15, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Blitz, Einsten A Go Go, Jazz, Kraftwerk, Landscape, New Romantic, New Wave, Spandau Ballet, Ultravox, Yellow Magic Orchestra

Follow the journey from jazz to New Romantic as “Einstein a-Go-Go” turns 40

Alternative Rock New Wave Soundtracks and Film Scores

Left of Center: the Pretty in Pink Soundtrack at 35

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment INXS, John Hughes, Molly Ringwald, OMD, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Pretty In Pink, Prince and the Revolution, The Psychedelic Furs, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Whitney Houston

Director John Hughes’s curatorial powers got college rock higher than ever on the charts

Indie Rock New Wave Pop

DISCOVER: Oceanside With Corvair

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Brian Naubert, Corvair, Eux Autres, Heather Larimer, Pop Sickle, Portland, Ruston Mire, The Service Providers, Tube Top

Catching up with Portland, OR’s indie pop power couple

Dance Dance Rock New Wave Post-Punk Punk

Hooky At 65

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Happy Birthday, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Peter Hook and The Light

Celebrating with influential Joy Division/New Order singer and bassist’s first day as a proper senior citizen

Electronic New Wave Soundtracks and Film Scores

ALBUMS: Every Day Is Halloween

February 5, 2021February 11, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2021, John Carpenter, John Carpenter Lost Themes III: Alive After Death, Lost Themes, Lost Themes II, Sacred Bones Records

John Carpenter’s Best Sequel Yet – Lost Themes III: Alive After Death

Indie Rock New Wave

Paul Darrah and the Power of “Poof Pop”

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 1 Comment Bryan Ferry, David Sylvain, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Japan, LGBTQ, New Wave, Poof Pop, Roxy Music, Tenant From Zero, The Thompson Twins

The sole proprietor of Brooklyn New New Romantic act Tenant From Zero on the sounds that define his being

jazz New Wave Progressive Rock Rock

Nine 1980 Albums That Deserve More Love

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Tracy Deaton 1 Comment Glass Moon, Grace Slick, Group 87, Kate Bush, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Sky, Sky 2, Steve Tibbetts, the Outlaws

From Kate Bush to The Outlaws to Al Stewart, each of these titles merit a second spin

Art Pop Elvis New Wave Rock

ALBUMS: Punch The Clockface

December 27, 2020 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments Cole Porter, Concord Records, Elvis Costello, Hey Clockface, Le Quintette Saint Germain, Steve Nieve

On his latest solo outing, Elvis Costello still surprises, mixing at least two distinct styles for a complicated look at the passing of time and more

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