New Wave

New Wave Rock 

Elvis Costello’s Aim Remains True

October 7, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1977, 2026, Bill Flanagan, Clover, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, My Aim Is True, Nick Lowe

A new box set honors Declan’s debut at 49

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Dance Funk Hip Hop New Wave Pop 

Tom Tom Club Delivers Definitive Box Set

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Chris Frantz, Genius of Love, Let There Be Love, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club

‘Let There Be Love’ out now on Rhino

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Mike Score Talks About A Flock Of Seagulls’ Enduring Legacy

August 8, 2026August 8, 2026 Bryan Reesman 0 Comments A Flock of Seagulls, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley, Gord Deppe, I Ran, Kevin Rankin, Mike Score, Pando, Paul Reynolds, Totally Tubular Festival

The New Wave legends are part of the Totally Tubular tour

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New Wave Pop Synth Techno 

New Order In Flux

July 7, 2026July 7, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments (the best of) New Order, (the rest of) New Order, 1994, 1995, 2026, Armand Van Helden, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Joy Division, New Order, Paul Oakenfold, Peter Hook, Richie Hawtin, Stephen Morris

Founding members step away as expanded ‘Best Of’ emerges  

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New Wave Pop Synth 

The Human League Spans ‘Generations’

May 30, 2026 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments a, Alison Moyet, Dare, Heaven 17, Joanne Catherall, Philip Oakey, Soft Cell, Susan Ann Sulley, The Human League

Philip Oakey talks about the new wave legends’ tour with Soft Cell and Alison Moyet

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New Wave Pop 

In Quintessence: Squeeze’s ‘East Side Story’ At 45

May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 1981, 45th Anniversary, Chris Difford, East Side Story, Glenn Tilbrook, Jools Holland, Paul Carrack, Squeeze, Tempted, The Velvet Underground

Looking back on the band’s greatest album

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Electronics New Wave Pop 

Numbers: Kraftwerk’s ‘Computer World’ at 45

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1981, 45th Anniversary, Apple+, Computer World, Florian Schneider, IBM, Kraftwerk, Ralf Hütter, Texas Instruments

The pioneering ’81 album forever altered hip-hop, techno and more 

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New Wave Pop Uncategorized 

12090 A.D. Release New Single ‘Shades’

March 26, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 12090 A.D., 2026, Anna Copa Cabanna, John Hughes, Pretty In Pink, Shades, Tim Kuhl, Ween

Self-titled debut album out April 24th

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New Wave Pop Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Prettier in Pink

March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andrew McCarthy, Belouis Some, Echo and the Bunnymen, INXS, Jesse Johnson, Jon Cryer, Molly Ringwald, New Order, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Otis Redding, Pretty In Pink, Suzanne Vega, The Smiths

Revisiting the soundtrack of a generation 40 years later

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New Wave Rock 

Tentative Decisions: How Talking Heads Grew up in Public

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1976, CBS Records, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Max's Kansas City, Rhino, Talking Heads, Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live, Tina Weymouth

Hear New Wave being invented on a box of early live and demo tracks 

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New Wave Rock 

Totally Necessaries 

March 6, 2026March 7, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Arthur Russell, Completely Necessary (Anthology 1978-1982), Ed Tomney, Ernie Brooks, Jesse Chamberlain, Omnivore Recordings, Randy Gun, The Necessaries

A new anthology celebrates an unsung New York City band

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Music Journalism New Wave Punk 

Long Live Descenes and Discords

September 10, 2025September 9, 2025 Jim Testa 0 Comments Descenes, Discords, DiWulf Publishing, Howard Wuelfing, Ian MacKaye, Maximum Rock N Roll, New York Rocker, Washington D.C., Zines

A new book celebrates two crucial chronicles of D.C. underground music culture

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New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

Talking Heads Release Super Deluxe Edition of More Songs About Buildings and Food

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1978, 2025, Box Set, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Rhino, Super Deluxe Edition, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Goodies galore adorn four-disc upgrade of band’s 1978 sophomore classic 

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New Wave Pop 

Face Up: New Order’s Low-Life Turns 40

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 1985, 40th Anniversary, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Low-Life, New Order, Peter Hook, Sub-Culture, The Perfect Kiss

Looking back at the group’s transitional third LP

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New Wave Rock 

Devo: Boston Booji

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Boston, Devo, Fenway Park, Gerard Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Massachusetts, MGM Music Hall

The Ohio spuds celebrate 50+ years in MGM Hall at Fenway

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