New Wave

New Wave Pop Rock 

Duran Duran Reunite With Andy Taylor

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andy Taylor, Duran Duran, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Roger Taylor, Simon LeBon

The band announced on Instagram they are recording new music with ailing guitarist

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Remembrance Rock 

Hero Worship: Remembering Ricky Wilson of The B-52’s

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Athens, Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Kate Pierson, Ricky Wilson, RIP, The B-52's

The guitarist would have turned 70 today

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Disco Dub/Reggae Irish New Wave Pop Rock 

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day With The Philip Lynott Album 

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dire Straits, Ireland, Irish, Mark Knopfler, Midge Ure, Phil Lynott, Robert Palmer, St. Patrick's Day, Thin Lizzy

Listen to the Thin Lizzy frontman’s second solo album right now

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New Wave Pop Soul 

How Spandau Ballet Embraced Their Inner Soul Boys 40 Years Ago on True

March 16, 2023 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Al Green, Altered Images, Bananarama, Duran Duran, Gary Kemp, Grover Washington Jr., Marvin Gaye, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, Trevor Horn, True

The third time was the charm for the New Romantics-turned-R&B merchants

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New Wave Pop Rock Synth 

When The Machines Rock: Gary Numan At 65

March 8, 2023March 13, 2023 Jim Sullivan 6 Comments “Down in the Park, ” Tubeway Army, 65th birthday, Are 'Friends' Electric?, Cars, Gary Numan, My Name Is Ruin, Savage, Synthesizers, The Pleasure Principle

Honoring the genius of a New Wave icon

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Marshall Crenshaw on Marshall Crenshaw

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 1982, Gin Blossoms, John Lennon, Marshall Crenshaw, Warner Bros. Records, Yep Roc

Celebrated singer-songwriter on the 40th anniversary expanded edition of his eponymous 1982 debut

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New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock 

WATCH: Chris Church Shares Video For New Single

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments "Going 'Til We Go", 2023, Big Stir Records, Chris Church, Judas Priest, Letterkenny, Mark Forward

“Going ‘Til We Go” pays homage to bit from a favorite comedian

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Rock 

Too Much Information: ‘Duran Duran’ at 30

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 3 Comments 1993, Andy Taylor, Come Undone, Duran Duran, John Taylor, Milton Nascimento, Nick Rhodes, Ordinary World, Roger Taylor, Simon LeBon, Too Much Information

Duran Duran’s second self-titled album offers some belated glories

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Dancing Wiv Herself: An Interview With Billy Nomates

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Billy Nomates, Bristol, Cacti, England, Florence Welch, Geoff Barrow, Iggy Pop, Invada Records

Catching up with one of Iggy Pop’s new faves

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Electronics New Wave Pop Remembrance 

Song of the Neuromancer: Remembering Yukihiro Takahashi

February 3, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments Japan, Japanese, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soul Train, Synthesizers, Synthpop, Yellow Magic Orchestra, YMO, Yukihiro Takahashi

Saluting the synth-pop pioneer who slipped away too soon

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New Wave North Americana Rock 

WATCH: Donnie Doolittle Shares “Resurrect Me”

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Americana, Donnie Doolittle, Goth, Iggy Pop, indie, Leonard Cohen, New Wave, Nick Cave, Orville Peck, Resurrect Me

Eponymous debut from “Southern New Wave” artist due April 7th

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New Wave Pop Rock 

I Guess It’s Just a Feeling: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) at 40

January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, David A. Stewart, Eurythmics, New Wave, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Who's That Girl

Eurythmics’ pop breakthrough is sneakily subversive

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Industrial New Wave Post-Punk Punk Rock 

PiL Scale Another Peak With The Extraordinary “Hawaii”

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Tim Sommer 7 Comments 2023, Eurovision, Hawaii, John Lydon, PiL, Public Image, Public Image Ltd.

The song is the sound of the heart looking skyward, watching vapor trails dissolve

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New Wave Pop Rock 

All Fired Up: Pat Benatar at 70

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 70th Birthday, All Fired Up, Crimes of Passion, Get Nervous, Gravity's Rainbow, Heat of the Night, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Innamorata, Invincible, John Cougar, Long Island, Love Is A Battlefield, Mike Chapman, Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar, Rick Derringer, Roger Capps, Shadows of the Night, The Rattling Sabres, Wide Awake in Dreamland, You Better Run

Looking back on the career of a rock ‘n’ roll feminist

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Electronic New Wave Pop Post-Punk Punk Rock 

LISTEN: Public Image Ltd. Share New Single “Hawaii”

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment Bruce Smith, Hawaii, John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Nora Lydon, Public Image Limited, Public Image Ltd., Scott Firth, single

The song, entered into the Eurovision Song Contest, was written for John Lydon’s wife Nora

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