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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

LISTEN: Prayers for Marianne Faithfull

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blazing Away, Broken English, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Marianne Faithfull, Strange Weather

Early accounts confirm the beloved English singer is currently in hospital battling COVID-19

Alternative Rock Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo New Wave Pop Punk Rock

The Racing Pulses: Something To Write Home About

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Bon Iver, Fall Out Boy, Kristian Iliev, Panic! At the Disco, Paramore, The Racing Pulses, Violent Femmes

The sharped dressed pop auteurs out of Madison, Wisconsin are one to watch in 2020 as they prep their first new LP in three years

New Wave Pop Power Pop

Say Hello, (New) Wave Goodbye: Mad Love at 40

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment 1980, Asylum Records, Billy Steinberg, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Linda Ronstadt, Mad Love, Mark Goldenberg, Peter Asher

Linda Ronstadt started the 1980s trying to figure out new wave. Kinda.

Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Post-Punk

LISTEN: A St. Patrick’s Day Salute To Gavin Friday

March 17, 2020March 18, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bomb The Bass, Bono, Dik Evans, Edge, Erik Sanko, Gavin Friday, Ireland, Island Records, Maurice Seezer, Sinead O'Connor, Virgin Prunes. U2

The Rock & Roll Globe pays homage to an unsung icon of Irish rock

Folk New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock

The Miracle of Marshall Crenshaw

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment #447 (1999), Beatlemania, Marshall Crenshaw, My Truck Is My Home (1994), Pat DiNizio, Razor & Tie, Shiny-Tone Records, The 9 Volt Years (1998), The Miracle of Science, The Smithereens, What’s in the Bag?

As he rolls out an anticipated string of 90s reissues and hits the road with The Smithereens, the post-New Wave pop auteur speaks exclusively to the Rock & Roll Globe

New Wave

Get Happy!! Turns 40

February 25, 2020March 3, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1980, Armed Forces, Bruce Thomas, CBS Records, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Get Happy!!, My Aim Is True, Pete Thomas, Steve Nieve, This Year's Model, Trust

How Elvis Costello’s soul searching about face expanded the New Wave lexicon in 1980

New Wave Pop Progressive Rock Rock

LISTEN: Peter Gabriel at 70–A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 13, 2020February 26, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Genesis, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Scratch, So. Up, Us

Celebrating 7 decades of life and a half century of music with a stroll through the catalog of the Godfather of Global Pop

New Wave Pop

Things Can Only Get Better For Howard Jones

January 29, 2020January 30, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment Beating Mr. Neg, Cross That Line, Dream Into Action, Electronic new wave, Everlasting Love, Howard Jones, Howard Jones Acoustic Trio Tour, Human’s Lib, Life in One Day, Like to Get to Know You Well, New Song, Nick Beggs, No One Is to Blame, One to One, Robin Boult, Stranger Things, Things Can Only Get Better, What Is Love?

Catching up with the synthpop pioneer as he embarks on a winter tour of the States

Funk New Wave Pop Soul

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Two Thousand Nineteen, Party Over, Oops, Deluxe Edition Time!

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1982, 1999, Deluxe Edition, First Avenue, Prince, Prince and the Revolution, Rhino

Prince’s first major crossover album gets the reissue it deserves

New Wave Progressive Rock

We Can’t Rewind, We’ve Gone Too Far: The Buggles’ The Age of Plastic at 40

January 17, 2020January 18, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1980, Geoff Downes, Island Records, MTV, The Age of Plastic, The Buggles, Trevor Horn, Video Killed The Radio Star

The album that featured the song that launched MTV as we once knew it was actually prog in disguise

New Wave Progressive Rock

The Ripples of Rush’s Permanent Waves Still Being Felt

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 12/10/76, 1980, 40th Anniversary, Alex Lifeson, Freewill, Geddy Lee, Modern Drummer magazine, Neil Peart, Permanent Waves, Rush, Rush Capitol Theatre, The Spirit of Radio

40 years on and in the wake of Neil Peart’s unexpected passing, we look back on the Canadian power trio’s first foray into New Wave

Glam New Wave Pop Post-Punk Rock

Quiet Life At 40: How Japan Traded Glam Rags for the New Romantic Crown

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Classix Nouveaux, David Sylvain, Duran Duran, Giorgio Moroder, Life in Tokyo, Mick Karn, Quiet Life, Robert Fripp, Spandau Ballet, The Velvet Underground, Ultravox

At the end of 1979, David Sylvian’s arty crew was born anew

Dance Electronics Experimental Funk Glam Gospel Hip Hop Indie Rock New Wave Pop Post-Punk Psychedelics Rock Soul

The 30 Best Music Videos of 2019

December 23, 2019December 30, 2019 Jason Gross 0 Comments Bob Mould, Chemical Brothers, FKA Twigs, Jenny Lewis, Jim Jarmusch, Josef Van Wissem, Mitski, Neneh Cherry, Open Mike Eagle & Sammus, Patrick Stickles, PUP, Ridge Productions, slowthai., Stormzy, that dog., The Oh Sees, Thom Yorke, Tinariwen, William Tyler

Counting down the best clips not shown on MTV

New Wave

ALBUMS: Beck Launches a New Chapter

December 23, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 2019, Beck, Capitol Records, Hyperspace, Pharrell Williams, The Neptunes

Mr. Hansen finds room to breathe on his 14th album Hyperspace

New Wave Power Pop

Greatest Hits That Never Were – The Rue Morgue Catalogue is Back in Print

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 j. poet 1 Comment G.E. Smith, Mick Ronson, Radioactive, Reptiles In Motion, Roger C. Reale, Roger C. Reale & Rue Morgue, Rue Morgue, The Collection

An exclusive RNR Globe chat with Roger C. Reale about creating some of the best power pop you never heard

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