New Wave

New Wave Pop 

The Totally Tubular Tom Bailey

June 5, 2024July 10, 2024 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 1980s, Allanah Currie, Bow Wow Wow, Joe Leeway, Men Without Hats, Modern English, The Plimsouls, The Romantics, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins, Tom Bailey, Tommy Tutone, Totally Tubular Festival

The former Thompson Twins frontman talks about joining the summer’s hottest 80s tour

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New Wave Records Rock 

The Police Unveil Synchronicity Reissue Project

May 29, 2024June 12, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1983, Andy Summers, Box Set, Polydor, Stewart Copeland, Sting, Super Deluxe Edition, Synchronicity, The Police, Universal Music Enterprises

Updated version of the trio’s 1983 masterpiece will come in a variety of formats 

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Alternative Rock New Wave Rock 

The Killers Dazzle at Boston Calling

May 27, 2024June 3, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2024, Boston Calling, Brandon Flowers, Cambridge, Harvard Athletic Complex, Jim Sullivan, Massachusetts, Rebel Diamonds, Ronnie Vannucci Jr, The Killers

The Las Vegas band stops at the Harvard-adjacent festival on their Rebel Diamonds tour

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Indie Rock New Wave Pop Synth 

Seattle Synth Rockers Aqueduct to Release First LP Power Ballads on Streaming Services

May 2, 2024May 3, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aqueduct, Ben Gibbard, David Terry, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Oklahoma, Power Ballads, Seattle, The Starlight Mints, Tulsa, Washington

Listen to a song ahead of its July 26th digital debut

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Garage Rock New Wave Pop Punk Rock Rockabilly 

Mrs. Clash: A Chat with Pearl Harbour

April 12, 2024April 15, 2024 Justin Cober-Lake 1 Comment 1980, Don't Follow Me I'm Lost Too, Ian Dury, Liberation Hall Records, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Pearl Harbour, Pearl Harbour and the Explosions, The Clash, The Tubes, Topper Headon

The punk/New Wave era luminary offers insight into her wild career in rock ‘n’ roll

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Alternative Rock Dance Dance Rock New Wave Pop Post-Punk Rock 

The Women of Factory Records

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 Stewart Mason 0 Comments 2024, Audrey Golden, Factory Records, Haçienda, I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records, Joy Division, Life, New Order, Rough Trade, Section 25, Stanton Miranda, Stockholm Monsters, Thick Pigeon, Tony Wilson, White Rabbit Books

A new book examines their importance at the venerated British label

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adblock New Wave Pop Rock 

You Might Think: The Cars’ Heartbeat City Turns 40

March 13, 2024March 14, 2024 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Benjamin Orr, David Robinson, Def Leppard, Drive, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Heartbeat City, Magic, Ric Ocasek, Robert "Mutt" Lange, The Cars, You Might Think

Inside the Mutt Lange-produced powerhouse that brought the Boston band MTV glory

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Indie Rock Music Journalism New Wave Rock 

Print the Legend: Interrogating The Paranoid Style

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 Ryan Maffei 1 Comment 2024, Bar-None Records, Chrissie Hynde, Elizabeth Nelson, Northport, Peter Holsapple, Taylor Swift, The Interrogator, The Interrogator Long Island, The Mekons, The Paranoid Style

Elizabeth Nelson on her band’s brilliant new album, the state of the arts and the subtle link between Taylor Swift and fascism

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New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock 

How Joe Jackson’s Look Sharp! Defined 1979

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, CMJ, David Houghton, David Sanford, Elvis Costello, Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson Band, Look Sharp!, Nick Lowe, Rockpile

Looking back on the New Wave legend’s classic debut

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Back on the Chain Gang: The Pretenders’ Learning to Crawl at 40

January 21, 2024January 21, 2024 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Back on the Chain Gang, Billy Bremner, Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott, Learning to Crawl, Middle of the Road, Pete Farndon, Robbie McIntosh, The Pretenders, Tony Butler

Looking back on the band’s invigorated third album

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Art Pop Indie Rock New Wave Noise Rock 

Kim Gordon Announces Second Solo Album

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Charli XCX, Clara Balzary, Coco Gordon Moore, Flea, Justin Raisen, Kim Gordon, Lil Yachty, Matador Records, Sonic Youth, The Collective, Yves Tumor

The Collective is due out March 8th on Matador Records 

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Electronic New Wave 

Colin Newman on Bastard, Wire and the Business of Running a Profitable Record Label

January 15, 2024January 24, 2024 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 154, 1997, 2024, Bastard, Chairs Missing, Colin Newman, Malka Spigel, Pink Flag, Swim, Wire

“I have always been interested in things that have a very strong unique selling point”

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Art Pop Britpop New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

Micko And The Mellotronics Prep London Gig

December 19, 2023December 19, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Concerts, Hope and Anchor, Islington, Le Vice Anglais, London, Micko and the Mellotronics, Micko Westmoreland

The British buzz band playing Hope & Anchor in Islington tomorrow night

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New Wave 

G-d Bless Elliot Easton, 70 Years Old

December 18, 2023March 27, 2024 Ken Kurson 2 Comments Benjamin Orr, Bill Janovitz, Elliot Easton, Heartbeat City, Just What I Needed, Mutt Lange, Ric Ocasek, Shake It Up, The Cars

Southpaw shredder contributed meaningfully to the canon

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Rock 

Japanese Whispers: How The Cure Abandoned Goth for Synth Pop

December 16, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Fiction Records, Japanese Whispers, Lol Tolhurst, Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, The Glove

Happy 40th to the comp documenting the band’s holiday in the sun

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