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WATCH: Fujiya & Miyagi Share “New Body Language”

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, David Best, Fujiya & Miyagi, Impossible Objects of Desire, New Body Language, Slight Variations

Dig the video for the latest single off the Brighton group’s new album Slight Variations

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New Wave Pop Synth 

The Meaning of Love: Depeche Mode’s A Broken Frame at 40

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, A Broken Frame, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Martin Gore, See You, Vince Clarke, Yaz

How the band sidestepped doom and started a new chapter

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Pop Rock 

Easy For Her to Say: Linda Ronstadt’s Get Closer at 40

September 25, 2022September 25, 2022 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Asylum Records, Billy Joe Shaver, Get Closer, Ike and Tina Turner, Jimmy Webb, Linda Ronstadt, Lindsey Buckingham, Peter Asher, The Exciters

The final mainstream pop album the iconic singer would make for seven years is a gleefully mixed bag 

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Art Pop Dream Pop Pop Synth 

WATCH: RVBY MY DEAR Gets “Over It”

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Gabbi Coenen, Madonna, Morcheeba, Over It, Portishead, RVBY MY DEAR, Sneaker Pimps, Spirit House Records

The single appears on the Australian noir-pop project’s forthcoming eponymous EP

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Pop Power Pop Rock 

LISTEN: The Cowsills Prepare for “Nuclear Winter”

September 19, 2022September 19, 2022 Ron Hart 1 Comment 2022, Bob Cowsill, Nuclear Winter, Omnivore Recordings, Paul Cowsill, Rhythm of the World, Susan Cowsill, The Cowsills

The legendary family band releases their first LP of new music in 30 years, Rhythm Of The World, on September 30

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New Wave Pop Rock 

He Traveled the World and the Seven Seas: Dave Stewart at 70

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, David A. Stewart, Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), The Eurythmics

Looking back on the career of the legendary Eurythmics guitarist

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Pop Rock 

Elton John: Madman Across The Box Set

September 7, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Bernie Taupin, Box Set, Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, Deluxe Edition, Elton John, Levon, Madman Across the Water, Mick Ronson, Nigel Olsson, Ray Cooper, Tiny Dancer

A new deluxe edition celebrates the release of an early Elton blockbuster

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

ALBUMS: August 2022 In Review

August 31, 2022September 1, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2022, Atlantic Records, Bleed Out, Fueled By Ramen, Julia Jacklin, Merge Records, Mountain Goats, Panic! At the Disco, Polyvinyl Records, PRE PLEASURE, Viva Las Vengeance

New LPs by Julia Jacklin, Panic! At The Disco and The Mountain Goats are in order for late summer

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Electronic Pop 

WATCH: Sofie Royer Shares Video For “Klein-Marx”

August 31, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, 2022 tour, Harlequin, Mndsgn, Sofie Royer, Stimulator Jones, Stones Throw Records, Toro Y Moi, Vienna

New album, Harlequin, out September 23rd on Stones Throw

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adblock Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Rock 

Glenn Tilbrook Squeezes Into 65

August 31, 2022September 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2015, 2022, 65th birthday, Argybargy, Babylon and On, Chris Difford, Cool For Cats, Cradle to the Grave, Glenn Tilbrook, interview, New Wave, Paul McCartney, Squeeze, The Beatles, The Deathray Davies, The Kinks

Read a previously unpublished interview with the New Wave legend

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Dance Pop 

Remix/Remodel: Assessing Madonna’s Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 Thomas Inskeep 8 Comments Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, Give Me All Your Luvin, holiday, Jump, Like A Virgin, LMFAO, Lucky Star, Madonna, Rhino, Shep Pettibone

The (former) Queen of Pop celebrates a record-setting tenure on the dance charts with a new, occasionally questionable compilation

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Dance Dance Rock Electronic New Wave Pop Synth 

The Perfect Kiss: New Order’s Substance at 35

August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1987, Bernard Sumner, Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday, Ceremony, Factory Records, Gillian Gilbert, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Substance, Temptation, The Perfect Kiss, True Faith

Looking back on the anthology that chronicled the group’s ascent from despair to dancefloor greatness

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Beatle Pop Rock 

Sir Paul Behind Closed Doors: The McCartney Album Series

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Box Set, Capitol Records, McCartney I, McCartney II, McCartney III, MPL, Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Universal Music Enterprises

A new limited edition box set brings together all three of Macca’s DIY classics

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New Wave Pop Pub Rock Rock 

And You’ll Hum This Tune Forever: Dexys Midnight Runners’ Too-Rye-Ay at 40

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Blue Ox Babes, Come On Eileen, Dexys Midnight Runners, Elvis Costello, Kevin Archer, Kevin Rowland, The Bureau, The Chieftains, The Style Council, TKO Horns, Too-Rye-Ay, Van Morrison

There’s so much more to this album than “Come On Eileen”

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Pop Power Pop Rock 

WATCH: Librarians With Hickeys Mine Prelinger Archive For New Video

August 24, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Akron, Andrew Wilco, Big Stir Records, Librarians With Hickeys, Mike Crooker, Ohio, Ray Carmen, Rob Crossley

Dig the Atomic Age vibes of “I Can’t Stop Thinking About You”

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