1980

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. 

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Experimental Pop Post-Punk 

Credit In The Straight World: Colossal Youth at 40

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1980, Allison Statton, Colossal Youth, Courtney Love, Credit In The Straght World, Hole, Philip Moxham, Rough Trade, Stuart Moxham, Young Marble Giants

In 1980, Young Marble Giants stripped post-punk down to its minimalist core

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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

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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

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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

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Remembrance 

Where Were You the Night John Lennon…

December 8, 2019March 24, 2020 Sam Felder 0 Comments 1980, John Lennon, Mark David Chapman, Norwegian Wood, The Beatles, Yoko Ono

A former on-call intern recounts the assassination that shook the NYC medical community to its core

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