45th Anniversary

New Wave Pop 

In Quintessence: Squeeze’s ‘East Side Story’ At 45

May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 1981, 45th Anniversary, Chris Difford, East Side Story, Glenn Tilbrook, Jools Holland, Paul Carrack, Squeeze, Tempted, The Velvet Underground

Looking back on the band’s greatest album

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Electronics New Wave Pop 

Numbers: Kraftwerk’s ‘Computer World’ at 45

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1981, 45th Anniversary, Apple+, Computer World, Florian Schneider, IBM, Kraftwerk, Ralf Hütter, Texas Instruments

The pioneering ’81 album forever altered hip-hop, techno and more 

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Rock 

How Low Budget Brought About The Kinks’ Second Act

July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Arista Records, Chrissie Hynde, Clive Davis, Dave Davies, Jim Rodford, Low Budget, Pretenders, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Happy 45th Anniversary to the album that belatedly made the band rock stars in America

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Remembrance Rock 

Time Loves A Hero: Remembering Lowell George

June 29, 2024June 29, 2024 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, Bill Payne, Howlin' Wolf, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Thanks I'll Eat It Here, The Cars

Revisiting one of the Little Feat frontman’s final print interviews

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Punk Rock 

How the Undertones Put Derry on the Punk Rock Map

May 30, 2024June 1, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, Billy Doherty, Damian O'Neill, Derry, Feargal Sharkey, John O'Neill, Northern Ireland, Sharkey, Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones

Looking back on 45 years of the Northern Ireland band’s debut LP

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Disco 

How Donna Summer’s Bad Girls Kept Disco Alive in the New Wave Era

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Bad Girls, Casablanca Records, Cher, Dim All The Lights, Disco, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Hot Stuff, Neil Bogart, Paul Bellotte

Looking back on 45 years of a dance-floor classic

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Pop Rock 

Why Breakfast In America Stands as a High Point in the Career of Supertramp

March 16, 2024March 18, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Breakfast in America, Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson, Supertramp

How the band endured interpersonal tension to create their greatest album

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Punk Rock 

Why Stiff Little Fingers’ Debut Remains a Punk Rock Beacon

January 27, 2024January 27, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Alternative Ulster, Deep Purple, Inflammable Material, Jake Burns, Rough Trade, Stiff Little Fingers, Suspect Package, The Clash

Looking back on 45 years of Inflammable Material

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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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Soul 

Is That Enough: Marvin Gaye’s Here, My Dear at 45

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Anna Gordy, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Sly Stone, Tamla

Reflecting on the soul legend’s complicated masterpiece

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Experimental Noise Post-Punk Punk 

Burning Rubber: No New York at 45

December 4, 2023February 19, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Brian Eno, DNA, James Chance, Mars, No New York, No Wave, Post-Punk, Punk, Talking Heads, Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, The Contortions

Looking back at the Brian Eno compilation that put the spotlight on the short-lived No Wave scene

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Alternative Rock Post-Punk Punk Rock 

On The Surface: Pere Ubu’s Dub Housing at 45

November 21, 2023November 24, 2023 Deborah Sprague 2 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bob Mould, Cinderella Backstreet, Cleveland, David Thomas, Dub Housing, Hy Mya, Ken Hamann, Pere Ubu, Peter Laughner, Rocket From The Tombs, Scott Krauss, Tony Maimone

Reflections on the group’s precedent-setting second album

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New Wave Pop Punk Reggae Rock 

So Lonely: The Police’s Outlandos d’Amour at 45

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Andy Summers, Gordon Sumner, Outlandos d’Amour, Roxanne, So Lonely, Stewart Copeland, Sting, The Police

Looking back on the band’s blueprint for future success

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adblock New Wave Punk 

Lets Submerge: X-Ray Spex’s Germfree Adolescents at 45

November 10, 2023November 13, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bikini Kill, Brixton, England, Germfree Adolescents, Identity, Kathleen Hanna, London, Oh Bondage Up Yours!, Poly Styrene, Sex Pistols, X-Ray Spex

Looking back at an album that was anything but a cliché

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock Roots 

Dead Or Alive: Johnny Thunders’ So Alone at 45

October 17, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments “So Alone, 1978, 45th Anniversary, Chrissie Hynde, Johnny Thunders, Paul Cook, Phil Lynott, Pixies, Real Records, Steve Lillywhite, the New York Dolls, The Replacements, Tom Verlaine, Walter Lure

Remembering a New Wave era classic that defied category

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