Elvis Costello and The Attractions

New Wave Pop 

Sour Milk Cow Blues: Goodbye Cruel World at 40

June 18, 2024June 20, 2024 Ryan Maffei 3 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Bruce Thomas, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, F-Beat, Goodbye Cruel World, Pete Thomas, Steve Nieve

Elvis Costello and the Attractions’ unhappiest (but not worst) album reaches its bitter middle age

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Country and/or Western Remembrance 

Happy 100th, Hank Williams: 10 Great Rock Revamps of Hank Tunes

September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 Jim Allen 2 Comments 100th Birthday, Billy Haley and His Comets, Cowboy Junkies, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Hank Williams, Screaming Blue Messiahs, Social Distortion, The Breeders, The Replacements, The Residents, The The

Celebrate the country king’s centenary with some killer covers

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Rock 

LISTEN: Gringo Star Shares New Single “Hanging Around”

May 4, 2023May 5, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Atlanta, Del Shannon, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Georgia, Gringo Star, Hanging Around, Nick Furgiuele, On And On And Gone, Peter Furgiuele

The Atlanta band’s new album, On And On And Gone, due out June 2

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pub Rock Punk Rock 

Elvis Costello: The Boy Comes Back To Boston

August 18, 2022August 19, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Boston, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, Los Straitjackets, Nick Lowe, Nicole Atkins

The New Wave legend is on tour with longtime cohort Nick Lowe through August

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Latin New Wave 

ALBUMS: Elvis Costello en Español

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Stephanie Hernandez 0 Comments Cami, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Juanes, La Marisoul Hernandez, Natalie Bergman, Nina Diaz, Sebastian Krys, Spanish Model, This Year's Model, UMe

English has been the lingua franca of pop music, but Spanish Model shows that it doesn’t have to be

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New Wave 

Elvis Costello: The Man Who Took Liberties

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1980, 40th Anniversary, Dave Edmunds, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Girls Talk, The Buzzcocks

Looking back at 40 years of the New Wave icon’s first singles collection

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New Wave 

Happy Birthday, Elvis Costello

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1977, Beastie Boys, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Happy Birthday, Jim Sullivan, Orpheum Theatre, Saturday Night Live

Jim Sullivan recounts his years in conversation with the man born Declan MacManus 66 years ago today

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New Wave Pop Power Pop 

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

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 T.A. Inskeep 3 Comments 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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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 Power Pop Punk 

Brutal Youth at 25

March 30, 2019June 29, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions

In 1994, Elvis Costello re-entered the building with his most electric album since Blood & Chocolate

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock 

A New Wave Masterpiece Turns 40

January 26, 2019November 23, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1979, 40th Anniversary, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions

Armed Forces further fuels Elvis Costello’s transatlantic invasion

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